Hi Smag
Turnkey quite often get their prices mixed up. I once tied to snag a Nord 3 for ?650 (well thats what it was advertised on their site....legally they should honour that?
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Check out their prices man....for example their Nord 2X's have gone up from ?750 to ?1029......the Alesis ION was ?408 now its ?650. Christmas always comes early for those bastards.......and im sure some unfortunately customer *will* pay those prices out of naivity. Just so happens the ION and N2X are probably amongst their best sellers....and their just exploiting that. I dont like Turnkey.
Ok, back to your original question.....why is the Nord 3 more expensive than the TI (we're talking desktops here)? Well, I should imagine their overheads are more expensive.......certainly more than Access'. Access probably use Eastern European seasonal workers to assemble their synths whereas Clavia probably dont have that luxury.....
Other factors....quantity, materials, exchange rates, cost of stone and wood....ermmm...red paint....
The ironic thing is....if you really wanted to cover Nord 3 type ground you could just simpy buy an ION and DX7 and save ??? a shitload in real terms. Question is....what purpose does the N3 now serve? I dont know the answer to that....
DS