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Re: Crumar Trilogy

2012-09-27 by Boddington

I've had one and have worked on them as well. I have to say - considering what's under the hood, the synth doesn't feel like it's harnessing the power of those ICs. On paper it looks great but for me, the experience was really underwhelming. I know prices fluctuate all the time but for me this it not one of those $1000+ synths. Even $500+ is pushing it. From a maintenance point of view it's also heavily over-engineered in the keyboard divider section. If, by chance, the synth is at the point where it needs to be re-capped, you'd be spending a lot of time and money. There are a lot of boards in there. Those divider chips alone are about $10 each and there must be 20 or 30 in there. I can't remember right now.

If you find one for cheap cheap cheap, fine.

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