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As of this writing, presumably lasting 3 more weeks, The Candy store folks have a lot of Behringer stuff on sale.  As in very very on sale.  Example: P16M more than half off.   X32s and X-airs cheapest in a decade.

 

Is this good news, like trying out more affordable prices? Or bad news, like a ton of "legacy" stuff about to be abandoned?  (Option 3: fiscal year clearance?)

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40 minutes ago, Tom Williams said:

As of this writing, presumably lasting 3 more weeks, The Candy store folks have a lot of Behringer stuff on sale.  As in very very on sale.  Example: P16M more than half off.   X32s and X-airs cheapest in a decade.

 

Is this good news, like trying out more affordable prices? Or bad news, like a ton of "legacy" stuff about to be abandoned?  (Option 3: fiscal year clearance?)

 

Summer season is on and the predictions for this years touring sales were not achieved so now the stock needs to be cleaned out to not ruin the turnover tempo totally... ?

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18 minutes ago, jerrythek said:

Or perhaps they are getting ready to end their business relationship?

Yeah, wondered that as well, esp since GC is now a Behringer partner.

Hopefully just an  EOY clearance -- calling my "engineer" tomorrow.

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To cure inflation, the textbook answer is to raise interest rates until the economy starts to painfully slow.  We're in the meat of it right now: layoffs, dropoffs in consumer spending -- even gas prices have started to deflate where I am.  Money is tight for a lotta folks.

 

Retailers like SW -- and suppliers like B boys -- basically sell "luxury consumer goods", as no one really *needs* that latest toy, and used versions will suffice.

 

Personally, I just saw the resale value of all my Behringer gear crash hard: my X32 rack, my XR-18, all the PM-16s et. al.  This hurts a bit as I just splurged on a Allen&Heath rig and was planning to sell it all next month :(

 

These are super great deals if you're in the market.  Don't expect these prices to stick around for long, though.

 

 

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Hmm. I have to imagine MI sales are slow in August as people are burning discretionary on trips.   Inventory cleaning.  It’ll  be Black Friday before we blink an eye.  

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3 minutes ago, ElmerJFudd said:

Hmm. I have to imagine MI sales are slow in August as people are burning discretionary on trips.   Inventory cleaning.  It’ll  be Black Friday before we blink an eye.  

 

August has always been very slow historically in MI in the part of the world where summer vacation happens in July/August. The catchy event "Summer Promotion" ring a bell?

 

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13 minutes ago, J.F.N. said:

 

August has always been very slow historically in MI in the part of the world where summer vacation happens in July/August. The catchy event "Summer Promotion" ring a bell?

 

:D

 

Ya but summer is close to over and funds get lower each day!   😉

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5 hours ago, Anderton said:

Word on the street is that it's been a dreadful few months for MI sales.

 

Even including used sales! No queries or low-balls anymore, and the people I know who work in the business ay that it's the same at the retail level as for those of us trying to move things on various individual sale sites. That is, people not only aren't buying new or used, but aren't even looking! This may be the deadest consumer period of my lifetime, except maybe the oil embargo era of 1973-1974.

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Yowza, some of those prices are insanely cheap, especially on the Eurorack stuff.  If you've ever considered piecing something together like a modern day ARP 2500 modular system (which was completely unobtainium before B/Rob Keeble recreated it), now's the time.

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That's one way to dangle a carrot in front of the never-B'ers and those those who may be  B-curious.😁😎

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Dang, I definitely is not part of the target group for a BArp 2600, but with those prices... Hmmm luckily I'm off on vacation soon and have other "off keyz" things to care about then... 🤪 

 

But maybe later this year if this is a permanent price slash... 🤣

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19 minutes ago, Franz Schiller said:

They have price drops on items that are NOT in stock, such as the spring reverb.

 

Ah yes they are crafty.

 

Of coarse its summer where you guys are.

 

Where would you get a spring reverb this time of year.

 

Reminds me cherries are out of season here. Hee hee

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Sooner or later, someone is going to appear with an all-B rig, do a giant Kebu-type show and make me STFU when nothing 'splodes. 🙄🤨

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Update: my Sweetwater rep sez it's a rather typical Behringer temporary price reduction.  In June it it was Aston microphones (another Music Tribe brand)  -- then they went back up.   

Get 'em while they're hot, boys.

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Man, you folks are right…. looks like an incredible sale to me……. this is a screen print just now from the XR-18 from Sweetwater…..  I think that’s an incredible (low) price.  (I think I originally paid $600 or more for mine years ago.)

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Well I knew I wouldn't be able to stop myself, I ordered 5 Eurorack modules.  What is impressive though, is that when I did it, I was SOBER AS A NUN!!

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1 hour ago, sunspot said:

Well I knew I wouldn't be able to stop myself, I ordered 5 Eurorack modules.  What is impressive though, is that when I did it, I was SOBER AS A NUN!!

 

What did you end up getting? My budget is tight right now so living vicariously through others. 😆

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2 hours ago, CrossRhodes said:

What did you end up getting? My budget is tight right now so living vicariously through others. 😆

 

Nothing particularly exciting CR, just some modules that I'm hoping will be useful for utilitarian purposes with my existing gear:

 

B's clone of Make Noise Maths (which is basically a ripoff of the Serge DUSG more or less.  Plus I own a nice Make Noise synth already so my conscience is clear)

B's clone of ARP 2600 VCO (It has a fine tune knob!!)

B's clone of the Moog CP3 mixer (that sounds good when you intentionally overload it)

B's clone of Roland System 100 Dual ADSR/LFO

Quad VCA/Mixer

 

To be able to get all that new for less than $250 is effin nuts considering how $$$ the Eurocrack universe is.

 

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6 minutes ago, sunspot said:

 

Nothing particularly exciting CR, just some modules that I'm hoping will be useful for utilitarian purposes with my existing gear:

 

B's clone of Make Noise Maths (which is basically a ripoff of the Serge DUSG more or less.  Plus I own a nice Make Noise synth already so my conscience is clear)

B's clone of ARP 2600 VCO (It has a fine tune knob!!)

B's clone of the Moog CP3 mixer (that sounds good when you intentionally overload it)

B's clone of Roland System 100 Dual ADSR/LFO

Quad VCA/Mixer

 

To be able to get all that new for less than $250 is effin nuts considering how $$$ the Eurocrack universe is.

 

 

Nice!

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