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Post by gkillmaster » Thu Nov 07, 8:40 pm

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I'm just getting into modular and have ordered an Oneiroi from Perfect Circuit. They had a great price due to first purchase coupon offer. And they shipped right away so I'm impressed.

Got to wondering where you all buy from and which online shops you prefer. I've seen Detroit Modular and Thomann mentioned as well.
Any favorite places you prefer?

Thank you!

Greg Last edited by gkillmaster on Thu Nov 07, 9:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Post by DukeLeto » Thu Nov 07, 8:46 pm

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Post by starthief » Thu Nov 07, 9:05 pm

Usually I will check here (unless it's a brand new module) and Reverb. But shopping around is best.

Ctrl-Mod tends to ship fast, in my experience.

Detroit Modular is pretty good too.

Thomann, Schneidersladen, and Juno sometimes have lower prices than any US shops, even factoring in shipping costs.

Perfect Circuit is a mixed bag. I will never preorder from them again, after having to cancel multiple times. They're often the last place to receive stock and more than once, they had "preorders" open for gear that they were never going to get. But for in-stock items, discount codes and sales are frequent (or at least, used to be) and sometimes their prices beat others'.

I've ordered from Modular Addict a few times for cables, and Thonk a few times for knobs and accessories.

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Post by gkillmaster » Thu Nov 07, 9:07 pm

starthief wrote: Thu Nov 07, 9:05 pm Usually I will check here (unless it's a brand new module) and Reverb. But shopping around is best.

Ctrl-Mod tends to ship fast, in my experience.

Detroit Modular is pretty good too.

Thomann, Schneidersladen, and Juno sometimes have lower prices than any US shops, even factoring in shipping costs.

Perfect Circuit is a mixed bag. I will never preorder from them again, after having to cancel multiple times. They're often the last place to receive stock and more than once, they had "preorders" open for gear that they were never going to get. But for in-stock items, discount codes and sales are frequent (or at least, used to be) and sometimes their prices beat others'.

I've ordered from Modular Addict a few times for cables, and Thonk a few times for knobs and accessories.
Thank you so much! Last edited by gkillmaster on Thu Nov 07, 9:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Post by blask » Thu Nov 07, 9:13 pm

https://escapefromnoise.com/

used to love detroit modular, but they suck don't care about loyal customers.
excellent folk at https://www.controlvoltage.net/ Last edited by blask on Thu Nov 07, 9:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Post by cthulolz » Thu Nov 07, 9:15 pm

You can also order direct from a number of manufacturers through their web storefronts and sometimes - like with Ladik - only through their web storefront.

Ive also had good luck with a number of smaller manufacturers that sell on Etsy (tear apart tapes, hive mind synthesis, tidbit audio, robots are red, to name a few.)

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Post by blask » Thu Nov 07, 9:17 pm

cthulolz wrote: Thu Nov 07, 9:15 pm You can also order direct from a number of manufacturers through their web storefronts and sometimes - like with Ladik - only through their web storefront.
isn't that the only way to order Ladik? They are great.

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Post by renaissancemono » Thu Nov 07, 10:14 pm

If you dont have a storefront in your hometown, and chances are you dont, I would call around or the online retailers in your part of the world, explain where you are in your modular journey (lol), and maybe ask for some advice about future purchases. If someone seems knowledgeable and is responsive, go to them first. These shops are all small with tiny margins and are often labors of love. The salespeople tend to be passionate about the gear, and not pushy at all. You may pay slightly more than buying used, but youll build a relationship which will pay off in the long term.

Ive had great experiences with Shawn at Analogue Haven, but there are lots of others.

That said, this forum has some great deals, especially for discontinued and obscure modules.

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Post by Hangtimekites » Fri Nov 08, 1:29 am

Not really qualified to answer this as I'm in the U.k. so not sure which of the ones I use ship or have distribution in the U.S. but I think they do. In terms of transparency I am not "sponsored" by any of these manufacturers and I have paid for every order myself with my own cash, the people below have delivered excellent customer service in my case and I've enjoyed their builds, yes it's mostly DIY but if you are interested in that give it a shot.

https://frequencycentral.co.uk/distributors/
Love these modules, superb bang for the buck especially if you order BOM's from tayda.com. link will take you to distributors and they have U.S. disties.

Not much experience of Etsy but I've ordered Takaab modules there and arrived promptly. Also recently purchased a free modular kit which was a great build. There was a little glitch in the firmware, emailed the designer who very quickly rectified the code, really impressed me. Free modular is 100% open source, he's in Washington, nice.

https://pushermanproductions.com/
Great source of modules at friendly prices, builds are good, also has built modules for sale. Not sure if they ship or distribute in the u.s. though.

Befaco of course but you already done that

https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-categor ... e-oos=true
Think I'd great but again I'm not sure about u.s. I think they have disties?

https://www.ryk-modular.com/products
Just bought and built my first module from RYK after meeting Jake at a synth event (what a great chap). Such interesting designs and the sound is superb (built the Algo kit). Highly recommended.

Erica Synths deserve a mention, personally I have no experience but their reputation is one of the best in euro.

If course there are many other great manufacturers, designers and retailers out there to be discovered, these are the ones I have personally used and been impressed by, in all cases their customer service has been superb.

Used eBay, reverb are good, I am less trustful of FB marketplace as it's easy to get ripped off but I have sold on there, can be worth a punt if you can establish they are genuine.

Anyway enjoy your modular journey, welcome to the nut house Making a mess of soldering since

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Post by theAnachronist » Fri Nov 08, 1:33 am

Hangtimekites wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:29 am https://pushermanproductions.com/
Great source of modules at friendly prices, builds are good, also has built modules for sale. Not sure if they ship or distribute in the u.s. though.
Pusherman does ship to the US! I bought an ATN8 from them, works great.

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Post by gkillmaster » Fri Nov 08, 6:16 am

Goto RoyalRay to know more.

renaissancemono wrote: Thu Nov 07, 10:14 pm If you dont have a storefront in your hometown, and chances are you dont, I would call around or the online retailers in your part of the world, explain where you are in your modular journey (lol), and maybe ask for some advice about future purchases. If someone seems knowledgeable and is responsive, go to them first. These shops are all small with tiny margins and are often labors of love. The salespeople tend to be passionate about the gear, and not pushy at all. You may pay slightly more than buying used, but youll build a relationship which will pay off in the long term.

Ive had great experiences with Shawn at Analogue Haven, but there are lots of others.

That said, this forum has some great deals, especially for discontinued and obscure modules.
Thanks for letting me know about the forum here!. Hadn't really looked there yet.

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Post by Hangtimekites » Fri Nov 08, 1:57 pm

theAnachronist wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:33 am
Hangtimekites wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:29 am https://pushermanproductions.com/
Great source of modules at friendly prices, builds are good, also has built modules for sale. Not sure if they ship or distribute in the u.s. though.
Pusherman does ship to the US! I bought an ATN8 from them, works great.
Sweet, there is some damn good gear on the site, I've built 4 modules from there so far and definitely planning more Making a mess of soldering since

Shameless YouTube channel plug: https://youtube.com/@morecanmodular?si ... LRJRYv3A6I

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Post by fruitsnake » Fri Nov 08, 2:19 pm

https://www.ctrl-mod.com/ has a great used section - the inventory changes almost daily since it's NYC's modular store.

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Post by gkillmaster » Fri Nov 08, 3:36 pm

fruitsnake wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2:19 pm https://www.ctrl-mod.com/ has a great used section - the inventory changes almost daily since it's NYC's modular store.
Thanks for the tip! Looks great.

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Post by gkillmaster » Fri Nov 08, 3:37 pm

theAnachronist wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:33 am
Hangtimekites wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:29 am https://pushermanproductions.com/
Great source of modules at friendly prices, builds are good, also has built modules for sale. Not sure if they ship or distribute in the u.s. though.
Pusherman does ship to the US! I bought an ATN8 from them, works great.
Good to know about, thanks!

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Post by gkillmaster » Fri Nov 08, 3:38 pm

Hangtimekites wrote: Fri Nov 08, 1:29 am Not really qualified to answer this as I'm in the U.k. so not sure which of the ones I use ship or have distribution in the U.S. but I think they do. In terms of transparency I am not "sponsored" by any of these manufacturers and I have paid for every order myself with my own cash, the people below have delivered excellent customer service in my case and I've enjoyed their builds, yes it's mostly DIY but if you are interested in that give it a shot.

https://frequencycentral.co.uk/distributors/
Love these modules, superb bang for the buck especially if you order BOM's from tayda.com. link will take you to distributors and they have U.S. disties.

Not much experience of Etsy but I've ordered Takaab modules there and arrived promptly. Also recently purchased a free modular kit which was a great build. There was a little glitch in the firmware, emailed the designer who very quickly rectified the code, really impressed me. Free modular is 100% open source, he's in Washington, nice.

https://pushermanproductions.com/
Great source of modules at friendly prices, builds are good, also has built modules for sale. Not sure if they ship or distribute in the u.s. though.

Befaco of course but you already done that

https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-categor ... e-oos=true
Think I'd great but again I'm not sure about u.s. I think they have disties?

https://www.ryk-modular.com/products
Just bought and built my first module from RYK after meeting Jake at a synth event (what a great chap). Such interesting designs and the sound is superb (built the Algo kit). Highly recommended.

Erica Synths deserve a mention, personally I have no experience but their reputation is one of the best in euro.

If course there are many other great manufacturers, designers and retailers out there to be discovered, these are the ones I have personally used and been impressed by, in all cases their customer service has been superb.

Used eBay, reverb are good, I am less trustful of FB marketplace as it's easy to get ripped off but I have sold on there, can be worth a punt if you can establish they are genuine.

Anyway enjoy your modular journey, welcome to the nut house
This is a great list and I really appreciate you sending it! Good to be home in the nut house!

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Post by mosorensen » Fri Nov 08, 3:51 pm

starthief wrote: Thu Nov 07, 9:05 pm Perfect Circuit is a mixed bag. I will never preorder from them again, after having to cancel multiple times.
Just as a counter anecdote, I have had great experiences with Perfect Circuit recently. In the last few months, I have bought a couple of Droid modules and pre-ordered both the QMMG and Bruxa from PC. Everything arrived timely, well packaged, and without any problems. They pretty much always have a 10% promotion (even when they don't advertise it, recent promo codes tend to keep working), and it has become one of my go-to stores.

That said, I have ordered several times from pretty much all the regular established outlets (the ones that come to mind are Detroit Modular, Signal Sounds, Juno, Ctrl-Mod, Vintage King, Analogue Heaven, Control Voltage, Patchwork, Schneidersladen, but I am probably missing some). Across the board, I have only had great experiences, and I would not hesitate to order from any of the established online stores. The Journey is the Destination

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Post by gkillmaster » Fri Nov 08, 4:20 pm

mosorensen wrote: Fri Nov 08, 3:51 pm
starthief wrote: Thu Nov 07, 9:05 pm Perfect Circuit is a mixed bag. I will never preorder from them again, after having to cancel multiple times.
Just as a counter anecdote, I have had great experiences with Perfect Circuit recently. In the last few months, I have bought a couple of Droid modules and pre-ordered both the QMMG and Bruxa from PC. Everything arrived timely, well packaged, and without any problems. They pretty much always have a 10% promotion (even when they don't advertise it, recent promo codes tend to keep working), and it has become one of my go-to stores.

That said, I have ordered several times from pretty much all the regular established outlets (the ones that come to mind are Detroit Modular, Signal Sounds, Juno, Ctrl-Mod, Vintage King, Analogue Heaven, Control Voltage, Patchwork, Schneidersladen, but I am probably missing some). Across the board, I have only had great experiences, and I would not hesitate to order from any of the established online stores.
I appreciate this!

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Post by starthief » Fri Nov 08, 5:37 pm

It's possible PC has improved recently, it's been a few years since I preordered from them.

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Post by dubonaire » Fri Nov 08, 5:44 pm

I see https://www.analoguehaven.com/ is not mentioned. Shawn has been around forever, provides great personal service, is famed for his robust packing, and carries a lot of stock. The amount of stock sellers carry is a significant consideration, because its seems apparent that the sellers that carry limited stock have occasional fulfillment problems.

I second Thomann and Juno for prices. Juno seems to be able to provide great shipping rates to me (I have to get all my modules internationally) and despite being monolithic Ive found they both give great service and have been very responsive to emails. Ive read others have not had the same experience, but people have different expectations.

Ive also purchased direct from manufacturers and have found that to be a good experience, although sometimes their shipping rates are high because their shipping volumes are low.

One thing Ive found is that it is good to check the record for who is responsible for getting it from customs to your door (the last mile) and the reputation they have. Ive read a lot of US complaints about the biggest logistics companies on this forum. Some retailers offer different levels of delivery service at checkout. Depending on the shipping service you select and from which country in some places a different company is responsible for the last mile.

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