I went to purchase a Digitone today and noticed that the price increased from $799 to $859 (same goes for the Digitakt).
Going to take some time to think about it. Not sure it’s worth almost $900 dollars.
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Okay
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If it wasn’t worth 859, it’s prolly not worth 799 to you either.
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That’s pretty wild. I think I paid around $649 the year it was released. That’s a $200 price increase over four years.
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Like fine wine
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Prices for everything are up though, aren’t they? The Blackbox and the Tracker are now at $649. The Typhon is at $449. Comparable price jumps. The Nord Drum 3P jumped to $999
I think it’s just prices catching up with logistical issues.
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@Doug yep, everything.
$859 is a bit steep, look forward for pricing to come down all around.
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Yeah, the prices of everything have gone up over the past couple years. And Elektron has generally raised the digi’s prices about $50 a year.
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Excellent for resale value!
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There’s never a good time to buy electronic equipment. Your always paying more for technology.
The fine folks at Perfect Circuit still have it in stock for $799
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There’s been a 10-20% increase in quite a bit of gear recently (which has worked in my favor for some recent sales). I had a sneaking feeling that Digitone prices were about to jump and I pulled the trigger on one a week and a half ago at the old price. Glad I did.
That said, I bought one when it came out for $650 and didn’t “get” it, and so I returned it. Regretting that now.
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Maybe they need to fund the battery handle recall? Maybe they sold too many M:C and M:S during the sale last month, gotta recoup?
Moog did a similar thing last month, they started a deal for a free case with the purchase of a Matriarch or Grandmother purchase, then a week or two after the sale started, they increased the price by $200.
And things do hit a point where they just don’t quite seem worth it anymore. The DT at $859 is starting to get there for me, but that is all personal opinion. Another example is the Moog Subsequent 25. It recently went from $849 to $999, and that really doesn’t seem worth it.
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Looks like the prices haven’t changed yet on the Elektron site, so you can still get the Digi’s straight from the horses potato for $799.
Also to note, on the sites that have increased their prices, the DN Keys has not increased in price.
So the Supersized Digitone Meal is now only $140 more.
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How much was the Digitakt at release? I remember it being very inexpensive, glad I bought one at launch and just kept it even when I didn’t use it for weeks or a month at a time.
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Funny that 999, was the price of the sub phatty when it was released. But with the subsequent 25 you get paraphony and wood end cheeks, guess it was quite a deal when it was I believe only 750 when it was released.
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Seems like the price for everything is going up. I wanted a Nord Drum3 but they just went from 700 to 1000 over night.
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Yup, I remember when the Sub Phatty was released and it was almost $1000. I wanted one but just thought it was too expensive for what it was. I think it was a couple years later they dropped the price to around $699 or maybe $749 and I eventuality picked one up.
Probably due to the price increase for chips
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