Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Look guys, just for you! :)
http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html

electronically yours, jesper
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Yikes! Many thanks for sharing that one!
   
  By the way, I love your myspace page Jesper, I am the "m432sound" that recently sent the friend request.

jesper@... wrote:
          Look guys, just for you! :)
http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html

electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop



                         


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Hello Jesper,
thank you very much for the pictures and description.
Yours
Michael


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so lively here today.... thanx Jesper & Thomas for every info and nice pictures, important electronic music history!
   
  cheers...
   
  /kent
   
  

michael.buchner@... skrev:
          Hello Jesper,
thank you very much for the pictures and description.
Yours
Michael

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You're welcome... I was using a simpler digicam, but I think it did the unit 
justice at least. I had forgotten about the service note. =)

electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop

----- Original Message ----- 

From: <michael.buchner@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] sds-2, pics and sounds


> Hello Jesper,
> thank you very much for the pictures and description.
> Yours
> Michael
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

> > Look guys, just for you! :)
> http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html

The headphone amp appears to be an Elektor (magazine) board
from 1983.  Does that tie in with the age of the SDS2?

Steve

Here is a mystery to be solved. It looks like the SDS-2 I have is of later 
date and maybe not of Simmons origin after all, but all other stuff 
corresponds to the description so it gets me thinking that the original 
electronic design might have faltered and was replaced. The case sure looks 
"home brew" with bent edges and the front sure is letraset just as described 
in the book. It seems stupid indeed that someone in the mid-80's would've 
made a fake SDS-2. Why is the question. Back then Simmons was very much in 
business doing top of the line digital stuff and why fake a crappy old 
analogue then?

The mist thickens... I know a guy on this list sometimes talks to Dave. It 
would be nice to get feedback on this...

BTW, I received a reply from Bob Henrit, seems like a very friendly guy. 
Anything special you want me to ask. He mentioned he still has a lot of 
manuals around...

electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Steve Ridley" <spr@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Simmons Drums] sds-2, pics and sounds


>
>
>> > Look guys, just for you! :)
>> http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html
>
> The headphone amp appears to be an Elektor (magazine) board
> from 1983.  Does that tie in with the age of the SDS2?
>
> Steve
>
>

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Steve Ridley <spr@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > > Look guys, just for you! :)
> > http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html
> 
> The headphone amp appears to be an Elektor (magazine) board
> from 1983.  Does that tie in with the age of the SDS2?
> 
> Steve
>
Yes I agree too....The PCB of the phone amp look very very ELEKTOR 
style........with EPS written on the board.....

Why would somebody copy a Picasso after the camera has already be
invented?


--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> Here is a mystery to be solved. It looks like the SDS-2 I have is of
later 
> date and maybe not of Simmons origin after all, but all other stuff 
> corresponds to the description so it gets me thinking that the original 
> electronic design might have faltered and was replaced. The case
sure looks 
> "home brew" with bent edges and the front sure is letraset just as
described 
> in the book. It seems stupid indeed that someone in the mid-80's
would've 
> made a fake SDS-2. Why is the question. Back then Simmons was very
much in 
> business doing top of the line digital stuff and why fake a crappy old 
> analogue then?
> 
> The mist thickens... I know a guy on this list sometimes talks to
Dave. It 
> would be nice to get feedback on this...
> 
> BTW, I received a reply from Bob Henrit, seems like a very friendly
guy. 

> Anything special you want me to ask. He mentioned he still has a lot of 
> manuals around...
> 
> electronically yours, jesper
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> www.electronic-obsession.se
> www.myspace.com/machinepop
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Ridley" <spr@...>
> To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [Simmons Drums] sds-2, pics and sounds
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >> > Look guys, just for you! :)
> >> http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/simmons/sds-2.html
> >
> > The headphone amp appears to be an Elektor (magazine) board
> > from 1983.  Does that tie in with the age of the SDS2?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>

> Here is a mystery to be solved. It looks like the SDS-2 I have is of later 
> date and maybe not of Simmons origin after all, but all other stuff 
> corresponds to the description so it gets me thinking that the original 
> electronic design might have faltered and was replaced. 

Have you looked at the bottom side of the voice boards?
It's common to etch a make or model number along with
the copper tracks. 

Also, if you cad take a better pic of the top of the board, 
I may be able to read date codes off the ICs. Then at least 
you'll know if the whole thing is from 1983. There's always
a chance that a better headphone amp died and got replaced 
later...


Steve

More or less all of them are 85-87 except on the PSU board where there are 
79-circuitry.

electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Steve Ridley" <spr@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] sds-2, pics and sounds


>> Here is a mystery to be solved. It looks like the SDS-2 I have is of 
>> later
>> date and maybe not of Simmons origin after all, but all other stuff
>> corresponds to the description so it gets me thinking that the original
>> electronic design might have faltered and was replaced.
>
> Have you looked at the bottom side of the voice boards?
> It's common to etch a make or model number along with
> the copper tracks.
>
> Also, if you cad take a better pic of the top of the board,
> I may be able to read date codes off the ICs. Then at least
> you'll know if the whole thing is from 1983. There's always
> a chance that a better headphone amp died and got replaced
> later...
>
>
> Steve
>
>

Hi Jesper,

How about asking if he has an SDS3 and/or SDS4 manual and service 
manual? We've got schematics and service notes for these; but no 
complete manuals that I'm aware of?

Thank you,

Randal

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@...> wrote:

>BTW, I received a reply from Bob Henrit, seems like a very friendly 
>guy. Anything special you want me to ask. He mentioned he still has a 
>lot of manuals around...
>electronically yours, jesper