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Re: EII on ebay

2008-11-04 by zomnius

He is not shipping to europe ;(

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Cristea Eusebiu 
<pcoxe2002@...> wrote:
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> Hi , I just saw that somebody was very interested in buying one, I 
was contacted� and asked if I am about selling mine. I am not selling 
my EII, but here is another chance .. for Zob... I think.Cheers, 
Mike, Oslo, Norway.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/E-MU-EMU-EMULATOR-II-CLASSIC-SAMPLER-WITH-3-5-
DRIVE_W0QQitemZ200270106632QQcmdZViewItem?
hash=item200270106632&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%
3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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> --- On Mon, 11/3/08, sm papke <mothrecords@...> wrote:
> From: sm papke <mothrecords@...>
> Subject: Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Start-up Freeze Problem Update
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 11:07 PM
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>             Hi George, here is the link with all the info: 
http://www.synthesi zerrepair. com/ 
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> He's a really nice guy and very qualified repair tech to say the 
least.
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> Cheers, Stephen
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> --- On Mon, 11/3/08, George <trickstar303@ yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > From: George <trickstar303@ yahoo.com>
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> > Subject: [emulatorII- list] Re: Start-up Freeze Problem Update
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> > To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
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> > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 12:08 PM
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> > I tried to google ed miller studio 9, but can't find
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> > him.  Do you 
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> > have his phone number or email address by any chance? 
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> > thanks so much.
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> > george
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> > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, sm papke
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> > <mothrecords@ ...> 
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> > wrote:
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> > > If I were going to fix the PSU myself, I would have to
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> > say start 
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> > with replacing the 4x 100uf 200v "black" caps in
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> > the top R corner, 
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> > with the "zip-ties" around them first. This had
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> > cleared up the 
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> > same "scrambled screen" problems I had a while
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> > back on an EII. It 
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> > only took about 15-20 min. to finish the job. Eventually, I
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> > just went 
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> > ahead and replaced all of the electrolytic capacitors on
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> > the whole 
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> > PSU, and it has been running for a few years now, with
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> > absolutely no 
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> > problems since! Please note that this PSU had been sitting
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> > around, 
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> > separate from the EII itself, so it had no power going to
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> > it for a 
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> > while. I felt much safer working on it, otherwise I would
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> > have been a 
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> > bit nervous to start poking around on one that had been
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> > in-use. *YOU 
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> > ALL KNOW HOW DANGEROUS PSU REPAIR CAN BE!! PLEASE BE 
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> > AWARE/KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING IF YOU ATTEPT
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> > THIS 
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> > YOURSELF, OR HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE* as I'm sure
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> > you want to 
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> > live another day to play your lovely/magical EII
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> > >  :) Also, I would not suggest Advanced Audio on Venice
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> > Blvd. I have 
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> > brought them older pieces they were not too familiar with,
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> > that just 
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> > sat around un-touched for weeks, only to end up fixing them
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> > at home 
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> > myself. They should have no problem re-capping a PSU if you
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> > just 
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> > bring them the PSU only, but it will definitely cost you! I
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> > highly 
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> > recommend contacting Ed Miller over at a place called
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> > Studio9 on 
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> > Sunset Blvd. for anyone in the Los Angeles area. He's a
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> > bit of a 
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> > synth guru, and would have no problem fixing the PSU on an
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> > EII (I 
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> > believe he used to work at Roland). His prices are also
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> > extremely 
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> > reasonable and fair, which is pretty rare these days. Hope
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> > you get it 
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> > fixed soon!
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> > > Cheers
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> > > --- On Mon, 11/3/08, hexafuzz <gclip@> wrote:
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> > > > From: hexafuzz <gclip@>
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> > > > Subject: [emulatorII- list] Re: Start-up Freeze
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> > Problem Update
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> > > > To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
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> > > > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 3:32 AM
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> > > > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com,
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> > "George"
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> > > > <trickstar303@ > wrote:
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> > > > > I also would like to troubleshoot the PSU. I
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> > own a
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> > > > multimeter, but 
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> > > > > am not sure what to look for in terms of
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> > what voltage
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> > > > needs to come
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> > > > > out of where. I really want to fix this
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> > thing. Has
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> > > > anyone in here 
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> > > > > experience with the PSU and can tell me step
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> > by step
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> > > > what to look 
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> > > > > for?
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> > > > In my case, I resoldered all cable connections on
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> > the PSU
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> > > > side and
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> > > > everything came back in line. Been a long time
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> > now since I
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> > > > opened mine
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> > > > though, so Ill leave it to someone who's sure
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> > to give
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> > > > the exact voltages.
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> > > > > I'm considering to bring this thing to a
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> > tech.
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> > > > Does anyone know of 
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> > > > > someone in Southern California (between San
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> > Diego and
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> > > > LA) who's an 
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> > > > > expert with EIIs?
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> > > > 
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> > > > Not sure about being E-II experts, but these two
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> > are at
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> > > > least
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> > > > competent. At the very least Im sure you could
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> > call,
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> > > > explain your
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> > > > needs and see what/who they recommend.
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> > > > http://www.advanced musical.com/
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> > > > http://www.caesound .com/cae_ service.html
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