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Thanks for the precisions & the links, Jesper !
You might be right ...
If I get any information on the SDS2 , I'll tell you !

Bye .
Patrice.





--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jesper" <jesper@e...> wrote:
> 
> patrice:
> > do you mean there is only one SDS2 unit ever made ?
> 
> Most pages that mentions it (which is basically just New Order
> interviews/sites and the german site synrise.de) says it's a 
prototype that
> never came into production. I've looked on the inside of mine and 
it sure
> doesn't look like a factory run model... there is also a separate 
headphone
> amplifier in mine which might indicate that this was customised for 
a live
> drum set.
> I have no proof that mine is the only existing SDS-2 but I sure 
have never
> seen or heard of anyone else having one... Except the only Stephen 
Morris
> once had (and hated). So I think it's a fair guess to assume that 
the SDS-2
> in my rack is the one Stephen once had and also the only existing 
unit...
> But as mentioned, no proof, just guesswork. But do prove me wrong!
> 
> Here are a few link regarding the SDS-2;
> 
> 
http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Simmons/info/simmons.drums
> 
> http://home.dialix.com/~u3336/factory/faq96.html
> 
> http://www.helmet.de/simmons/nav_simmons.htm (my unit pictured)
> 
> There are also a few hits on "svenska analogsympatisörer" but 
that's my unit
> we're discussing... I've also seen a few mentions at the dutch 
synth forum,
> but that was Senso and Tony Black talking about my unit too...
> 
> > Please, Tell us how much you paid for it ...
> 
> Well, Ebay is seldom the place for cool gear cheap, but last year I 
won the
> auction for this sucker at (if I remember it correctly) 68 euro 
(maybe even
> 58?)! It arrived broken but it just turned out that the PSU had 
bounced
> around inside, wrecking some soldering points etc so it was quite 
easily
> fixed and now it's fully operational...
> 
> electronically yours, jesper