Elektron Musical Instruments

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 06:39:07PM -0000, hal3001 wrote:
>    I thought that import duties are sometihng like 4% on keyboards? so
>    that should only be like 70 or so...

you're right. once I looked it up and did the math, I saw that :-) it's
5.3% on synths (at least, that's what they charged me on the Sid). so
if you get it during the beta period for $1400, it will be $74.20 import
duty (plus the $5 Fed-Ex "convenience" fee for paying it up-front for you).

>    yea shippin would be a pain :(

yeah. I imagine it's costing Elektron well over $100 to Fed-Ex these via
global priority. because global priority of my Sid was about $130 and
again, it weighs like a sheet of paper compared to the MM. I'd imagine
it's originally $200-ish for the MM, but Elektron might get a discount for
being exclusive Fed-Ex'ers, so...

either way...yeah, it's a lot of $.
								
>    but.. hrmm should i risk it or not!?:o or just spend some extra money
>    and get a used A6, or kurzweil k2600s?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

it's your call, man. I'm personally going to get the MM once I have the
money (and hopefully if a module/rack version comes out). I have faith
in Elektron that it will be well worth the money. the MD is a lot of $,
but worth every dime once you see the ease of use and breadth of sounds
it offers. I'm sure that the MM is the exact same way (and in fact,
Elektron have told me "if you think the MD has endless options, wait
until you play the MM!"). besides, it has a built-in sequencer; and I'm
a sucker for that :-)

also, if you get it and don't like it, you can probably sell it on eBay
very easily (but post an ad in here first!). you'll probably take less
of a financial hit that way, since you wont' have to pay for shipping.

Joe