Yamaha CS80

there is no engineering flaw in a mid 70s instrument that still works.

the only flaw was the dicontinuing of the chips..

.many companies will rise and fall within that similar time period...

I have had many disposable synths that came and went while this
remained...
-----Original message-----
From: David d2ba@...
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:50:02 -0600
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [yamahacs80] Should I keep my CS-50

> Help me decide to keep my Yamaha CS-50. Im considering getting the 
> midi retrofit and keeping it forever...............but
> 
> All this talk here about chips blowing up on CS-60 and CS-80 leads
me 
> to believe that perhaps Yamaha got it wrong in the engineering of 
> these two models
> From the posts here the track record seems as bad as the Roland Juno

> 106 voice chip--the question I ask is it all worth it if each time
you 
> turn on the machine
> you worry about a chip failure?
> 
> On the other hand the CS-50 does not seem as flawed in the
engineering 
> side as the CS-60 or CS-80 looking at the posts
> Have I got this right about the CS-50 ? Its not an engineering
failure 
> like the CS-60 and CS-80
> 
> thanks in advance
> David
> 
> http://www.myspace.com/jointhecarcrashset
> 
> 


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