Got mine around 1994 or so. One corner is crumpled a bit, like it took a long fall to a hard floor, but it's a go-er, not a show-er. Replaced a few keys and springs over the years, no problem, I have a donor SY-99 up in the attic. Original battery, dated 1984 finally needed replacing around 2013, still going strong. I love the feel of the keybed, and some of the patches are very useful still. It lives in my studio rack, but MIDI'd to my Kurzweil K2000 which is my main MIDI controller. For those who want to explore the possibilities, there is a free VST called DEXED which is a lot of fun, and can be used as a a patch editor and librarian for the original. Program? Who has time for that when there's music to be made. Fortunately, there's a small army of basement boys who've created thousands of patches over the long decades, and they're all out there waiting to be downloaded.

Crazy to see a DX7 complete in the box in 2020. Such an amazing and versatile synth!

Find of the century. Beautiful synth.

Hard to believe the backup battery still has juice after 36 years.

Liar! I am not buying your story about finding this in a basement. Clearly, sir, you own a time machine. I will keep your secret if you meet my demands: The next time you go back to 1983, I want shares in Apple, my own DX7, and a McRib. Thanks for this great video, what a dream of a find!

The DX7 IS the sound of the 80’s, used by countless artists. That thing is MINT.

Its like Synthesizer archeology, fantastic! I wanted a DX7 as nerdy ten year old, but I did not even have enough money for a home keyboard! Imagine an original Minimoog being found in its original box, Roland Jupiter 8, Sequential Prophet 5 and Oberheim OB8? The stuff of synth dreams!

The only thing I hate, the DX7 got a bad rap because people never learn to program it. They used the original sounds, this machine could make lots of wonderful sounds, if only they did this and the 80s music would of been something else. Great synth that changed everything.

No keyboard is more famous and more played than the Yamaha DX7. Is absolutely majestic. This keyboard now lives in my Yamaha modx

Excuse my language but... HOLY SHIT!!! What an amazing find! Every DX7 I've come across has some kind of damage or problem with it... man this is awesome!!!

The cassettes are actually the preset voice cartridges that were programmed by Yamaha sound engineers. You can also use an empty cartridge and program your own sounds. You can save up to 32 or 64 if it has an a/b switch located on the top of the cartridge

Wow, you got it in the original packaging as well as the add ons. Great! Was meant to be.

Incredible, possibly the most iconic synth of all time, to find one mint is amazing

It's amazing to see unboxing the Yamaha DX7 in the original box Wow🤯

I bought a used DX7 a year ago and have been exercising my Chicago and DeBarge muscles lately. Came with a chipped key but everything was working properly and still works. Love these keyboards. Bought its competitor, a Roland D50, a few months ago. Terrific equipment.

Just bought an '84 DX7. In damn good condition for a well used machine. Not really my kind of synth so it's going to a collector. But the keyboard is really nice to play.

I don't have video to my DX7 unboxing, but you pretty much re-enacted my Christmas morning 1985, minus the "WOW!" and "OMG!" part.

Nice find, Bought mine new in January 86, it came with a breath control, had a string to hang it around your neck, there was a headband one that was separate. Demo tapes that came with it are fun to listen too. Enjoy

Damn!😳 It's unbelievable! You are the luckiest guy in the world! For me it seems like you have won a 1 million-dollar lottery even better! Keep this piece of treasure in the safe 😉!

This takes me back. I learned Midi back in 1986 on a DX7, and I remembering hearing it for the first time in the electronic music classroom. Knocked my socks off. Impossible to program, though.

legendary, how many people dreamt about this around 1985...could not afford it..but Phil Collins...

The legendary DX7...Still one of my favorite synth keyboards of all time.

FM sound makes me quiver and shiver. Not everyone appreciates them...I drove myself and everyone crazy until I got one. Then I heard the SY99 and completely lost my mind. I still have the SY99... it’s beautiful. It weighs 70 lbs at least. It’s all Steel. I was considering a MODX , because it has more operators than the SY99. I found someone that has both. We determined that the SY99 beats the MODX in FM by a little. I wonder why 🤨🤨🤨. Anyway I’d still love a MODX too.

congrats! this DX7 seems to be in very good conditions, although i do not think it has never been unboxed and used before since 1984. 1. you can clearly see some fingerprints etc. 2. the internal patches seem to have been changed/re-arranged .. (the famous e-piano 1 is supposed to be on int. 11, not 8.. ) and 3. i doubt the internal battery will still work after 36 years. afaik they last for 5-10 years or so .... at least, that was what i experienced when i got my DX7 in the early 2000's. i saw it in a local music shop, they always had some used instruments, and i just had to have it. 100 bucks or so. but, maybe on the first test everything was ok, very soon all the memory was lost. when selecting patches, it just showed total nonsense in the display and so was the sound. just some very weird noise. BUT!!!! and there is were MIDI came in very handy and just saved the life of this keyboard (one of the FIRST to have MIDI) .. you can restore all the factory patches via sysex midi dump from your pc. the patch libraries are all over the place in the internet (and thousands of user libraries), and with the appropriate software (e.g. MIDIox) it is just a matter of very few mouse clicks to get all the original sounds back. (or whatever sound library you want.) but you definitely have to change the battery if the sounds get lost. (you can also check the battery voltage within the DX7 menu - but it might show higher-than-normal values instead of low when it is actually low.) it is a standard CR2032, but not so standard as it is directly soldered to the PCB. so i recommend to install i battery holder instead, which you can attach to a suitable location in the DX7 cabinet with a piece of double sided tape for example (at least this should be no problem if the instrument stays at home / in the studio). this will make further battery replacements a lot easier! :)

I wanted one of these SOOO bad as a 16 year old kid... but I couldn't justify buying it even when I had the money because I just didn't know how to play well enough to do it justice. Fast forward to now, I own an ASM Hydrasynth, still can't play worth a dang, but I'm having fun learning. :) Amazing that you found one in near mint condition.

Wow, thats so cool to see. The best condition DX7 I have seen or will see !

The Yamaha DX7 ROM-1A patch "Refs. Whisl." was heard in the 1st season 1 of Dilbert episode.

Ahh, what a find!. I still have an original TX81z I bought not long after they came out. It's sitting in a rack and I control it with my Montage 7. Still relevant sounds in a high tech era. Woulda thunk it :)

Great to see a mint model like this go to an enthusiast like yourself who’ll no doubt keep it immaculate for another 36 years, and not some punk who will just let it end up like most other DX7’s !!! I’m lucky enough to have a few MK1 DX7’s, ranging from tortured ( NIN style ) to one which I rebuilt 25 years ago with completely new external parts sourced from Yamaha when they were still available. That one remains in time-warp condition, just like your one. Thanks for the MONTAGE / MODX tips, too :-)

Jealous is an understatement; I want this thing so bad.... I can't believe you got a hold of a mint gem like that, holy crap.

We have an old saying here in Australia… “you bloody lucky bastard”

The Ref's Whistle was used by Eurythmics - Right by your side

Crazy! You lucky devil, dx7 is one of my dream synths!

omg gold the hits of the 80s was done with this

I own a DX7 with very low hours use on it, still like new and works prefect not a single mark on it. Still smells new too.

An amazing find on Craigslist, something you don't see everyday, thanks for sharing. 🎹👍🎶

Look at the condition of that box! Super clean! Way before the days of modern day UPS and FedEx dropping and throwing your synths around all day!

Call me nutz, but it's my favorite synth out of all the synths I've owned.

There's definitely a buyer out there for a MINT DX 7 like that one, if you ever want to sell it. Like most keyboardists of the 80s, I lusted after the DX 7 and couldn't afford one. Now it's a free plugin. Tech is great... but I would still like to own a real DX 7.

Gorgeous find man! I have one of the earliest 1983 models and it’s a GEM .. it is the eighties. I also recommend the DX reface. With yours being unused for 35 years, you may want to replace the battery. Pretty easy if you are decent w soldering. Cheers!

Once in a lifetime experience right there, I can only wish! Awesome

Details on plugging the DX7 into the MODX is in this follow-up video if you'd like more background on the production used in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it-WY62A2dG-Xac.html

Wow it is in AMAZING condition. No visible scratches (in the video). It looks like it's new! Also that harpsichord sounds like it could be on "House of Fun" by Madness.

That is mint. OMG. So weird seeing such a good condition DX7. 'Tub Erupt' is Tube Erupt, as in Tubular Bells.

Found some time ago a DX-7 in pretty much the same condition, albeit without the box, for 180 euro. Well, it was just a bit dirty, but after cleaning up the layer of dust&dirt that was on it it turned out to be nearly mint.

Damn, what a find. Nice! Need to get a dx on my rig soon. As much as I like VST, can't beat having the original equipment.

Mid 1990s used to work in a music shop in Notting Hill and a certain Brian Eno regularly popping in buying every DX7!

It has a cool look to it and they were hugely popular when I started playing synths in the mid 80s, but I don't miss mine (TX-7 tabletop version of DX-7). Since you have a Yamaha MODX as I do, they can replicate all these sounds, and much more. The MODX/Montage can load DX7 sounds (as well as TX-816, TX-802 & MOTIF series sounds, but these synths have a way better touch screen user interface, built in effects processor, far more storage space for patches, more advanced FM synthesis engine for additional features, and much more. With a MODX or Montage, I see little reason to own an original DX7. The reason is purely for the nostalgia and physical attributes, not the actual sound of it. It is kind of neat seeing the original again, even if hearing it isn't among the better reasons to collect them now when other synths can produce these sounds fine.

That's really amazing, tks for sharing! I have one myself since 1987 and still very happy with it. Bit weird to see one without any scratches...

Hardly used I would say,some light scratches on the screen and dusty slider corners,a beauty

Next imagine finding a barn find jupiter 8 ❤

a similar, really very well-preserved piece, I bought half a year ago on ebay for 465 euros (I didn't enjoy looking for and negotiating any super-advantageous prices), Important Note - The tool has no effects, for a full experience it will be needed - compression, reverb, chorus... you can list your device, users, I haven't bought yet

Wow what a find! Love dx7. I dont have it (just in vst) but still love it. Amazing sounds most def ; D

Amazing find. This never happens to me.

Please let me unbox a Yamaha CS 80...! I can still remember unboxing my DX7 in 1984. Love it...

Of all the things I never expected to see in my life...wow, dude!

Fantastic , to have 36y old legend as new , right from factory !

Wow, that story definitely has some holes in it. I remember the price being $2000 and that was a lot of money in '84 just to store it away like that. Unless she had a GS-1 from 1980 this was the first FM synth made for the public. I don't see how she could have taught FM synthesis to kids when most professionals used the stock patches, because of the extreme learning curve. Just sayin... Great find none the less.

My dream keyboard when growing up.

What do I have to do to find a box like this, just walk in circles in a dungeon until it spawns? like, what the hell

I own a well preserved one too, beautifull synthesizer's, Congratulations with youre find.

OMG ! 😳 a dx7 ❤️ in perfect condition !? Love this synth, mine is good but not like yours. Lucky Guy ! 😉

I keep my two Mk1 DX7’s in mint condition I’ve told my wife to never go near them as she has the habit of moving my things around to “clean up” I had a nightmare that my wife moved one of them and scratched and banged off the edge and that I kept looking for her to give her the riot act Thank goodness it was just a nightmare

“Sinth a sisser digi tal “ great vid !

Wow ... in addition to some other synths I can mention ... the Juno-106, for example ... the DX7 is also one of those synths where if I found one in new condition like this, I'd probably wet myself. (Sorry for that mental image.)

Crazy great find!

Great find. Doesn`t it say "Battery Low" when you power it on? This thing is nearly 40 years old.

This is incredible, what an opportunity!! Thanks so much for sharing the experience with us! I was lucky enough to acquire my II-D from the original owner, so it's in the same impeccable condition... Never occurred to me that the "BC" in the factory patches stood for breath control, always just assumed it was the initials of the patch programmer lol. Out of curiosity, what's on the cassettes? Sound demos?

Very Nice! I got the opportunity to buy a Yamaha TX81Z in the box, same situation :)

Awesome man!!!! Why does she have an unused DX7 in her basement? That's pretty unusual and awesome at the same time . :D With regards with the AD/in fxs, was the Chorus and Reverb fx on while doing the demo? Oh, last question, What interface did you plug the modx with while recording this video? Are you using the Zoom H6?

Great review and unboxing👍

Wow, that's like a unicorn

I doesn't look like its never been opened but its in mint condition I must admit !

Holy shit that thing looks fucking beautiful in its clean original condition

This keyboard sound has made so many hit songs.

Actually, I own two DX7 (1, 2 fd), but have never seen the original box.

Clearly. Both boxes have already been opened.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

OMG...what a lucky man you are..I envy you now..?? a unused DX 7 in original box and condition..!! 😎😥🎵 you lucky cheese. I had a Dx 2 once..but Actually had a second one years later on..And some of my songcovers Ive done is with the DX 7.!

I love my DX7. I got mine back in '96 and the battery is still the original. When I bought it, the guy gave me a bag of extras that he had never used and tucked away in the corner was the illusive BC-1 breath controller. I'll be honest though, it's not that fun to use. It all gets a bit.... drooly.

Very rare find, but the capacitors are time expired. All DX7's need a complete cap replacement now. The problem is the capacitors used were acidic electrolyte. They will be leaking or corroding the cap interior, so are unreliable at best, leaky and corroding the motherboard circuit traces at worst. The tantalum capacitors will explode at the end of their life.

What an amazing find!!

cool had a DX 7 my self got it second hand in 88 never got on with it

Wow you found GOLD

Wonder if the sound is different to a used DX7. Some have more hiss noise than others. Same with D50...

Esse teclado é demais uma lenda viva!!!

HOLY SHIT! Nice snag!

I just bought a DX7s in mint condition 😌

where did you find the seller bro? its amazing you still got 1983 dx7 still sealed

Una Joya, posiblemente el último DX7 completamente nuevo en el planeta

Amazing!!! And the backup battery is still in working condition out of the box?

I would never wear a ring and risk scratching any part of such an immaculate mint condition legend

After 36 years , don't you think the battery would be dead ?? I had one for 10 years and had to replace it twice.. what's up with that ????

that messy room triggers my anxiety

I will forever regret the day i sold my new DX7 i bought in 1985 ! I still have a very used one ut mine was in pristine condition ! Anyways, that Clav Ensemble patch is the one Survivor band use on the "High On You" famous intro ! Try it and let me know ! I have that timbre patch burnt in my brain !

3:06 Wow what is the name of that patch, I been looking for that kind of sound for a long time. Thank you

...so someone bought a DX7 in 1984, and never opened it!? What, who, how, why?! This is insane. I know I'm a bit late to the party.

It's been my longtime dream that this would happen to me. Although in my dream it is a Jupiter-8 im finding.

I want to buy your DX7

NEW?!!!)This Very COOL!!!