Yamaha CS80

Hi Antoine! Nice to meet you there! BTW, we're still praising you for your
fantastic site!!
M
----- Original Message -----
From: "captaincs80" <avanheck@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:15 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] hello there!


> Hello there,
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> I just joined this group of CS80 fanatics a few days ago so... it's
> from me hello to everyone as well!
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> Some of you may already know me as Vanheckis and will probably have
> seen my cs80 dedicated site (http://www.xs4all.nl/~avanheck)
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> I have only one CS80 :) but also a very fine CS60.
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> My CS addiction all started a 3 years ago when i was trying to find out
> what made Vangelis' sound so characteristic. After some internet
> research I soon discover the relevance of the CS80 of course and tried
> to find pictures of it on the internet. From that moment I was
> intrigued by all those slider on the picture but i had no idea what
> this machine would be capable off. So my first thought was. ah..this is
> an old machine so i can easily get a cheap one on the second hand
> market. I soon found out what reality was and how rare this instrument
> is(bottom line: i knew nothing) but the addiction started from that
> moment onwards. After a while I'd better give up my quest for the Holy
> Instrument and thought I'd better look for a second CS60 to try to get
> similar results in sound. Helas 1+1 isn't 2. the CS80 has an extra X-
> factor. And then, one day, there was a CS80 owner in New Zealand ready
> to sell his. I still had to wait 7 months for the shipment to arrive at
> my frontdoor in Amsterdam. And then...guess what! I had forgotten about
> t the fact that a New Zealand plug doesn't really fit a Dutch
> powersosocket ! :)
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> Best
> Antoine
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