Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

My XL7 was defective out of the box. The LCD was flickering.
It sounded good but had to return it and upgraded for 2500.
The 2500 is buggy but sounds like a Proteus. (you know what I mean)

We all feel your pain. See my other post RE: 'Don't Do This'


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Jaco Pastorius" <Theo1911@h...> wrote:
> that is terrible man,
> You should write EMU (although I'm sure you already have) and see 
what they 
> can do.  Although my own expierence with them has been less than 
helpful 
> several times.  Again, that is terrible, I hope you have better 
luck in the 
> future.
> 
> 
> >From: "xromxx7" <bonneau-c@w...>
> >Reply-To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> >To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [xl7] xl7 dead !!!
> >Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 03:36:53 -0000
> >
> >Hi all,
> >I powered my xl7 on, 2 days ago, I was selecting some pattern, and
> >suddenly the cursor disappeared in the lcd 
display !?.......turned it
> >off, then on, but the machine remained stuck (all leds lit and LCD
> >empty )....No need to say I tried everything (opened it up, pushed
> >all the inner components, swapped ROMs, took away some ROMs,
> >tightened the screws, pushed on both cursors at power on, tried to
> >reach diagnotic mode, etc, etc..........) nothing, absolutely 
nothing
> >worked !!! To add to my despair, my warranty time has expired (so
> >it's all on my bucks !)  and last but not least : EMU is no longer
> >distributed in France !!!! Lol, I'm rite down disgusted, sooooooo
> >disapointed, as I always treated this synth with so much care,
> >protecting it from everything (dust, electricity peaks....) spent 
so
> >much time on it...but now I know it wasn't worth it, I can state 
for
> >sure that those babies are not designed to last very long !! seems
> >built like a tank, but inside it's total crap, always thought
> >american-made stuff was qualitative and reliable ...I was wrong !!
My
> >old Roland TR-626 I bought when I was 15, still works perfectly 
and
> >so does all my other 80's japanese gear!! My 1 year and 4 months 
old
> >xl7 is Dead ! Dead ! Dead !!
> >End of story : in the repair shop the guy told me he was used to 
deal
> >with the xl7 and its deficient power supply, but the problem on 
mine
> >was kinda different.....read in his eyes that he couldn't be able 
to
> >fix it....so what am I to do now ? any idea ? EMU ? anyone ?
> >
> >xROM.........one foot out
> >
> >
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> High-speed Internet access as low as $29.95/month (depending on 
the local 
> service providers in your area). Click here.   
https://broadband.msn.com