I picked up my used AN200 for $220 (+ shipping) by watching
http://www.musicgoround.com back in 2007.
Guitar Center also offers used gear:
http://used.guitarcenter.comThese sites don't have the "bidding frenzy" like eBay, but you still
have to check often to snag the gear you want before it is gone.
-Mike
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <bim_ecs@...> wrote:
>
> You're not the only ones who are surprised about the prices the last
> 2 AN200 modules have gone for. I had just sold an Oberheim Matrix 6R
> to fund the purchase of an AN200 to back up my AN1x and hoped I could
> get one for $250. Anyway, I gave up at $295 - just below the top bid
> of $300. I love the sounds and programmability of the AN1x but I
> already haul 3 keyboards (a Roland D-50, a Hammond XK-2 and a Suzuki
> SS-100 piano) and dont really want to haul a 4th keyboard unless I
> have to....
>
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "lvxferro23" <housin666@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone can help me with this question:
> > >
> > > It's come time that I may have to part with my An1x. If I do, I
> want
> > > to make sure that my saved files at a future date are put to good
> > > use. i.e. buying an An200 one day.
> >
> > Sorry to hear that, I'm sure more than a few of us have been in
> similar circumstances. Just
> > out of curiosity I looked over some complete auctions on eBay and
> found a pair of AN1x
> > had recently sold for $290 & $320 and AN200's sold for $250 and
> $300. Four auctions
> > may not provide much in the way of an average, but the AN200
> numbers were kind of
> > surprising to me. Had no idea they fetched such a price at this
> late date.
> >
> > > I'm wondering if when using An1x edit you can convert the files
> to
> > > sysex or something and can load them into the An200. Is An1x edit
> > > even compatible with the An200? Do I even have to worry about
> file
> > > conversion for my patches if I part with the An1x?
> >
> > The SysEx ID header for the AN1x an AN200 is not identical, so if
> you are able to
> > successfully upload an AN1x voice into your AN200 using a SysEx
> dump, the results would
> > be unpredictable.
> >
> > You can simply use AN1xEdit, which has a PLG50-AN compatible mode,
> or AN Expert
> > Editor to open your .an1 voices and upload them into your AN200.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon
> >
>