Thomann Music Days 2026 slashes prices on OB-Xa and SH-101 clones
Thomann’s Music Days put OB-Xa and SH-101-style clones in reach, led by Behringer’s UB-Xa D and MS-1 MKII Gray among 700-plus deals.
Thomann opened Music Days 2026 with the kind of discounts that matter to players chasing old-school analog character: the Behringer UB-Xa D, a desktop recreation of the Oberheim OB-Xa, and the MS-1 MKII Gray, a modern take on the Roland SH-101, were both pulled into the headline synth bargains. The campaign ran from June 23 through July 14 and was promoted across the store as a special-price event with more than 700 products on sale, with some roundups putting the total closer to 800 deals and discounts reaching as high as 60 percent.
The UB-Xa D is the clearest pull for vintage-minded buyers. Thomann and Behringer frame it as an authentic OB-Xa reproduction, and the spec sheet leans hard into that pitch with 16 voices, eight vintage modes, a dual-layer arpeggiator and sequencer, an 8-channel modulation matrix, and up to 512 user memories. For anyone weighing a clone against a long, uncertain used-market hunt for original Oberheim hardware, that combination of lineage, polyphony and modern recall is exactly the sort of package that can tip a purchase from aspirational to practical.
The MS-1 MKII Gray aims at a different kind of nostalgia but lands in the same conversation. Behringer kept the SH-101’s unmistakable shoulder strap vibe intact with an attachable handgrip, guitar strap, pitch-bend wheel and pitch modulation trigger, while adding a 32-step sequencer and arpeggiator. That keeps the instrument squarely in the lineage of one of the most recognizable compact monosynths of the 1980s, and it makes the sale more relevant than a generic discount on contemporary gear.
Beyond those two anchors, Thomann’s sale list also pushed Behringer Spice, BDS-3, Proton and Vocoder VC16, alongside Waldorf Blofeld Black and a cluster of SOMA units, including Lyra-8, Pulsar-23, Flux and Warp. Thomann’s own synth category pages also surfaced UB-Xa D, Proton, Spice, Flux and Osmose among current popular items, suggesting these were not just buried clearance lines but products being actively steered toward buyers during the promotion.
The broader appeal of Music Days came from more than sticker cuts. Thomann’s synth listings pair a 30-day money-back guarantee with a 3-year warranty, which matters when the choice is between a used vintage original, a clone, or waiting for the next market dip. In a crowded midyear promo window that also overlaps with Amazon’s summer sale season, the clone deals stood out because they brought classic synth DNA into reach without the gamble that usually comes with used gear.
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