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Re: price increases

2003-10-12 by kirkdegiorgio

My 6 panels are a nice well rounded
> system, I was hoping for 8 total by adding another voicing panel and
> another cv / cv processing panel but the current pricing makes this
> unlikely at best. While the Modcan stuff looks good and has an ever
> growing line, I wish it had a little more umphh in the unusual
> department. Most of his modules strike me as fairly vanilla ala old
Arp
> / Moog stuff with banana jacks for crazy patching. I just wish it
had
> more like the SSG, USG, etc. That being said, it is what I'm looking
> into for my next setup.

interesting... I guess you're saying Serge is now strictly a 'money
no object' purchase - for megarich studios/artists and Rex no longer
cares much for building the odd panel for 'regular' customers...

Personally I'd like to think this is not the reason for the price
rise. I always get the impression when speaking to Rex that he likes
to do some other stuff in life rather than build panels all the time.
Hence I agree with Chris W's statement that he's simply trying to
discourage any kind of business.

No matter how rich I may or not be I don't see myself buying panels
at these prices... same reason I wouldn't order any Moog CE modules..
they are just way overpriced...

I've come to the same conclusion as you: my 4 panel system is pretty
well-rounded too... infact I was thinking of selling the TKB and
another panel and replacing them with just 1 new panel combining the
modules I use most with a smaller stage Seq/Programmer as I don't
need the 16 stages or touchpads of the TKB... not now though!

I'll probably be expanding my MOTM system and most likely purchasing
some of the weirder Modcan/Cynthia modules too. (There is a lot of
vanilla Modcan but the Super Delay/Flanger/Freq Shift/6x2 Mixer all
look fairly desirable and the range of filter types on offer is
superb for 1 system)

The only upside to this for existing Serge owners is the prices of
used STS era Serge panels will surely increase...

KD

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