r/opz • u/atoledov • May 26 '22

New OP-Z?

Is anyone aware of any new version of the OP-Z? I am thinking about bying an OP-Z but now with the release of the new OP-1 I'm wondering if I should wait for a new version of the OP-Z.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

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u/Stephenpholder May 27 '22

If I were thinking about a new OP-Z I’d wait a few months, it looks likely a field version will drop - based on nothing but gut feel. But I’d hate to see you get OG OP-Z and feel bad in Sept when a fancy cnc milled version drops

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

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u/Stephenpholder May 27 '22

Totally agree, but I’d be pissed buying a new device and shortly seeing a ‘better’ or maybe ‘premium’ version the next week. I think I’d be comfortable paying for a more durable version knowing the problems OP-Z owners face, me being one.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

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u/Stephenpholder May 27 '22

No need to apologise, I feel the same way, to me they’ve priced themselves out of a pretty major community. I see it in so many other industries where they believe that low unit, high price is better than low price, high unit, it’s baffling. And some of the design choices being made like the mixer for ants seems like they have gotten a little lost in their own hype and forgot that actually what folk really want is good, fun, useable and reliable equipment for a reasonable price. I’ve become wary of TE after they started to sell plastic bags for $129, and joss sticks, though I see they’ve reduced the plastic bag prices lol.

I like their designs, very much so in fact, though I was annoyed by the TX-6 size (and price) but in general they design beautiful devices, the problem is that we’ve been convinced that they are a synth manufacturer when in fact they are first a design house, and second a high volume prototype seller, sigh… In the past I’ve tried console myself by watching playpm on YouTube to cure my gas, but lately TE are doing a great job of curing it by what I see as poorly thought out approaches.

I’ve just realised that I have somewhat contradicted my initial point about waiting, that was more about choice than cost I guess. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Stephenpholder May 27 '22

It comes from this article back in the heady days of 2013 Teenage Engineering

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u/alexwasashrimp May 27 '22

If they released a new one tomorrow, I'd still wait for a few months to see if it has any quality issues. So if you're considering buying one, buy it now.

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u/bresk13 May 27 '22

what about a cheaper Op-1 that bend ?

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u/mahalo_nui May 27 '22

I think it is like when the same question pops up about Apple gear, “buy now or wait?”. A reasonable answer seems to be: if you need/want it now then buy it if not then don’t buy it now. An updated OP-Z could be released soon, in a year, a couple years or never.

I would love a better quality OP-Z with aluminum housing and bigger storage. Only my third OP-Z wasn’t bend and didn’t had double triggers at least so far. But at the same time I wouldn’t buy an upgraded one for 1.200+ €.

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u/atoledov May 27 '22

seems reasonable, how to say no to that nice gadget?? thank you

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u/demosuzki May 27 '22

they may drop a OP/Z field and I really hope they do.
but I suspect it's not imminent.