I didn't see this thread at the time, as I did not get my Prophet X until early November last year.
I was one of those swayed into purchasing my first Prophet by the BAX Shop price. I was looking for a Novation Summit but they were as rare as hen's teeth at the time due to being very new on the market and Novation not being able to keep up with the demand.
So I had the choice of waiting or seeing what else was about, when I stumbled upon the BAX Shop Prophet X price, which at the time was £2,400 GPB or about $3,000 USD or €2,800 EUR. This price was a little outside my budget of £2,000 but given I buy synths like this for the long haul (ten years min) then I decided that I was worth it
I was amazed by this price and didn't quite believe it at the time until the order was confirmed! Their current price is £2,700 which is again a price I probably would not have paid, so I was lucky! I definitely would not have paid the original asking price (and you can still see it being sold in Europe for over £3,000).
But to own a Prophet for £2,400, I jumped at the chance, especially after reading the Sound on Sound review. Strangely for a synth like this, I could not find any decent audio demos (I can't sit through hour long you tube videos listening to some boring nerd droning on about oscillators, who then occasionally makes a raw sound
), so I did take a chance, but Bax have a good returns policy
Sadly since then, I have not had a huge amount of time in the studio, but I am now starting to program it and make use of it a little more. It certainly oozes quality both sonically and in build quality. So I was quite happy with the price I paid for it.
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