At these prices, it is quite silly that we cant have a IC maker step in, and preserve the last remaining 80's from being
part sources.....
how many working CS80s do you think there are left??? how many partially working CS80s could be revived???
Has any one that has parted out a CS80, had the courage to toss the rest in the litter lately???
someone has got to notice how much a CS80 enthusiast is willing to shell for a working M board...
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blchrr@...Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:18:38 -0700
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yamahacs80@yahoogroups.comSubject: [yamahacs80] Re: CS-80 on eBay? ($15,000?!?!?!?)
> You cant put a price on an 80... until it brakes that is and you cant get
> the chips you need to fix it... its worth thinking about that...
> Personally, i paid 2100 USD for mine, plus 1K on restoration (hiya kent)
> I also had 3x 60s (all with issues) that i bought cheap for parts machines
> and I think my 80 has paid for itself, after selling 2/3 of all the boards
> from the 60s.. I certainly havent got a lot of money in my 80 so to speak,
> so if there comes a day i cant get it fixed, ill be gutted, but i wont be
> really badly out of pocket, i feel bad for those folks who are paying 5K
> upwards, if they go down, thats a lot of money down the pan... sorry
> correction... we are up to about 6-7K in the UK now iirc?
> I still have 4 voice cards, 3x trg boards and most of the other ones kicking
> around, as and when.. Did have 18 voice cards.. Ebay made me part with 14 of
> them..
> Still the 80 is a special keyboard, ive got mine setup now and have been
> spending quite some time playing with it..
> Those front panel controls for the presets have a real sweet spot, it took
> me quite a while to get it how i wanted it. But its such a beautiful sound..
> Mine still has one vco which is slightly out, a semitone or so, sometimes it
> seems to come right into tune, other times not.. I think it needs replacing
> (hi again Kent)
> Just need a decent polyaftertouch keyboard that Midiboard is to big and ugly
> for me.. Im using an Andromeda for my master keyboard at the moment, even
> though it only has mono aftertouch, its a nice action..
>
> I recon the prices will hit a ceiling at some point, dont know what that
> price will be, but i recon, maybe 7K... Cant see anyone paying more than
> that, thats a serious wedge of cash, but i guess collectors with deep
> pockets will pay whatever they can afford..
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
>
> > Think about this for a moment.
> >
> >
> >
> > Based on annual wages and standard of living, car prices, house
> > prices, food, fuel,ect in 1976. A CS80 in the UK cost £5,999 / $11,000
> >
> >
> >
> > By today's new figures 2008 that means a CS80 would cost roughly
> > £270,000. that's half a million dollars people.
> >
> >
> >
> > Only the rich and famous could afford them then. And now?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, now it is about removing the word vintage and putting the word
> > antique in it's place. Vintage Analogue is a 90's buzz word and now
> > only really describes plug-in's. Today this gear is Antique and now
> > has all the trappings of items that fall into that category. Add the
> > fact that more people want to own one than there are CS80's to go
> > around, thus making them rare. And it would take a lot of money to
> > get someone to part with theirs in the first place.
> >
> >
> >
> > How much would you sell yours for eh!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well only a few weeks ago I was emailed by a guy in the US who
> > offered me $24,000 for my CS80 and guess what I said no
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Rob Belcher
> www.myspace.com/duplx
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