Professionals wonder if a second-hand Tyros has a better quality-price ratio for their activity. But they are torn between reason and passion.
It's not moans.
Thank you for being so understanding Soundphase.
Since I have nothing better to do this morning, I'm sitting here counting/estimating
the number of gigs that I've played with my T3 since 2010.
A rough estimate would be around 2780 gigs, so I've gotten to know it quite well.
I bought the T3 two years after it's launch, and 10 weeks before the launch of the T4,
because my dealer told me that the T4 business was just a rumour.
I updated the T3 just once after I bought it, and have never had any trouble, bugs,
freezing, crashing, or any of the myriad other Genos related issues that one reads
about almost on a daily basis here.
One just has to start from the "Genos - General" page, then go backwards, from
page 1 to page 10, to read about all the issues that have been mentioned.
The T3 easily brings me an average of 1980€ every week.
Not much, I know, but the point is that it keeps bringing in an income.
I've always mantained that it is the musician that makes an instrument
sound good, and not the instrument making the musician good.
And to make an instrument sound good requires investing a substantial amount
of discipline, dedication, time, and sacrifice, something many people are unable,
or perhaps unwilling to do.
We live in the age of instant gratification, where one finger will give you an
Orchestra.
And sometimes no fingers at all, when you pop in a Midifile.
From a professional's point of view, I have nothing to gain by rushing out to buy a
Genos just because someone else has recommended it, and nothing to lose by waiting
until whatever remaining issues have been identified by others, and ultimately
ironed out.
Most comsumer products are rushed out nowadays anyway, before being fully tested for issues,
with the manufacturers depending on consumers to act as Guinea pigs who will identify any
remaining issues.
I probably will eventually end up getting a Genos, but that will be according to my own
timetable, even though I must admit that I also find the T5/61 an appealing prospect,
as well as being fascinated by the styles and real live band sensation that the Korg Pa4X
has.
I must also confess that I have neither seen nor tested either the T5 or Korg yet.
None of the stores here have them.
My assumptions are only based on YouTube videos that I have been watching.
Just a professional's point of view.
Best Regards.
Abby.
PS: I welcome any civil, constructive, and intelligent response.