Behringer cuts prices on 2600, Syncussion SY-1 and more in Europe
The 2600 fell to 332€ in Europe, with the Syncussion SY-1 at 161€ and the 903A Random at 19€.
Behringer’s latest European price cuts pushed the 2600 to 332€, and that is the kind of number that starts to bite into the used market. For anyone cross-shopping vintage architecture against a modern clone, the June 9 drops make the 2600, the Syncussion SY-1, Steps, the 903A Random Signal Generator and the MS-5 a lot easier to justify than they were in March.
The 2600 is the headline for a reason. Alan R. Pearlman’s original ARP 2600 arrived in 1971 at a retail price of $2,600, and the whole appeal of the format has always been its semi-modular flexibility without the maintenance burden of a museum-grade original. At 332€, down from 371€ in March, Behringer’s version now sits in the range where it stops feeling like a curiosity and starts feeling like a practical substitute. If you want 2600-style patching, a useful keyboard front end, and a synth you can actually throw into a working setup without worrying about aged sliders or intermittent faults, this is the one to watch.
The Syncussion SY-1 is the other strong buy-now call at 161€, down from 179€. Pearl’s original Syncussion landed in 1979 with two independent channels, and that makes the clone especially relevant for anyone chasing percussion-synth sounds that sit somewhere between early electronic drums and industrial one-shots. It is not just nostalgia bait. It fills a very specific gap that the used market still handles awkwardly, because original units are rare enough that condition and servicing become part of the purchase. At this price, the SY-1 is a credible alternative.
Steps at 94€ and the 903A Random Signal Generator at 19€ are different animals. They are not vintage-crown-jewel replacements so much as cheap utility buys that make a modular or semi-modular rig easier to live with. If you need clocks, sequencing, or random voltage without paying collector prices for old utility boxes that were never glamorous in the first place, these are the impulse-level purchases in the batch.
The MS-5, now 370€, is the one that still lands in wait territory. It is cheaper than before, but not cheap enough to pull every buyer away from the used market, especially if the goal is a classic mono with real provenance rather than a fresh clone. This is what makes the June wave worth tracking: the 2600 and SY-1 now look like real substitutes, while the MS-5 still feels like a bargain in theory more than in the hand.
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