Oberheim OB-X8

Let’s start with the postives.
- It sounds amazing, awesome and whatnot hyperboles to put it. When comparing with my Summit or Hudrasynth the Obx8 sounds like so organic and the sounds have so much depth and width. It’s easy to get carried away when creating sounds because it just sounds sooo good. I prefer the Summit for making sounds, since I find the Summit more intuitive and I feel I have to think more when creating sounds on the Obx8. As many have mentioned in youtube reviews, the “page 2” thing is really annoying.

On the negative side:
I had to return my first Obx8 because a button was unresponsive from time to time. Thomann acknowledged the issue and replaced the unit really fast. All buttons on the new unit work, but they don’t feel great. I would not be surprised if another button fails. They don’t have the same click in general and feels different in general. Complete lack of consistency. The potentiometers feels really solid though.

Overall great synth, hope to enjoy it over many many years.