I know the TAPE has been talked about a lot, but I think there is still no other hyper portable device with a nice screen that has a linear timeline tape model that you can dip in wherever you want and replace/overdub? Plus set loop points etc
(easy for DAWS of course)
Itâs an interesting discussion because luxury furniture certainly goes beyond its intrinsic value. Itâs an object to desire as it is as much to use. A genuine eames will cost ÂŁ5k but itâs still just a seat.
But I dunno, I donât feel like thatâs what the OP-1 is. A better analogy there would be the new Oberheim.
And the anology breaks down a bit anyway. Youâll own that eames your whole life, and probably pass it on to your children/pets.
This is a darned groovebox that youâll be listing on Reverb in 5 years. Itâs just not the same thing.
Itâs not a âluxuryâ object, itâs just an expensive one.
But gosh darned it I really wish they would give me one for free because I would like one.
to be fair theyâve stuck to their guns and there are few cheap 2nd hand OP-1s on the market since launch
As was linked in the other thread, Iâm not so sure which guns theyâre sticking to tbh. Theyâve certainly made a decision about how theyâre moving forward.
The âoh how could you!â tone of this video is insufferable
I think in certain circles the TE brand and specifically the OP1 has definite signaling power. So thatâs experience value created right there if signaling is important to you and if status matters in your circles there goes some relational value as well.
Use value is there also, the product does things and some of them well.
I do think it is a lot like LV or Rolex etc, only that those are more or less universally considered âluxury (read: signaling) brandsâ whereas TE has that brand power in certain circles only.
Yea thatâs fair lol - but the point stands
If I recall correctly the âthis priceâ was $22,000
Haha if thatâs true then I regret reposting the videoâŚ
But remember it has a synth engine and can playback samples, nothing else like it on the market, so maybe it is worth 22k. If itâs worth 2k then it might as well be!
I sometimes feel like we are a bunch of guitar hero players moaning about the price of expensive guitars made for Jimmi Hendrix
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Least this has taken the heat off the TX-6!!!
Clever bastards!
youtuber making a video to make money if people choose to watch him,
moaning about the companies he covers making money if they sell their gear and people chose to buy it
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They are not yet, but thatâs because they donât know - yet.
I plan on making a real âwhistleblowerâ expose on my youtube channel, complete with âdisgusted faceâ thumbnail, and at the end Iâll angrily sweep the carefully yet casually placed succulents and action figures off my mid century teak coffee table in protest.
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But I think that is what most people want. Youâre just hearing the extremes because those are what are loudest.
No one here is asking for the OP-1f to cost ÂŁ10.
Ive never seen anyone who says they dont want one. That my friends is the elephant in the room not the price.