images via this auction"EMS Synthi AKS. This is an early low serial # from the first-second year of production. All original, no modifications, and extremely clean condition."
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
EMS Synthi AKS
images via this auction"EMS Synthi AKS. This is an early low serial # from the first-second year of production. All original, no modifications, and extremely clean condition."
8 comments:
To reduce spam, comments for posts older than one week are not displayed until approved, usually same day. Do not insult people. For items for sale, do not ask if it is still available. Check the auction link and search for the item. Auctions are from various sellers and expire over time. Posts remain for the pics and historical purposes. This site is meant to be a daily snapshot of some of what was out there in the world of synths.
PREVIOUS PAGE
NEXT PAGE
HOME
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
does anyone know why this is so expensive? $5600US [so far]
ReplyDeletei was under the impression you can still buy them new from EMS 1600Pounds [about $3000US]...
is it because of the sequencer? [which i believe he say isnt working]
or the fact that its an early production...
i would so much rather a new one which is guaranteed to work and is much cheaper...
yeah, 1600 gbp...
ReplyDeletedon't forget: buy 3 of them ;-)
yeah, new one... (in the fifth dimension, maybe)
http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteyou forgot to check the date of the listing... 1998...
ReplyDeleteat that time the synthis (AKS) price was around 1200~1500 gbp...
so to be consistent the "new" price should be now 3000~4000 gbp...
I've communicated with Robin at EMS about "new" Synthis. They will make some at some point, but they will be more than what is listed on the site, but they only have so many cases left so it is unlikely to be available to anyone who is not on the list. I have been on the list for about two years. AKS are pretty rare, about 5 for sale a year, Old Synthi As seem even rarer, the average price for an AKS now seems to be around $6500. I have see a nice modified one go for over 9k. In any case they are worth every penny IMO!
ReplyDeleteIf I recall, the last one that went on EBAY sold for $7300 [US $]. Robin will not be able to fill any new orders - there is a pretty big waiting list that's been building for YEARS.
ReplyDeleteThe supply of cases has dried up, and I'm sure there are other parts that are long gone and would require substitution - not entirely a bad thing, but one of the quirks of these is that each one has very specific differences. Substituting with higher tolerance/modern parts would change the sound. I own two [yes, I am a very lucky bastard] and it's just about impossible to duplicate a sound on them both - very close, but there is nearly always some subtle difference.
At the going rate I anm condidering selling one to obtain a large modular system - 7 grand gets you a pretty elaborate system these days.
Are they WORTH that much?
It's entirely in the eye/ear of the buyer. They are surely unique in both sound and function, but I have never found them to be very... musical. Some will disagree I'm sure, but since NEITHER of my sequencers are working [both keyboards work just fine however] it's a challenge to make them really work as anything other than 'special effects' sources. I hope to send at least one 'KS' to Robin at EMS for service. Thank goodness for his continued dedication to EMS gear.
Just my unsolicited opinions,
Jeff
www.tangent-project.com
[BTW: this Synthi is no longer available - listing ended early for an unspecified reason {item no longer available for sale}]
here is an old video clip of Roger waters using it http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=nq8f1igmxi
ReplyDeleteI have ems synthi want to get restored (loose oscillators etc)if someone wants to make offer it can be sold as is.
ReplyDelete