[sdiy] Boys toys :o)

[harry bissell]

Hi Gene...

then ask him how many ASM-1 he wants to take in trade?
:^D

H^) harry



--- Gene Stopp <gene at ixiacom.com> wrote:
> I've looked at this too. Jim brings up some
> excellent points here.
> 
> This system has a few things going for it:
> 
> a) It looks like it's in excellent and original
> condition
> b) It has all 920-series modules
> c) It has a nice selection of modules for whatever
> noise you might want to
> create
> c) It would have absolutely KILLER sound
> 
> I would agree that if your motive is modular
> synthesis with excellent audio
> quality and wide-range specs, the MOTM would be the
> way to go, not just for
> economic reasons but also for reasons of
> reliability, support, expansion,
> and newer features. Any old Moog will be subject to
> scratchy pots and
> switches, calibration issues, possible bad
> components, burned out lamps,
> loose keys, bad rubber key stops (which this Moog
> has, based on the text of
> the auction), etc. If you make your money doing
> music, and productivity is
> important, then I'd advise a big MOTM instead.
> 
> I myself *like* old Moogs. I *like* trimpots and
> dirty contacts and
> calibrating. It is my hobby. When I play with a
> system and notice something
> that needs work, I stop and do it. It is theraputic
> for me. I enjoy looking
> at the craftmanship (or lack thereof). It makes me
> think of the era in which
> the thing was made, and the technology of the time,
> and I am both humored
> and impressed.
> 
> And, I *like* the way that the knobs and switches
> are laid out on Moogs. I
> like the CV and S-trig routing panels because they
> let you change things on
> the fly so that you can actually do a song with the
> thing, not just stop the
> tape and rewind it and lay down another track after
> re-patching. I like the
> 921A-921B master-slave arrangement. I like the big
> cutoff knob on the 904A.
> These things you will not find on any other modular.
> 
> So $25,000 acutally seems like a reasonable price,
> for somebody like me. You
> won't find them any cheaper, anymore. Resale value
> is not a factor. This
> would not be an investment, unless you need to
> validate the purchase with
> your wife! Oh yeah, you'd have be rich in the first
> place :)
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> - Gene
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Patchell [mailto:patchell at silcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:06 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Boys toys :o)
> 
> 
>     Well, yeah, I would like to have one
> too...but...$25,000?...From the
> standpoint of
> just having a modular, I think that might be just a
> bit overpriced.  Now,
> there may be
> some collectable value in the thing (it looks like
> it is in excelent
> condition), but, if
> I wanted a modular, and had $25,000 to spend, I
> would sink my money into a
> MOTM (and I
> am not brown nosing here...).
> 
>     -Jim
> 
> "THOMAS, Mervyn" wrote:
> 
> > Just came across this, check it out.
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1495951664
> >
> > If you're gonna have one, have a big one eh???
> 
> 


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