How much is a DX7 worth these days ?

[cortexx]

Been offered one by one of my customers for around $300 canadian .

Is that a fair price ?

 

[altitude909]

It's too much, I paid $150 for mine. I would hold out for a DX7II or one of the TX synths. If you want good hardware FM you can get a TX81Z on ebay for under $100 and thats 8 DX7IIs. The orginal DX had 12 bit convertors, was noisey and had a weak midi implementation. The DX7II had 16bit DA convertors and just sounds cleaner and better (IMHO).

 

[Atterion]

Ditto to what altitude said. I see DX7II's in my neck of the woods, selling for $200 and under. The only DX models that I would consider for more than this is a DX7II with D or E upgrade, and they would still have to be in REALLY good condition. My 2 Cents.

 

[cortexx]

$300 Can is roughly around $260 US at todays exchange rate.

The guys dropped off the keyboard to me and its in pretty good condition, I dont need it with what i have already ( i have the D50 card for the V-synth) but its an opportunity to own a piece of history i guess

 

[mshilarious]

You could probably pick up an SW1000XG and get the FM daughterboard pretty cheap these days . . .

 

[Atterion]

$300 Can is roughly around $260 US at todays exchange rate.

The guys dropped off the keyboard to me and its in pretty good condition, I dont need it with what i have already ( i have the D50 card for the V-synth) but its an opportunity to own a piece of history i guess

Ah well, if this is a mission of nostalgia, and it's history you want, then I guess any price you think is reasonable, would be acceptable. Hey if you got the cash to spend, then why not. I'd say take it then.

 

[brzilian]

http://www.prepal.com/data/Yamaha.htm

 

[Alexbt]

$300 American used to be a good price for a used DX7.. maybe demand has gone down. I imagine in Canadian it's more worth it.

 

[cortexx]

I didnt buy it.

Reason ?

I have a ton of other equipment and a Korg Radias on the way. There is nothing the DX7 can give me that i dont already have. The only possible use it would have for me is a midi controller but I have my v-synth,ms2000b and of course the radias soon too for that.

I think ill throw the cash at one of the 81 key CME Midi controllers so that i have a good quality weighted keyboard in my arsenal, thats pretty much what im lacking if anything.

So thanks for the input anyways

 

[Atterion]

I think ill throw the cash at one of the 81 key CME Midi controllers

Good choice. A hear that Korg rocks too (of course...it's a Korg)...

 

[warble]

It's too much, I paid $150 for mine. I would hold out for a DX7II or one of the TX synths. If you want good hardware FM you can get a TX81Z on ebay for under $100 and thats 8 DX7IIs. The orginal DX had 12 bit convertors, was noisey and had a weak midi implementation. The DX7II had 16bit DA convertors and just sounds cleaner and better (IMHO).

I think you meant TX812? The 81Z is a 4-operator, kinda stripped down DX7 in a module. The 812 rocks though - up to eight individual modules for great polyphony, and superb DX7 sound. Missed out on one of those on eBay last fall - fully loaded with all eight and in excellent condition

 

[altitude909]

Yeah it is like a DX100 but will still have some good dance sounds (the bass is classic). I have seen them go for 50 bucks. The 812 is kinda unweildy and 8 individual outs is beyond most ppls means to deal with it.

I run a TX802 and I love it. Thats the rack DX7II thats 8 parts multitimberal. I sold my keyboard DX since a rack made alot more sense.