This kind of turned into a fiasco for many, as per
this MW thread. In short: Korg oversold within the first afternoon, but kept taking orders (I call Reverb tie-in shenanigans!, but maybe just an automated mistake....or not?), causing hundreds of refunds/irate buyers to fill up the feedback on the Korg Official Reverb account within the next three days (thanks, Reverb 3-day purchase-to-post window for Pavlovin' us all). First batch of Opsixes were shipped from Korg NY fulfillment (not many), but a majority were sent from CA thereafter. Running theory is that Korg had an overseas shipment docked too long, causing heat exposure, and thereby decided to sell the questionable units at half price, as initial recipients had compromised screens (dead pixels, faint readout) or entirely DOA units. However, they are offering two options afterward: full refund & ship the unit back to Korg (really would like someone to include an airtag in an outgoing unit to see where these compromised/DOA synths end up eventually, as someone in that thread mentioned doing) or take it to the local Korg-approved repair shop (for many, it's at least an hour away's drive). Also, they are extending their warranty to 2 years for those who want to register/keep it, which is, I suppose......something.
I have one incoming this weekend, ha ha ha, fingers crossed, so maybe I can take it to Danny's Lazer Base instead of getting a refund?
Anyhow, all of this squashed my sad old theory that any manufacturer would blow out any electronic music making thing after the last three years, ever again. I kept thinking either the Wavestate or Minilogue V1's would be good to go, but I suppose....those days....are.........over