I probably would have bought it if it was still around the £800 mark but it's now up over £1000 and that's just insanely expensive considering what else is available at that price point.
I'd love to see a proper competitor to the OP-1 come out to force their price down.
Well if you don't see a proper competitor to the OP-1, there is nothing else available at any price point. Yes you can buy other instruments for 1000 pounds, but not anything like an OP-1. Me too I would love to see proper competitors.
My issue with the OP-1 is that it's fun. And that's about it, you can't find anything exactly like it because it doesn't do anything super well, it's a very fun portable synth/groovebox and with its original price it deserved all the praise but after the new parts sourcing almost doubled its price I don't see any reason to have it, it does a lot of stuff but all of them are a bit half-assed and at that price point I don't want half-assed sounds.
It's so cool that I would recommend to buy it at the current price if you can afford it.