Should I buy... (Page 66 of 87)

Should I buy a Siel Opera 6 plus Roland S-760 fully equipped for 350 eur alltogether?

Tandberg made fine recorders, but parts will be sparse and because its age chances are you'll need some replacements. But if it's working okay and all you want to do is see what tape can do for you, and you can get it for like 25 euro or less, you might give it a shot. My first recorder was an old consumer quarter track Philips I got for 50 euro and it worked fine enough to get me hooked to tape. However, if you expect something more worthwhile and be done with it, you'd better look for a Teac/Tascam or Revox/Studer, as parts for these brands are easier to get (although for Studer/Revox they tend to be more expensive than Teac).

Hmm yeah, 100 is a bit much imo, unless it's really well maintained with a lot of hours left on the heads. If not, I think 50 would be the max. Extra tapes can be okay, but (and some will disagree with me) they should not influence the price too much as they're often useless for use in the studio; drop outs, dry shed (or worse, sticky shed) are problems that you can have with old tapes. They can be a bargain and I know people who are happy to find stacks of old used tape, but I'm personally not one of them.

Traktor Scratch Duo? It's on sale for $179 till 31st Dec.

How much? Anything under $500 picked up in person is a fine deal. Sometimes I miss my JX-10. Very Roland-y. Very 80s. Will probably get a MKS-70 at some point as I'm out of space for boards.

DX21 or hold off for a fair priced DX7?

Better build and converters apparently. Not to mention most of the performance abilities of the vaunted DX1. It's much better than a DX7 but I wouldn't go super bananas for it. Surely not more than like $600 or so.

I really want to buy the MicroKorg, and I think I like the original model better. How much should i pay for it ?
I'm thinking i wouldn't pay much more than $600AUD for one. Recently a JX-3P sold for $950 aud with the pg-200.
That's a bit nuts really...

Nuts? Man, when I was over there I couldn't help but notice that equipment prices in Australia are ridiculous by all means. In euro land you pay 350 euro for a new  Micorkorg MK1 in shops. That's what... 475 aud? Second hand you pick 'm up for 250 euro, which equals 350aud... There are some aussies here, hopefully they can shed a light on things for you

950 aud for a jx3p/pg200 is a bit steep i guess, atleast compared to euro prices. but hey, it's still a lot cheaper than when it came out
anyway, i don't think one desperate guy with a bunch of cash is gonna set the standard..? maybe on ebay or something.

same goes for the 808's and 909's rarara is talking about. if it's the same as over here, and it's free to post sales ads, some people seem to find it amusing to put up ads asking ridiculous prices, because they have nothing to lose... except karma.

101's took a leap from 500~550 euros to 600~700 euros over here this summer, but now someone seems to have problems selling his for 600. it's a dodgy market for sure. (btw i guess 600-700 euros is pretty close to what they used to cost new, 'in today's money'. not that it makes any difference )

anyway i refuse to believe that all these machines really get sold for the ridiculous prices i see in the ads 

that's probably more correct. i must admit it was an uneducated guess / shot from the hip from me there

im just amused by those old ads with the original prices. somehow it puts things in some perspective despite the trivial geekery.