Re: [AH] Korg 770 or wait for a Korg 800DV?

From Peter Forrest
Sent Fri, Sep 27th 2019, 15:44

On 2019-09-27 14:56, Brandon Rogers wrote:
> I could be oversimplifying a bit.... but I think you could think of
> the 770 like a Yamaha CS-10 (but two oscillators) and the 800DV like
> the Yamaha CS-15.
> 
> -Brandon
> 
> On 9/27/19, Boniforti Flavio <xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> Lars... I hate you :-)
>> So how does the 770 compare to the 800DV?
>> Should I pull the trigger on the 770 I mentioned?
>> F.
>> https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused
>> 
>> 
>> Am Fr., 27. Sept. 2019 um 10:41 Uhr schrieb Lars Johansson <
>> xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>:
>> 
>>> The 770 is much more rare than the 800DV.
>>> 
>>> Very few of them around.
>>> 
>>> I regret selling mine. But on the other hand I have an 800DV also...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 27 sep. 2019 kl. 09:03 skrev Boniforti Flavio 
>>> <xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx>:
>>> 
>>> Hi ppl!
>>> I have spotted a Korg 770 with Kenton CV/Gate interface already 
>>> installed
>>> and calibrated for the equivalent USD 1500. I've always been 
>>> interested
>>> in
>>> such a device, but would prefer an 800DV. The problem is, that first 
>>> of
>>> all
>>> the 800DV is much rarer and also more expensive (almost double, 
>>> without
>>> any
>>> modification!)...
>>> 
>>> How interesting/special is the 770? Do you feel I should wait for an
>>> 800DV? Or is it there any other Korg monophonic vintage synth that 
>>> I'm
>>> missing (I already own the MS-20M)?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> F.
>>> https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
Both are absolutely lovely.  I only got hold of a 770 for the first time 
recently - just about the one large maker synth I'd never had a decent 
amount of time with - and I thought it was awesome.  IMO far more 
musical than the Yamahas.  And I think the 770 is much rarer than the 
700 and 800DV.
Peter