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Anyone heard of Roland discontinuing M-5000?
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<blockquote data-quote="Caleb Dueck" data-source="post: 211833" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Roland had a nearly complete, high end mixer, that they decided not to bring to market, years ahead of the M5000. Some of that R&D made its way into the M5000. </p><p></p><p>With as little market share as Roland has with over-$10k MAP mixers - I wouldn't be surprised if they focused only on the sub-$10k market. This doesn't mean they can't design great products, rather that they struggle and aren't given many chances at the deeper end of the pool. </p><p></p><p>Just my opinion - by not releasing a higher end mixer many years ago, they lightly painted themselves into a corner at the lower price point of the market. The M5000, if it hadn't been for the DLive, may have been the second chance they needed. Their personal monitor mixers are cool, but even those have been upstaged by the ME-1. </p><p></p><p>I just compared the new, lower M5000 cost to DLive C3500 cost (most apples to apples in my opinion) - and the M5000 is higher. Add personal monitor mixers, as many HoW users include, and the price is slanted even farther away from them. </p><p></p><p>I'm not optimistic about a replaccement. If they do - I'll certainly give it a fair shot. What I would hate to see is a lot of R&D dumped into an "M6000" and have it tank. I'd rather see more R&D dumped into their video side, so they could position themselves in the "more reliable/better than BMD" gap. That is a vacuum waiting for a solution which Roland is poised to focus on if they choose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caleb Dueck, post: 211833, member: 60"] Roland had a nearly complete, high end mixer, that they decided not to bring to market, years ahead of the M5000. Some of that R&D made its way into the M5000. With as little market share as Roland has with over-$10k MAP mixers - I wouldn't be surprised if they focused only on the sub-$10k market. This doesn't mean they can't design great products, rather that they struggle and aren't given many chances at the deeper end of the pool. Just my opinion - by not releasing a higher end mixer many years ago, they lightly painted themselves into a corner at the lower price point of the market. The M5000, if it hadn't been for the DLive, may have been the second chance they needed. Their personal monitor mixers are cool, but even those have been upstaged by the ME-1. I just compared the new, lower M5000 cost to DLive C3500 cost (most apples to apples in my opinion) - and the M5000 is higher. Add personal monitor mixers, as many HoW users include, and the price is slanted even farther away from them. I'm not optimistic about a replaccement. If they do - I'll certainly give it a fair shot. What I would hate to see is a lot of R&D dumped into an "M6000" and have it tank. I'd rather see more R&D dumped into their video side, so they could position themselves in the "more reliable/better than BMD" gap. That is a vacuum waiting for a solution which Roland is poised to focus on if they choose. [/QUOTE]
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