Looked this up because I was skeptical.

The Buchla rings from 1979 is $650 USD which is €587 with today’s exchange rates.

Rings is $359 USD which is €325 EUR.

Don’t spread false information.

I mostly agree. There are some very good musicians using Buchla, but there will also be people who just enjoy it and collect it. Expensive pianos aren’t just owned by excellent musicians either.

For the Rings clone, I think it’s probably expensive because of economies of scale. He’s made a small batch of pcbs, faceplates, presumably hand-soldering.

If someone enjoys that kind of thing and likes buying or selling it, I’ve not got a problem with that.

Buying an expensive Buchla setup when a eurorack setup will do the same does not make you an experienced musician or even a good musician

Buchla is expensive for no particularly good reason that I can see – it does mostly the same stuff as most eurorack modules

and there are companies out there designing new modules (and clones) in the Buchla format and then charging the Buchla premium because… well it looks like Buchla

Mutable Instruments Rings: €298

1979 Buchla Rings Clone: €900

This guy didn’t even have to design the module – it was all ready open source

I agree, what I’ve spent just on electronic percussion I could is more than a Moog One 16 voice.

These price comments seem to come from collectors and hobbyists rather than experienced musicians.

No skilled musician would bat an eye at spending $5K and up on an instrument.

Gigging keyboard players are going to typically have a handful of instruments in that price range, while classical players typically have one instrument that’s even more expensive.

I’ve never met an experience musician that did not want the best instrument that they could buy.

About the same cost as a decent piano and much less than the cost of a decent violin.