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Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

22 Aug 2023, 02:00
I noticed that Thomann dropped prices for a number of Roland products by 10-15% in the past weeks, including digital pianos and the MC 101/707 groove boxes. It is strange that Thomann delisted the Fantom 7 and 8. Are there any other online shops that list them as no longer available?

At the moment I am speculating that it is just human error on Thomann's side, maybe related to summer vacation, and the person who is usually updating the information about incoming units is out of office.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

22 Aug 2023, 03:11
I don't think you can draw any conclusions based on this. Gear4Music (a major UK based dealer) has all three versions in stock at full price. So do the dealers where I live. Instead of worrying too much about this, I prefer to keep enjoying the instrument :-)

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

24 Aug 2023, 08:57
Wow...
Normally they say 'temporarily unavailable' or out of stock... but it is the first time I see no longer available...

Should it be the case, a new Fantom should be on the way with real 256v polyphony... and not the joke that we've got with that

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

24 Aug 2023, 13:05
osflaa wrote:

I don't think you can draw any conclusions based on this. Gear4Music (a major UK based dealer) has all three versions in stock at full price. So do the dealers where I live. Instead of worrying too much about this, I prefer to keep enjoying the instrument :-)


Yes, that is also how I see it.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

25 Aug 2023, 01:51
Thomann Germany doesn´t have the Fantom in stock anymore, no 6,7 or 8...my hopes for a last and final firmware update are vanishing. The Fantom is really great, close to perfect, but the missing 5% could easily have been handled.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

25 Aug 2023, 07:51
MaikyPii wrote:
Thomann Germany doesn´t have the Fantom in stock anymore, no 6,7 or 8...my hopes for a last and final firmware update are vanishing. The Fantom is really great, close to perfect, but the missing 5% could easily have been handled.
There are a number of Roland products that are currently listed as sold out or no longer available on Thomann. For example:
As mentioned before, I think this is a Thomann-specific issue, and it does not indicate that all of these products are discontinued.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

28 Aug 2023, 00:44
Hey guys! Happy to be here and also report that Fantom has NOT been discontinued and on the contrary will be having a big update coming soon, possibly in the next week or two!

Be very excited! :)

Ed Diaz just hinted at this on his Facebook asking that all Fantom users make sure they have the latest firmware! And the fact that he’s about to start his videos back and was testing his setup.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

31 Aug 2023, 11:13
I can't speak to the Fantom 6 (arriving later today), but this week I ordered a Fantom-06 and a Fantom 6 from Sweetwater to see which one I wanted to keep.

I just noticed that the OS version on the Fantom-06 is 1.01. I would expect units shipping from Roland to have the latest OS version, so that makes me think the Fantom-06s have just been sitting at Sweetwater without a lot of movement. This could be due to a general economic slowdown, or maybe the Nautilus is the latest shiny object and that's eating into Roland market share. Either way, if they're simply not selling it might explain the price drops without signaling anything more ominous. Just guessing, of course.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

31 Aug 2023, 13:09
Flagship Fantoms are not being replaced or discontinued. That's from the source. : )

And I'll add. Sales for all big ticket items are down. There's no way around that. Roland has been dropping prices (along with others) on lots of items.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

31 Aug 2023, 21:26
happyfantomuser wrote:
Roland has been dropping prices (along with others) on lots of items.
Well, that certainly worked out for me. Got a better deal on the Fantom because of it, so I'm just going to be happy with my good fortune.

Also very happy with the flagship Fantom. The difference between it and the -06 is night and day. The latter had a build and feel that was reminiscent of a $100 Casio at Walmart. The Fantom 6 feels like the real thing.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

1 Sep 2023, 08:49
No doubt! The Fantom is pretty amazing and the build quality certainly is premium! Enjoy your new one!

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

21 Sep 2023, 13:05
xp30 wrote:
MaikyPii wrote:
Thomann Germany doesn´t have the Fantom in stock anymore, no 6,7 or 8...my hopes for a last and final firmware update are vanishing. The Fantom is really great, close to perfect, but the missing 5% could easily have been handled.
There are a number of Roland products that are currently listed as sold out or no longer available on Thomann. For example:
As mentioned before, I think this is a Thomann-specific issue, and it does not indicate that all of these products are discontinued.
Most of the products are listed again, and I guess the others will follow soon.

Re: Roland Fantom discontinued?

24 Sep 2023, 08:46
xp30 wrote:
xp30 wrote:
MaikyPii wrote:
Thomann Germany doesn´t have the Fantom in stock anymore, no 6,7 or 8...my hopes for a last and final firmware update are vanishing. The Fantom is really great, close to perfect, but the missing 5% could easily have been handled.
There are a number of Roland products that are currently listed as sold out or no longer available on Thomann. For example:
As mentioned before, I think this is a Thomann-specific issue, and it does not indicate that all of these products are discontinued.
Most of the products are listed again, and I guess the others will follow soon.
Glad to see that the beast is still in play...now we´re waiting and hoping for a wonderful firmware 3.5 oder 4.0 :)

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