Hi all, am thinking to buy a brand new OP-1 Field in Japan for around USD 100 cheaper than if I would get it shipped from Thomann.
Am concerned about durability and quality control problems that some people have experienced. Is there anything that I should be aware of or is the latest batch safe to buy?
Was thinking if it is worth to pay USD100 more just to get the Thomann 3 years warranty.
Any advice?
i’d really get the warranty if i were you. i’ve had 2 bad op-1f so far in the span of a few months. each issue with the unit has not appeared until a couple of months after getting them…
Wow! What were the problems?? And did you have to send it back to the retailer or to Teenage Engineering? I am thinking that Japan would be closer to me than Thomann or Teenage Engineering.
on my first unit the encoders cracked after 2 months and as well i had stuck keys. i had to send it back to TE and they replaced the unit for a new one. now, a couple months later, my new unit was working fine and all of a sudden it went totally unresponsive for 18 hours. wouldn’t turn on, no signs of life at all. and right before i had a big gig. luckily it came to life for no clear reason the day before the show, i could do the concert. but i certainly don’t trust the device again for anything important. going to send it back to TE, but they didn’t say they would replace it, they would only look at it.
That is quite worrying about the cracked encoders and stuck keys, it means that any unit could develop that problem. I wonder if TE will just hope that people will put up with such problems.
I had an OP-1 that couldnt access the factory menu after two days and TE told me that I would need to send it back in to replace the circuit board, i returned it back to the shop for a full refund.
Maybe the QC is a carried over function from the OG lol …