Yeah, you didn't get the good deals in the big cities. I lived in a guitar town that was relatively isolated and the internet wasn't as well known as it is today.AdmiralQuality wrote:I live in Toronto. SH-101s were already cool again by the 90s, though you could have probably got one cheap in the late 80s as by that time it had become what everybody didn't want.ghettosynth wrote:No man, you weren't buying synths at the right time/place. I purchased my Rev3 P5 around 1994 or so, for right at $600. I bought a P600 the same year for $125 and two SH101s for less than $100 each. I could go on, but the prices would just make you sick.AdmiralQuality wrote:If I had found a Prophet 5 for $600 at any point in history I'd have been thrilled. Maybe a broken one went for that. Or in an estate sale. Or maybe it was a Prophet 600 you're thinking of?
That was the analog synth market in the early nineties. We used to bitch that 303's had become absurdly priced at about $600. It was bad enough when they were $300, but the price was going through the roof for some crazy reason.
You're right of course, and the seller of the P5 knew what he had. But even in the big city they were only getting about $1000. So, $600 for a quick sale was not unreasonable. I bought an OBXa for $300, and OBXs for $100, both long gone. I regularly turned down the DX/DMX drum machines and the DSX sequencers for < $50.But Prophet 5s were never uncool. Jupiter 6es and 8s. Oberheim OB8s and Xes. They've all largely maintained their sticker prices (it's just, that money is worth less now). I've never understood the 303 thing. If only I could go back in time and buy a warehouse full of the things!
FWIW, I sold the P5 a LONG time ago because, frankly, I think that they're overrated. If it were a Rev2, I might have held on to it, the Rev 3s just don't sound that great to my ears.
