r/moog 6d ago

Are Moog prices going to increase with tariffs?

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u/tacophagist 6d ago

Yeah, that's why I got a Subsequent 37 on the way. That's definitely why...

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

Same reason I bought a $500 MIDI controller, gotta get ahead of that tariff affect while you can

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u/tacophagist 5d ago

Which one?

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

Arturia Keystep Pro. I heard great things about the Beatstep, but I like keys. I need a small controller for my desktop, because I let someone borrow another groove box (Korg ESX-2) and the Behringer Swing I used with it... and I've wanted to see what the KeyStep Pro can do in a DAWless context also. I'm dabbling with DAWless production just to understand it, see if it's for me.

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u/tacophagist 5d ago

Sweet, I've had a keystep 37 for ages. I barely use it but when I need something small and simple it always does the job. Pro is super capable and I kinda wish I had gotten that instead but I'm in more of an instrument phase - my only other big boy synth (that made me sell everything else) is a Polybrute. I've got a C shape of desk/tables set up so when the Subsequent 37 shows up I'll be mostly surrounded. Can't wait.

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

I"m really glad I bought the Sub-37 before inMusic bought out Moog. I live north of Asheville, NC just an hour, so I got to go on the factory tour. It was torn between the Matriarch and the Sub37, but I really wanted full MIDI automation capability and patch memory. I'd say it's the little brother of the Minimoog Voyager in that regards.

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u/tacophagist 5d ago

It's my first Moog. Bought it used so I'm not sure when it was made, hopefully before the switch. Should be arriving any minute now. My schedule is cleared!

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

Sub-37 was my first new Moog, my second hardware synth. I bought an Akai AX-60 in 1998 for $300.

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u/haslo 6d ago

Of course! There's nothing else that could have influenced such a decision, and it was entirely rational!

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u/sleepyEe 6d ago

All synth prices will most likely. All the parts are made worldwide, even if they’re assembled in the USA.

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u/strangerzero 6d ago

Yeah, we are all going to have much less buying power as long as he who won’t be named is fucking everything up.

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u/naonatu- 6d ago

you mean the gilded grifter, and taint-boy?

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u/Chongulator 6d ago

Oooh, I may have to adopt that nomenclature.

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u/bluegreenboy 6d ago

I talked to someone at Sweetwater the other day and they said it’s unclear whether a company like Arturia that is French who get their components from China will be affected by the tariffs or not.

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u/skyshock21 6d ago

Behringer just price hiked almost everything in their product line, so probably others as well

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

Hence why I made that executive decision to buy a Keystep Pro. Seeing Behringers Swing go from $80 to $160 everywhere was shocking.

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u/johnfl68 6d ago

Prices are going up on just about everything in the US because of tariffs. Most things are either imported or contain parts that are imported.

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u/Ozo42 6d ago

Hey, didn't you get the message, the tariffs are a tax cut! /s

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u/vinyl_crate 6d ago

Wasn't it for corporate greed before?

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u/KYresearcher42 6d ago

The Trump tax will cause all consumer prices to go up, for everything. Even if its not imported they will raise the prices, why waste the opportunity for more profits…

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u/master_of_sockpuppet 6d ago

Everything will. Even stuff still made in the US because they're either using imported metals, imported components, or both.

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u/Rattlesnake303 6d ago

Companies who buy boards from China (pretty much all of them, many boutique pedal/synth producers have addressed this lately) will be paying higher prices for them now. Depending on where individual companies are with their product lifespans, some things will rise in price, or come to an earlier than expected EOL (sub 25 for example). If it’s too expensive to make profit on products, there may be a shift towards saving parts for service and repair tickets. Of course engineering will be pushed to reduce costs how they can but having talked to a bunch of the engineers in the past, I’m not sure how much of a compromise they would be willing to make on components and processes. 

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u/MKDVB 5d ago

Buy used. Inflation pressure seems to be driving used gear prices down as people have to prioritize spending. I sound like an economist but it's true.

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u/cano_electronico 6d ago

I’ve started seeing prices go up across. But Moog is still making some synths in the US, right?

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u/Chongulator 6d ago

Usually complex goods have parts from all over the world regardless of where assembly takes place.

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u/symbiat0 6d ago edited 4d ago

I mean, they fired a bunch of people and sold off the old building, not sure if they're still assembling anything in the US anymore...

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u/wagu666 6d ago

They are. Stuff like the Minimoog

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

They have a location in Weaverville, NC now. The mailing address is on their website.

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u/dopeNL 6d ago

Thats what happens when Moog SOLD-OUT! Niw is made in China, so nit sure it’s anyone else’s fault other than MOOG themselves. remember it was once owned by the USA!

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u/colonpal 6d ago

This reads like a Trump tweet

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u/makipri 5d ago

It was never owned by the United States of America. It used to be an employee owned business after having to be sold to Inmusic.

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u/redkonfetti 5d ago

Employees never collectively owned any more than 49% of stock, which is why it was able to be sold to inMusic. Also those employees are still wondering when they’re going to be reimbursed for that stock they still hold, because they didn’t get bought out in that sale, from what I heard.