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Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: value of my sdx?

From: "tenaciousdave123" <tenaciousdave123@...>
Date: 2004-07-28

bbecause hopefully i'll have the opportunity to buy something
that's much more important to me very soon. it works fine though.




--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Patrice JACQUOT"
<Jacquot.Patrice@w...> wrote:
> It's surely the best way to have an idea....
> But why do you want to sel it if it's working good ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tenaciousdave123
> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:33 PM
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: value of my sdx?
>
>
> maybe i should put it this way......does anybody want to
make me
> an offer? My e-mail is tenaciousdave123@y...
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Patrice JACQUOT"
> <Jacquot.Patrice@w...> wrote:
> > Hi Dave ,
> > It might depend what you expect & who you are ...
> > I've seen 1 year ago an SDX kit for sale around 600 £ ...that
was
> a full option 10 pads kits (in perfect shape) from a famous UK
> drummer...
> > In the same time I've seen a deutsch fellow trying to sell an
SDX
> brain with only 4M° of Ram if I remember well, around 1500£ ...
He
> pretended knowing what it was & thought it would justify his
> price ...
> >
> > For example in 94, I bought my New SDX (10 pads & Os package &
SEQ
> etc...) from Dave SImmons ,& I paid around 2500£...
> > When I wanted to buy a second one Dave proposed me to built
> anotherone for 1200£, because it was a second one & because it
was
> me .
> > But that was a New one , & 10 years ago ...
> > Did the SDX became more rare or more demanded since then ...???
> >
> > I've seen in 98/99 some advertising SDX for 700 or 800 £
icluding
> fly cases & 10 pads etc...
> > That was when the S5000 / S6000 AKAI samplers just went out
with
> some High quality Filters ...
> >
> > I suppose the right price will be what people will be ready to
pay
> for & if you accept it ...
> >
> > It's anyway a rare piece of history , with some terrible
filters
> & audio converters...a great design & video interface... but
with
> some limitations due to the fact that the hardware couldn't
evolve
> (the Ram & HD ...) & that the OS even the latest one has some
> terriffic Bugs that you need to know if you don't want to erase
all
> of your Kits/sounds by saving some new ones...
> > the pads have this incredible Zoning Assignations but a very
poor
> dynamic, a painful touch & some rare (& dying) FSRs ...
> > But the form stays magic , last year I finally I even bought
an
> XRack instead of a laptop ... Good choice or not ...
> > I suppose an irrational choice instead of anything else ...
> > You need to find an irrational buyer (I mean someone like me
who
> dreamt by hearing Bill Bruford with its SDX for example ...) to
sell
> it at its best price otherwise it will be the lower price which
can
> only be justify by curiosity .
> > Or that famous guy wwho want that famous Sound ! But everybody
> don't necessary know that famous sound ...
> >
> > so what's the price for all that ??? I still wonder too ...
> > I love it & hate it so much in the same time !
> >
> > Hope that helps !
> > Patrice.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: tenaciousdave123
> > To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 4:16 AM
> > Subject: [Simmons Drums] value of my sdx?
> >
> >
> > anybody here know what the value of my sdx kit might be?
It
> is the
> > brain in a custom road case. 6 tom pads, a snare pad,and a
kick
> > pad(which isn't an sdx pad but still works.) the entire
original
> disk
> > library. the latest O.S.,the entire manual, and the
sequencer
> manual.
> > does anybody know how much that might be worth?
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
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