The idiots win hands down for being stupid enough to actually enjoy arguing over pointlesness…my advice stop collecting synths and actually use them for what they are worth…making music
Oh, sure. Tell that to museum curators, because most of the early gear by Moog, ARP, Roland, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits, Buchla, EML and Serge is destined for, if not already in, some various museum. Three cases in point: the original Moog synthesizer built by Dr. Moog and Prof. Herb Deutsch; the Minimoog Model A; the first Minimoog Model D. All three of these are located in the Ford Museum of Detroit. And, unless I’m mistaken, they’re flanked by bretherin of other electronic gear.
Sure, they’re definitely still useful for their given functions, but would you break into the Museum of Natural History and try to get dinosaur bones to continue serving their given function? The common belief is that Moog modular systems, ARP 2600’s, Hammond Organs, Fender Rhodes pianos, Wurlitzers (of any kind), Vangaurd Theremins and Mellotrons are all still usable but are better served to be looked at and praised than to still be played.
why dont you worry about what you do with your own synths and let everyone else love theirs how they want.
Don’t worry i will mate i love my synths..but i use them for their true purpose to create new weird and wonderful sounds
The price of vintage analogues are going through the roof. In the future only serious collectors (museums) would be able to afford them.
Thats why it is just as good to buy one and take care of it/play with it and also these synths are only going to accumulate in value so i see it as a rock solid investment. 
Interesting responses to the original Thread topic. I’ve owned a number of synths since the early 1970’s. Sometimes more than one of the same model, E.G. Mini Moog, owned two of them. I’ve had Oberheim’s, a Prophet, Arp gear, two Rhodes pianos, Hammond B2 and a B3, two Yamaha Electric Grands, a ton of different drum machines, PA gear, amps, a lot of gear. Generally speaking, the gear we can buy today is a LOT more reliable than the old vintage gear ever was. Sure, the analog sound is great, but keeping a vintage board or two for LIVE and/or daily use requires a commitment of $$$ to keep the gear working. Then there’s the issue of a lack of replacement parts. I still play my vintage gear in my home music room, but wouldn’t think of taking any of those boards out to play live gigs on a regular basis. They’re too valuable because its difficult to buy them anymore, there were only so many of them made. And they would be just as unreliable, if not more so now, than they were when they were new. You wouldn’t depend on a 25 year old car to use everyday to go back and forth to work and not expect problems would you?
The new equipment is so much better in so many ways over the originals they evolved from. There are short comings too. There is always a compromise. I prefer to use the new gear to play on daily basis and use for live work now a days, and leave the vintage gear home for me to enjoy.
Mike T.