there is no engineering flaw in a mid 70s instrument that still works.
the only flaw was the dicontinuing of the chips..
.many companies will rise and fall within that similar time period...
I have had many disposable synths that came and went while this
remained...
-----Original message-----
From: David
d2ba@...Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:50:02 -0600
To:
yamahacs80@yahoogroups.comSubject: [yamahacs80] Should I keep my CS-50
> Help me decide to keep my Yamaha CS-50. Im considering getting the
> midi retrofit and keeping it forever...............but
>
> All this talk here about chips blowing up on CS-60 and CS-80 leads
me
> to believe that perhaps Yamaha got it wrong in the engineering of
> these two models
> From the posts here the track record seems as bad as the Roland Juno
> 106 voice chip--the question I ask is it all worth it if each time
you
> turn on the machine
> you worry about a chip failure?
>
> On the other hand the CS-50 does not seem as flawed in the
engineering
> side as the CS-60 or CS-80 looking at the posts
> Have I got this right about the CS-50 ? Its not an engineering
failure
> like the CS-60 and CS-80
>
> thanks in advance
> David
>
> http://www.myspace.com/jointhecarcrashset
>
>
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