Hello,
*** Is it worth it to trade in a CZ-101 for a CZ1000?
>>>>>>>>> No
Why not?
1) Any synthesizer that is sixteen years old is way
behind the curve in terms of its ability to make cool
and interesting sounds. You're paying for the limited
range of sounds that a 16 year old synth can give.
You current have every sound possiblity that the CZ
family can give in the CZ101.
2) Any old piece of consumer electronics will lose
95% of its value after 16 years. It will fall to a
certain price and not much lower. A synth that cost
$2500 in 1985 and one that cost $250 will both fall to
the same price: $50. The value of the electronics
goes down, down, down but all of the other costs, such
as shipping, transporting, repairing, ect. go up with
time.
3) You mentioned that you would be using the CZ1000
primarilly for its large keys. Allow me to suggest,
get an old, but very high quality MIDI keyboard
controller for the same or slightly more cost than the
CZ1000. Get something with a professional keyboard
feel (and MIDI velocity sensors on each key (which I
strongly doubt that the CZ1000 has) ). Research and
ask around about which is the best keyboard controller
on a synth made in the 1980-1990 period and you might
find that they are selling for the same price (when
you include the shipping and repair charges) as the
CZ1000.
In other words, the value of a synthesizer is
primarily the value of the electronics and then the
value of the keyboard and case. The price/performance
ratio of the electronics goes up every year (the
sounds keep getting better and cheaper every year as
the electronics improve).
For the price (selling the 101, buying and shipping
the CZ1000), I suggest getting an old but excellent
quality keyboard and one or two tone modules that are
about five years old. The more tone modules that you
have (and the more varied they are in their sound
generating techniques), then the more interesting that
you sound in your performances and recordings. The
better quality keyboard controller that you have
(remember velocity sensors on each key?), then the
better that you play and sound.
Don't get tricked into thinking that mediocre
mass-market consumer items like the Casio CZ family
will become collector's items just because they're
old.
Thank you,
--- euporia420 <euporia420@...> wrote:
> Hey guys, just joined the list a week or so ago,
> when I picked up a
> beautiful condition CZ-101. I just saw an add for a
> CZ1000, and was
> wondering if the full sized keys justify me going
> through the effort
> of buying the 1000 and selling the 101 on eBay. The
> size of the 101
> is pretty sweet, but those mini-keys are annoying as
> hell, and I
> couldn't imagine playing anything acurately during a
> live performance.
> Maybe that will change with some practice?
>
> Fulls size keys sound nice, but I'm wondering if I
> should just keep
> the 101 and get another keyboard controller in the
> future. I
> currently use my K5000S as my main controller. I'm
> not sure the build
> and key quality of the 1000 can really give me a
> much better
> controller than the 101, after all, it's a cheep old
> synth. I don't
> think Juno's make the best controller either....lol.
> Should I keep my
> 101, and get a nice newer contoller later; or go
> ahead and replace my
> 101 with a full sized 1000.
>
> Any suggestions, thanks,
> David Beckman
>
>
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