I think the reduction of prices only applies to some makers.. Take Korg for example. The Triton Classic has been out for some time now and it wasn't too long ago that they started giving $150 cash back and a few extra toys.. The Yamaha EX-5 stayed at $2,000 for the longest time, and then you have places like musicians friend who try to sell the EX-7 for over $1400, and ask over $2,000 for a PSR-8000. I agree that in the past with examples like the 5700 you can see a price drop, but if you really compare the price of keyboards now with the price of the technology that goes in them, some can be considered quite high. Look at Kurzweil.. They're great keyboards and all, but everyone remember that $20,000 K series model???? Sweetwater says they can build the same thing for $14,000 (still way too much money for a keyboard, of course with that model you're also paying for the huge CD collection of Kurzweil sounds, and a fully expanded board).... I think you have to really weigh features against price with the keyboards out today. The PSR-2000/2100 are great keyboards, and they're acoustic sounds are as good if not better than the top end synths. I think the price for them is ALMOST justified. I just can't see why they would add all the bells and whistles and still fall short on the sequencers... Yamaha I think is doing well with their prices now. You can get a Motif from George Kaye for a killer price. Again I think it just depends on the maker. I remember catalogs were selling the Korg N-364 for over $1,000 years after it was out. My Yamaha EX-7 could be bought new off the shelf in a store for $750-$800, but catalogs take advantage of the discontinued item and ask high prices. Some makers even go up in price when a new item is released. When I was going to by a digital multi-track recorder I considered the Zoom MRS-1044 (without CD burner)... It was going for $499.00 for the longest time. When the 1266 was released all the catalogs raised the price of the 1044 up to $599... It went up $100 rather than go down when the new model was released.

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