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Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jesper" <jesper@e...> wrote:
> Hi Jesper,
I'm really curious about that SDS2 you found & would like to hear &
see it ...
What could you say about the sound compared to a SDSV for example ?
Any picture you could send ?
Please advise & CU soon .
& ENCORE BRAVO !!!!!
PAtrice.
> Hi dudes!
>
> I know the net mentions it as a prototype and also that one once
belonged to
> New Order. But that is just about all the info there is about this
> mysterious unit.
>
> A few weeks ago it (or one of them) surfaced on Ebay and with some
> mysterious luck/divine intervention, I won the auction at a
ridiculous price
> (63 euro).
>
> Upon arrival it didn't light up and when I opened it (prepared to
find a
> totally destroyed unit) I realised the PSU had bounced around after
breaking
> loose from its soldering points (bad idea not to screw it tightly
to the
> board). Anyway, today I had some time and my daughter was sleeping
so now
> the PSU is back in place, a fuse replaced and some new wires hooked
up and
> the SDS-2 is working!
>
> In addition to the two drum cards inside there is also a headphone
> amplifier. Was it fitted there 'cause there were space left or (or
am I
> dreaming now?) 'cause Stephen Morris needed it? ;)
>
> I'm still curious to find out more about this weird little unit.
How many
> were made? Was this the only one maybe?
>
> Pictures will appear on my site in the near future, but more about
that
> then...
>
> electronically yours, jesper
> www.electronic-obsession.se