On what planet is this actually worth $2000?
I'm really disappointed to see TE become this lifestyle company and continue jacking up their prices.
TE always was a lifestyle company. All their products, including their gaming device, are about looking cool. Which is why device thinness is extremely important and the first thing they talk about. Just like Apple.
You don't buy a TE device to actually make music, you buy it to impress people about how creative you are, how you are not a pleb consumerist.
Obviously not everyone will think this is worth $2000, and there's definitely an element of status symbol there, but I've genuinely enjoyed owning one.
The fact that there are some cyclists which actually need a $20k bike doesn't mean that the majority of $20k bike buyers are not doing it just for status (the famed dentist cyclists).
I feel like at a $1999 price point, though, they've crossed into territory where their products are going to increasingly be seen as being only for rich people, and I think it's starting to hurt their credibility. The coverage of their new mixer on /r/synthesizers was overwhelmingly negative. It's like if Apple suddenly decided that going forward all their products would be gold plated and cost twice as much. If you make it too obvious that the point of the product is to flaunt wealth, then that detracts from it being just a product that's interesting, pleasant to use, and useful in some context.
You pay for the brand and to say on Twitter that you use hardware
It's just most of the instruments I'm seeing, are essentially a bunch of knobs which can figure an internal computer.
I absolutely love synths, so I'll probably buy one of these.
They have a few products like the Studio Display which don't have many direct replacements but all of Apples mainstream products are just good value.