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

ok, here's the deal...just bought my command station a few months ago 
from Guitar Center...went again this weekend to see if they had the 
ZR rom...the sales guy told me that the command stations were, ahem, 
now discontinued (ie, prices continuing to fall,as new model coming 
out soon) and that "accesories" may be hard to come by now. I was 
wiggin out. He tried to calm me down--this the same guy who sold me 
the XL, and suggest maybe i trade it in in the near future...for 
something else in the store--upgrade to an MC-909 or whatever, kinda 
peculiar but all the same---What the F@$%&?!!!!? 

1) please tell me this guy is bullshitting me. 
2) as a new emu owner, please tell me the support will still be good, 
and i should have nothing to worry about

1) please tell me this guy is bullshitting me.

A. Anything that the employees of Guitar Center tells you about gear, they
received as hearsay from the other customers.
B. The guy is just trying to sell you more gear. Trade it in? What a
numbnut.

2) as a new emu owner, please tell me the support will still be good,

Well, it's been around a long while, and we just got a big fat upgrade,
which might spell the beginning of the end of product's life cycle.
Furthermore, their price has dropped about 50% since they first came out...

bIz

I can understand the anxiety about a piece of equipment not being 
produced anymore.  But who cares????  I got mine about 3 months ago 
and I'm happy that I only paid $600 for it.  The Unit is awesome!!!! 
And I can see using this thing for years to come... 

ZenDeil

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lostusomewhere2003" <Chicaneblue@h...> 
wrote:
> ok, here's the deal...just bought my command station a few months 
ago 
> from Guitar Center...went again this weekend to see if they had the 
> ZR rom...the sales guy told me that the command stations were, 
ahem, 
> now discontinued (ie, prices continuing to fall,as new model coming 
> out soon) and that "accesories" may be hard to come by now. I was 
> wiggin out. He tried to calm me down--this the same guy who sold me 
> the XL, and suggest maybe i trade it in in the near future...for 
> something else in the store--upgrade to an MC-909 or whatever, 
kinda 
> peculiar but all the same---What the F@$%&?!!!!? 
> 
> 1) please tell me this guy is bullshitting me. 
> 2) as a new emu owner, please tell me the support will still be 
good, 
> and i should have nothing to worry about

Just ordered one today after about a month of playing with it at 
the local music shtuff shop.. I can't wait to get this baby going 
with my Alesis QS6 (w/ EuroDance card), AIRFX/synth and Orion 
Platinum.. it's just going to make a enormous splash in the way I 
work over here. Looking for more of ya'll's XL-7 tunes - listening 
to Frozen Clouds now and it just makes me sweat even more in 
anticipation.

  Best of all, on Musician's Friend (where I snagged it today), it's 
only $499 w/ free shipping.

  I'll resume my drooling and lurking now :)

/.epilogue

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" <zendeil@y...> wrote:
> I can understand the anxiety about a piece of equipment not being 
> produced anymore.  But who cares????  I got mine about 3 months 
ago 
> and I'm happy that I only paid $600 for it.  The Unit is 
awesome!!!! 
> And I can see using this thing for years to come... 
> 
> ZenDeil
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lostusomewhere2003" 
<Chicaneblue@h...> 
> wrote:
> > ok, here's the deal...just bought my command station a few 
months 
> ago 
> > from Guitar Center...went again this weekend to see if they had 
the 
> > ZR rom...the sales guy told me that the command stations were, 
> ahem, 
> > now discontinued (ie, prices continuing to fall,as new model 
coming 
> > out soon) and that "accesories" may be hard to come by now. I 
was 
> > wiggin out. He tried to calm me down--this the same guy who sold 
me 

> > the XL, and suggest maybe i trade it in in the near future...for 
> > something else in the store--upgrade to an MC-909 or whatever, 
> kinda 
> > peculiar but all the same---What the F@$%&?!!!!? 
> > 
> > 1) please tell me this guy is bullshitting me. 
> > 2) as a new emu owner, please tell me the support will still be 
> good, 
> > and i should have nothing to worry about