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Originally posted by squeak_D:
That's great Donny.., but what would you say to the home player? A semi-pro arranger built for the home market selling at nearly two grand is a huge chunk to swallow. Let's face it.., Yamaha's clearly not building em any better in terms of constuction.., but damn that price is going up real fast.

Cost of electronics is going down..., yet they're still pawning off repackaged hardware and asking more for it? I'll tell you this..., if Yamaha released an S-900 replacement and built it to the quality of say a Motif XS or at least close.., then it'd be much easier to take. However..., if Yamaha keeps the same home build and that cost hits nearly two grand..., I don't know man.., pretty iffy there.

For me I just think it shows Yamaha wearing their greed out on their sleeves. The old no shame in our game mentallity. Just as KingFrog said.., they raised them just because they CAN. They raised these prices well into production..., no new features or anything. Other makers are offering nice software updates with major new features for less or at the same price.

Yamaha plays catch up in some areas to Roland with the XS updates then jacks the prices well into production.

The big three aren't as safe as some of us like to think with the economy the way it is now.


Squeak 2k is NOT alot of money in todays age for sure. If someone cannot afford new there are many alternative purchases for used gear at a much lower price.