Jupiter X price drop

[Trancer]

I went to the Thomann website and the Jupiter X has a price of 2149 euros instead of 2299 euros.

https://www.thomann.de/fr/roland_jupite ... 9&reload=1


a price drop of 150 euros.

Is this the end of production of the Jupiter X and therefore liquidation of stock?

[kritikon]

I doubt it, jupiterX hasn't been out that long. More likely just a sale for some reason, likely to try and shift some units because they don't sell very well? They're horrendously overpriced already. Sales happen randomly it seems - here I've seen Korg MinilogueXDs on sale lately for $999 when they're usually $1200 and I'm not aware Minilogues are going out of production.

[BBFG#]

That isn't that big of a "discount".
Roland was an "A" stock in the past (meaning the dealer wholesale/flooring was 50% of that plus their usual shipping of 10%).
Generally, EOL pricing starts with "B" stocking where unsold units get shipped back to the manufacturer. Discounts reflected then go to 30%-75% to move them out as fast as they can in preparation for the next market.

[Trancer]

Thank you for your answers.

So, no reason to worry then?

Would that just be a discount from Thomann at worst to sell too much stock and nothing else?

[vurt]

getting ahead of everyone losing all their cash on black friday

[Constructed Identity]

I went to the Thomann website and the Jupiter X has a price of 2149 euros instead of 2299 euros.

https://www.thomann.de/fr/roland_jupite ... 9&reload=1


a price drop of 150 euros.

Is this the end of production of the Jupiter X and therefore liquidation of stock?

I've seen it discounted far more in the US. I wasn't surprised. I would never buy it.

[Trancer]

Thank you for your answers.

Why weren't you surprised?

Why no purchase?

[kritikon]

I'm also not surprised, but I would possibly buy it...for $50.

[Trancer]

Apparently not a fan of the Jupiter X

What do you blame him for?

[BBFG#]

Thank you for your answers.

So, no reason to worry then?

Would that just be a discount from Thomann at worst to sell too much stock and nothing else?

Not sure how they do it now, but if it's anything like it was, it has to do with flooring. A certain amount of time to have in stock before the dealer actually has to pay. The race is to sell the stock before that comes due.

[Constructed Identity]

I'm also not surprised, but I would possibly buy it...for $50.

No, as a controller that hosts VSTs it's great and if you want that it is probably worth a good $700-$800. I played with a JUNO-X and it did the Roland sound well, or at least a digital, cleaned-up copy of the Roland sound. All of these digital synths will continue to go down in value because they have yesterday's technology with emulations of decades-old analog sound sources - or just the most popular, well-known analog sound sources.