Start up the rumor mill... I can think of at least two other explanations:
(A) We're seeing the caboose at the end of the train: Roland's new management is getting out of the arranger business, leaving the BK-9 an orphan with no further development planned. Think Technics, GEM, etc.
(B) The factory is letting them lower the MAP to clear out the distribution chain in advance of a new model.
IMO it's not a random development. We'll see...
The new Roland management is currently placing Roland back on top where innovation is important.....
For the young that want to toy with music, they have added the aira range, which is selling very very good
For the old time synth fans they created the JD-XA, which combines a real analog synth with digital top sounds..
They are trying to make instruments that are espescially fum to play, and are currently succeeding at that...
So whats up next from Roland, a new arranger? Or a new workstation? Or something different? Noboddy knows, but i am quite sure that whatever they bring next is created with the fun of the musician in mind..
I think that Roland will keep surprising us in the time to come, the new management seem to know what musicians want, they stopped selling more of the same, as that was what they did for the last few years..
If they decide to ever make a new totl arranger, it will be spectacular for sure...
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