Moog Retires Subsequent 25, With Pricing Slashed 30% on Remaining Stock

Moog Music today announced that it is retiring the Subsequent 25, its compact paraphonic analog synthesizer.

Here’s their official announcement:

“Introduced as an evolution of Sub Phatty’s analog design, Subsequent 25 refined Moog’s warmth, depth, and character while offering modern connectivity and enhanced capabilities. From its bass and lead tones to its performance features, Subsequent 25 carried forward our commitment to hands-on synthesis.

Effective March 13th, 2025 we will be indefinitely suspending production of the Sub 25 with the remaining units available through our global dealer network.

Moog Music remains dedicated to supporting all owners of the Subsequent 25. We will continue to provide repairs, maintenance, and parts to ensure your instrument operates at its best for years to come.”

Here’s the original Subsequent 25 intro video:

It looks like the price has been cut on the Subsequent 25, along with the announcement. We’re seeing the price drop from $999 to $699 at several US retailers.

30 thoughts on “Moog Retires Subsequent 25, With Pricing Slashed 30% on Remaining Stock”

  2. For your humble enthusiast, moog feels like a ‘headless chicken’ in the modern world….last really high quality item vs competitive market price for me was the minitaur. After that i feel that moog are navigating without a ‘real north’ in a sea of very competitive market. The size of a brand name like moog can not be competitive as a ‘boutique’ company, due its heritage, nor can be affordable for the current synth market. They really have to up their game if they want to be a float in this world…otherwise i can sadly predict that they will disappear in the short term. Again this is my own personal opinion. Cheers. sid

    4. Moog has failed as a business half a dozen times, but they’re still a strong brand, because they’ve made so many iconic synths over the years, and they’re still making iconic synths.

      1. They aren’t making them as well as they used to, though. I mean at least the Memorymoog or Polymoog are repairable. Muse is just fucked and buggy. One was a mess. And now what’s even the value, a dozen other companies make Moog clones that sound better than new Moogs. When it was employee owned, I was a lot more on board with the company vision. Now, it’s hollow.

        1. “When it was employee owned, I was a lot more on board with the company vision. ”

          Moog was never an employee-owned company. They had a stock ownership plan that would give employees up to 49% ownership. At least that was what was announced publicly.

    5. Absolutely. Coming out with products that are interesting is cool. But coming out with products like like the Drummer From Another Mother and not even including restart on the sequencer is beyond me. It makes not buying the clone virtually unjustifiable for me. Not because I don’t want to support a cool company. Or even the pricing. It’s just that one is much more usable. And I simply can’t be bothered with a product that doesn’t even reset to zero upon hitting stop on my sequencer. It’s not quirky or cool. It’s a pain in the ass.

          1. As long as people think they’re on team red or blue us peasants are all doomed to the whims of billionaires who just want more. It’s so wildly obvious and stupid, but our egos side with people who can’t finish sentences apparently. It’s gonna work out great.

  4. In general I like Moog. BUT the quality is by far too bad. Especially for the price. My Sub37 first had a crackeling Cutoff-Knob. So, I had to replace it with a new board. This took about 2 months to get one. Then the wheels got very sticky, because of the silicon-paint. And the keys are getting more and more yellow/brown because auf UV light. So I am not amused with Moog.

  6. Le sigh.

    I had one, sold it, then a year later regretted that and bought a second copy.

    It’s my favorite hardware synth. As loopop put it, it’s one giant sweet spot — from rumbly trashy wall-shaking basses to lovely rounded plucks — yet takes up little space.

  7. A lot of relevant points in the posts. Moog can make and have made some great synths and they’ve laid some turds.

    Though I was a bit pissed when they released the Subsequent 37 not long after I bought my Sub 37, no denying those and this 25 are some great sounding synths. On the other hand, significant buggy issues with the Moog One and Muse have only substantiated complaints that some Moog products aren’t worth the advertised price.

    I’ll continue to use and enjoy the Moogs I own, but I’ll also continue to be a bit cautious about a company that “delivers” too inconsistently.

  8. I find myself agreeing with Sid above. Plus, the west is entering recession. The middle class who mainly buy this stuff is disappearing. I think the analog(ue) synth bubble may be breaking at last. The demographics are not so in favour of it either. I find it quite likely that a lot of synth companies are going to fail. I recall Alesis being in big trouble as the tech bubble failed in 2000-2001. The Andromeda had just come out, plus a few more Alesis high end products. They seemed much healthier at the time. The economic situation of 2001 was way better than now.

  10. I’ve owned several Moog synths (& still do) over the years. My first was the voyager then the lil phatty plus some others. Fortunately I’ve never encountered a bad unit. After Bob died, I did worry about the quality though.

  11. Moog Retires Subsequent 25….

    Correction, inmusic/Akai retires this instrument as it is proably too expensive to Build over a plastic made Muse in China?

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