Virus TI2 pricing.... - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

DIGITAL SCREAMS · #1 21.01.2009, 07:25 PM

Digital village have them listed for £2324.00

Thats £700 more than the original TI.

Access used to bring new products to the market for roughly £50-100 more than the previous model. So whats the extra £700 all about.....

I'd like to buy the TI2.....but the price increase is too much for me (I think)

Comments?

DS

marc · #2 21.01.2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGITAL SCREAMS

Digital village have them listed for £2324.00

Thats £700 more than the original TI.

Access used to bring new products to the market for roughly £50-100 more than the previous model. So whats the extra £700 all about.....

I'd like to buy the TI2.....but the price increase is too much for me (I think)

Comments?

DS

which extra GBP700? we didn't increase the price.

marc

Monobeat · #3 21.01.2009, 08:57 PM

I am guessing it's because of a huge secret ram chip on-board that Access is going to tell us about in 6 months...

It's the Access way. They release and then stretch out the goodness by unveiling the potential along the way. This new TI MKII is SURE to have tons of features that the original TI does not have. I cannot concieve of why they would go through all the trouble of this release without holding back some super secrets goodies under the hood.

I'd pay the extra for user sample memory on-board/ or some other ingenious "not yet told about" feature...

Or maybe I'm wrong... but I suspect otherwise.

Timo · #4 21.01.2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by marc

which extra GBP700? we didn't increase the price.

marc

http://www.dv247.com/search/0/0/Prod...nding/Virus/1/

Access Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer £1,774.28
Access Virus TI2 Keyboard Synthesizer £2,324.63
Access Virus TI2 Polar Synthesizer £2,324.63

= £703.87 difference between TI-kb and Polar and the new TI2 variants. They haven't dropped the prices of their TI mk1 range yet.

DV247 (Digital Village) is the UK distributor for Access Music.

I guess they're price-fixing the pre-order aspect.

If those are anywhere near the real prices, I'm out of the bidding.

marc · #5 21.01.2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Timo

http://www.dv247.com/search/0/0/Prod...nding/Virus/1/

Access Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer £1,774.28
Access Virus TI2 Keyboard Synthesizer £2,324.63
Access Virus TI2 Polar Synthesizer £2,324.63

= £703.87 difference between TI-kb and Polar and the new TI2 variants. They haven't dropped the prices of their TI mk1 range yet.

DV247 (Digital Village) is the UK distributor for Access Music.

I guess they're price-fixing the pre-order aspect.

If those are anywhere near the real prices, I'm out of the bidding.

i need to follow this one up once i'm back in the office. let me just add that DV is not our distributor (we distribute directly to various dealers) and we did not increase the price worldwide but adjusted exchange rates (which in effect does result in a _cheaper_ price in the US for instance).

best, marc

Splat! · #6 22.01.2009, 01:44 AM

Marc, if there are any secret features on the new TI2, now is the time to tell or secretly PM me

before I blow some extra money off on a Blofeld.

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trance gate · #7 22.01.2009, 03:44 PM

Hi!
This is me second Ti! I had to send first one because of money need but I've missed it sooo much.

Whatever,
I ordered a ti|2 desktop from thomann , 1599 euros.

I hope it doesn't take to much to arrive!

greetings

DIGITAL SCREAMS · #8 22.01.2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by marc

i need to follow this one up once i'm back in the office. let me just add that DV is not our distributor (we distribute directly to various dealers) and we did not increase the price worldwide but adjusted exchange rates (which in effect does result in a _cheaper_ price in the US for instance).

best, marc

Timo - thanks for posting the Digital Village link....I meant to do that but was too busy having a heart attack.

Marc - UK customers would be grateful for your input. I think I need to hear it from the horses mouth (Access) before I part with a serious amount of money. I'd hate to think DV have recklessly hiked the price to 'cash in' on this. They are a very reputable UK music shop/chain.

If the price turns out to be £2324....then so be it. Its an exceptionally good synth....

Thanks

DS

oblivion · #9 22.01.2009, 06:56 PM

It would not be fair to reveal secret functions or hardware differences after 6 month or so, because of the mk1buyers think they do a really good deal now and suddenly mk2 has lot of new functions.

I would at least feel fooled and angry.

It is time for Access to tell the difference in hardware (Sample RAM?)now to the future customers.

Lets se what price difference it will be, if none? if it is more expensive, there must be a big difference in hardware=DSP:s are getting more powerful and sheaper.

marc · #10 22.01.2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIGITAL SCREAMS

Timo - thanks for posting the Digital Village link....I meant to do that but was too busy having a heart attack.

Marc - UK customers would be grateful for your input. I think I need to hear it from the horses mouth (Access) before I part with a serious amount of money. I'd hate to think DV have recklessly hiked the price to 'cash in' on this. They are a very reputable UK music shop/chain.

If the price turns out to be £2324....then so be it. Its an exceptionally good synth....

Thanks

DS

okay, here's the deal. on our side, the price has never changed - it was never increased. but the pound/euro conversion, plus the fact that DV is trying to get rid of old stock caused this rather irresistible "special offer" (which eventually is sold out anyway). what you guys make of it is totally down to everybody individually and i don't think i want to comment on it further.

best, marc