What was the most expensive Synth you ever bought?

Phollop Willing PA · Post by **Phollop Willing PA** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:55 pm

This thread is inspired by the 'cheapest synth' thread.

Most expensive? For me, it's a MacBeth M5.

I'd like to keep it to single items rather than adding up a bunch of smaller items - but whatever...

Oh - Happy New Year everyone! 1/1/11

adhmzaiusz · Post by **adhmzaiusz** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:01 pm

Hi!

The most expensive synth I ever bought, was my virus indigo2 in 2002 for $3500 after taxes!! Its still one of my favourite synths though. But damn expensive!!

Post by **Cumulus** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:01 pm

My Mini Moog. At $250.00 it is the most expensive synth I have ever bought.

I know that sounds a bit low but I am a bargain hunter and a cheapskate.

Phollop Willing PA · Post by **Phollop Willing PA** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:06 pm

Cumulus wrote:My Mini Moog. At $250.00 it is the most expensive synth I have ever bought

....

I know that sounds a bit low but I am a bargain hunter and a cheapskate.

That's amazing! Well done on all your bargains.

adhmzaiusz wrote:Hi!

The most expensive synth I ever bought, was my virus indigo2 in 2002 for $3500 after taxes!! Its still one of my favourite synths though. But damn expensive!!

I bet you were sweating bullets as I was when I bought the MacBeth for $3500 CDN (all inclusive).

jonkull · Post by **jonkull** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:05 pm

A small 6 panel Buchla.

Post by **Psy_Free** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:25 pm

A pristine 2nd-hand Minimoog Voyager (one of the early ones) for £1100.

Phollop Willing PA · Post by **Phollop Willing PA** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:37 pm

Psy_Free wrote:A pristine 2nd-hand Minimoog Voyager (one of the early ones) for £1100.

Not bad.

jonkull wrote:A small 6 panel Buchla.

Not knowing what that is, specifically, it would be nice to have a pic and a price even if it's just to drool over.

Post by **cornutt** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:01 pm

Roland S750 sampler. IIRC I paid $2200 for it in 1992.

Post by **rhino** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:03 pm

Long ago: Kurzweil K1200 = $1295.00

"USED" is GOOD.

ninja6485 · Post by **ninja6485** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:34 pm

i paid about $3000 and got a brand new virus ti kbd and a yamaha n8 mixer w/ daw as a packaged deal from sam ash.the people at sam ash had no idea what they were doing - the salesman thought the virus was an analog synth, i actually got two daws, and i now have a bag of spare knobs for two synths that obviously are not the virus and the manual for a virus c, despite there being no virus c in the showroom or in stock.

StepLogik · Post by **StepLogik** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:09 pm

bought a used, mint jupiter-8 when they were still in the mid-$3k range.

not exactly a synth, but i bought a new Genoqs Octopus for the full retail price.

vinyl_junkie · Post by **vinyl_junkie** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:20 pm

Don't laugh, it was a Waldorf Micro Q which at the time were quite pricey even after some price reduction! Think I paid 400 quid and they were 499 new at the time from Turnkey...it was at the time the blue ones just came out if I remember right.
I swapped some gear I had at the time like a Pulse, A-Station, MB-383 and some cash for it....bit of a crappy deal but I REALLY wanted one at the time if I remember right, a friend played me a song he did with it after he got it and that was it..I just NEEDED one lol Total impulsive buy

There it is my original Micro Q..which I then sold and then brought back again LOL..I lost the original photos but found this index card few days ago while clearing stuff..think it's from 2003..that is no S-3000XL but actually a S2800 and I do look about 10 lol

Computer Controlled · Post by **Computer Controlled** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:05 am

I think the most expensive synth i've bought is my 303, which i paid $700 for back in 1997. But the most expensive musical item i've bought was the Machinedrum. That cost me $1200.

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:12 am

$1200 for a DX7 - 1986
and I still have it.

Hybrid88 · Post by **Hybrid88** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:25 am

This one in particular took me a very long time to pay back...

Totally worth it though

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