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If anyone is interested a customer of mine has a rev 2 Prophet for sale, it has just been fully serviced and comes with a new full session case. All functions work, calibrated, Autotunes quickly. I can put you in touch with him if anyone is interested. Photos to follow. $6000.00

Aargh.. the Rev 2 sounds beautiful, I'd jump on that if I had that kind of money to spend

Some photos. sorry, for some reason the forum software always cuts about 15% off the RHS of photos. Please note that I am not selling the synth myself, I am putting it up here as a favour for a customer so all dealings will be directly with the owner. The Synth is available for inspection in Sydney.

I'm going to need a cold shower.

wez wrote:I'm going to need a cold shower.

haha

It sounds huge. I put it beside a Rev 3 Prophet and was very surprised at just how close Sequential managed to make the later CEM machine sound to the SSM synth considering how different the circuits are. They do sound different but not as much as I expected.

I had a pair side by side once before and agree they both carry the prophet5 signature. I did think the SSM filter sound was fairly obvious at the same time though. I would describe it as "rubbery" or elastic! And cuter than the rev3 if that means much. I think the relation to Korgs like the Trident and monopoly can be heard. To me the rev3 sounds darker and moodier.

When you consider that an OBX-A for example uses the same Curtis ICs as the rev3 prophet, but they each sound very unique, I guess it's not surprising how much the circuit topology around the ICs defines the sound signature of the synth.

Steve, do you agree with the general "wisdom" that the Rev 2 is more desirable but less reliable?

For me personally no. I have said in the past that I prefer rev 3's because of reliability but really given a Rev 2 and a Rev 3 that have both been looked after really well I think that the reliability would be similar, the rev 3 would have an edge with being a little less old, slightly better build and having a crap power supply as opposed to a really crap power supply but the rev 3 is much easier to find parts for, the user interface is a bit easier to operate. As for the sound difference I don't really care, a Prophet is like an Odyssey, all I care about is that it sounds like a Prophet, I don't need to split hairs beyond that. It's why I never got the thing that people have about getting a White Face Odyssey with the "Moog" ladder filter. My favourite is the orange and black, it's the best built and it sounds like an archetypal Oddy.

Either Prophet will do the thing that a Prophet does best - making Prophet 5 sounds. The Rev 2 filter is really nice, if you are into that then I can see why you would pay a bit more for a rev. 2. These days it's hard to find a Prophet of either type.

Thirteen wrote:...These days it's hard to find a Prophet of either type.

Well, there is the Prophet 6

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on that Steve if you've tried one yet?

I am really looking forward to trying the Prophet 6, I am not sure if any are available in Australia yet but I suspect that it will be really good. I don't expect it to sound just like a Prophet 5 but I am guessing that it will have it's own mojo.

Apparently there is a Prophet 6 in Sydney owned by a guy who is well known on ebay for having a heap of
Vintage polys for sale !
A friend of mine just bought a Prophet 5 vers 3.2 (?) from him for a reasonabe price.
Cheers

It was a Prophet 5 version 3.3 John.... From what is told about the new Prophet 6 it sounds realy good and will probably be more reliable just because it's new. It is not a replication of the Prophet 5's sound and in reality how can it as it has different oscillators, filter and envelopes....in other words it has it's own personality. Think of an old model D compared to a Moog Voyager..I'll be keeping the Prophet 5... Cheers Garry Lynch

The owner has dropped his price to $6000.00. Good things come to those who wait!

Hey guys, forgot i had an account here still. i'm the owner of the prophet and now the price is $5,500. Stephen has been so kind to hold on to this at his workshop for me but this thing needs to go, so if you want to make an offer please let me know! shoot me an email :karlincourtney@gmail.com if possible as thats the easiest way of communication. Thanks guys