Just want to share my thoughts about it. I see all companies just jacking up prices blaming tariffs
or whatever they could come up with . Elektron for instance went totally apesh..t for instance i had analog heat+effects paid a grand now is 1300 bucks and their products are up at least 150 $ across the line funny part is they didn’t improve anything so for me its just greed nothing else. Now as far Polyend goes im their supporter for 2 reasons the gear giving me unique experience that’s one thing and second i was born in Poland so its just patriotic thing . I don’t like they going the same route and the new mini gets to the gray category of being just too expensive . Nice concept and should be done with the OG in first place but in this case its just the enclosure nothing else is reworked. How bout oled screen and no limitation on sample memory simply implementing sd card streaming(Dirtywave M8). That would make the 10th anniversary worth to consider . Love you guys but remember…costumers/consumers first its always half of the success.
Oh, I don’t want to get all political but trade and information wars are the new armed conflicts between countries with nuclear cababilities. I honestly don’t think it is greed fueling Elektron, I think their parts costs probably increased by a similar amount. Even if built in Europe, the parts bought from China are increased to make up for loss of sales in the US due to tariffs. It is all really more complex, and I’m no expert in it but businesses need predictability to function, and roadmap for the future and right now it is the opposite of that - so I would expect all hardware to go up long term.
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