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SSM2033 Chips Available on ebay... Trustworthy?

SSM2033 Chips Available on ebay... Trustworthy?

2015-09-15 by voltagegrove@yahoo.com

Hey all,  in the spirit of having oscillator issues with my MP, I was searching for SSM2033 chips; which I thought was going to be a hopeless affair.  To my surprise they popped right up on ebay, "analogsynthdoctor" has about a dozen of them for 85 bucks a pop.  My skeptical nature kicked into gear as I know how rare they are and am curious if I should trust it? Could they be dead and then I get blamed for blowing them somehow? Does anybody have any recommendations or thoughts on the matter?

Re: SSM2033 Chips Available on ebay... Trustworthy?

2015-09-15 by Steve Wilson

I am the one selling those SSM2033s on eBay.  

I can guarantee that they are New old stock chips that I bought from Korg USA many years ago.  So they are as real as any of the SSM2033s in our mono/polys.  They are rare but they have been available, as I have sold well over 50 of them in the last few years, and not received any complaints,  nor any negative feedback.  They just work. Those ones on ebay are truly are the last of the lot that i had.   I am holding on to a small number of them for my own personal repairs. 

you would have to do something pretty stupid to blow it up like putting the chip in the socket backwards.  In all honesty,  you will likely put a new chip in,  calibrate,  and get back to making music.  

-Steve