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#375571 - 11/17/13 04:43 PM Re: To buy or not to buy ? [Re: spalding1968]
spalding1968 Offline
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Registered: 09/19/08
Posts: 1264
Loc: United Kingdom
I have been happy enough with my korg pa1x arranger for 10 years. It has everything I need for now and suits the way I work . When I want to record an album I pass on my rough work to my brother who is an incredible producer and he uses his God given abilities to polish and mix my work . That's not my gift .It seems crazy to me that yamaha has deliberately left off this one thing on their arranger workstations but so be it . I can wait for the next korg or motif

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#375663 - 11/18/13 10:11 PM Re: To buy or not to buy ? [Re: spalding1968]
Robbo Offline
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Registered: 07/31/08
Posts: 570
Loc: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Well i have seen & heard the T5. Don't mind the finish actually not a shiny silver, but a classy titanium that is easy on the eye. The instruments, wow don't think i've heard better, except in vst versions. The keybed which is same as t4 is great. The T5 76 is a monster impressive in many ways, although, and i know that the target audience are not pro players, although the t's are great for paid performers, is a little too long in my opinion, and better space saving design may have made it more transportable.

My major critism is on price here in Aus at close to $8k which is the rrp of the 76 plus speaker pack, this makes it about 2k more than a T4, which i think (an opinion is way too expensive). I hope that by the time the units arrive in Aus and after due consideration a price somewhere between $5k and $6k will be the affordable price for product that will sell in numbers that will be acceptable for both dealers and consumers. I mean 3 years from now it's either superseded or deleted from a product line. The price here does not truly reflect this fact. If it was to say completely upgradeable without having to buy a new T6 then the asked price now probably would not sound as bad.

Classy it is, no doubt, hope the price falls to allow one to purchase it.

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#375672 - 11/19/13 06:16 AM Re: To buy or not to buy ? [Re: Robbo]
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 43703
Originally Posted By: Robbo
Well i have seen & heard the T5. Don't mind the finish actually not a shiny silver, but a classy titanium that is easy on the eye. The instruments, wow don't think i've heard better, except in vst versions. The keybed which is same as t4 is great. The T5 76 is a monster impressive in many ways, although, and i know that the target audience are not pro players, although the t's are great for paid performers, is a little too long in my opinion, and better space saving design may have made it more transportable.

My major critism is on price here in Aus at close to $8k which is the rrp of the 76 plus speaker pack, this makes it about 2k more than a T4, which i think (an opinion is way too expensive). I hope that by the time the units arrive in Aus and after due consideration a price somewhere between $5k and $6k will be the affordable price for product that will sell in numbers that will be acceptable for both dealers and consumers. I mean 3 years from now it's either superseded or deleted from a product line. The price here does not truly reflect this fact. If it was to say completely upgradeable without having to buy a new T6 then the asked price now probably would not sound as bad.

Classy it is, no doubt, hope the price falls to allow one to purchase it.


Thanx for the update.....you make very valid points.

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#375980 - 11/22/13 01:15 AM Re: To buy or not to buy ? [Re: spalding1968]
Robbo Offline
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Registered: 07/31/08
Posts: 570
Loc: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Good news fir Aussie buyers (me included) Yammy have obviously adjusted the RRP $ of the T5 to bring in line with other rrp's around the world. This puts the 76 at $6395 aus dollars (does not include speaker pack which is extra).

So i'm happy to say that a driven deal with my friends the dealers has bought it back to affordable to me!

Thanks Yammy and the dealer of course.

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