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slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

2004-12-22 by P........

Hi there.. first off I'm a member of this board for a lil while but 
decided to post something just now. I recently got a Siel DK-80 Synth 
from a pawn shop for ten bucks (!) It seems to be in good shape but 
lacks the power supply that fits to it's weird power connector. 
Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and wonder 
if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design 
with siel? Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I 
desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it seems 
like the power supply is much harder to get than the synth itself?

Re: [DW8000] slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

2004-12-22 by Louis van Dompselaar

> Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and wonder 
> if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design 
> with siel?

It is remarkably similar to the Korg Poly-800, although not quite
exactly the same.  I once started to write down the similarities
and differences between the EX-80 (which is the module version of
the DK-80) and the EX-800 (which is the module version of the Poly-800),
and ran in to more and more subtle differences.  And I hadn't even
compared the sound yet.

> Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I 
> desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it seems 
> like the power supply is much harder to get than the synth itself?

I'm not sure how easy it'll be to get an original Siel power supply.
However, if it's the same as the one for the EX-80, it's just
an AC/AC adapter which should be pretty common.  And luckily the wiring
diagram is on the adapter (which can actually serve two...)
See: http://www.dompselaar.org/Siel/siel_ps.jpg
I guess it was meant to serve both the DK-80 and an additional EX-80.

Louis

Re: [DW8000] slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

2004-12-23 by Russ Rose

i am off xmas for a week traveling afar. please recontact me late next week
when i return to my shop. somewhere lurks a siel power supply.
merry xmas. Russ
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> lacks the power supply that fits to it's weird power connector.
> Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and wonder
> if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design
> with siel? Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I
> desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it seems
> like the power supply is much harder to get than the synth itself?
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Re: slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

2004-12-28 by P........

Awesome! Please let me know if and when you can send it and how much 
you want for it. I highly appreciate your help.

Greetings, P.  

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> i am off xmas for a week traveling afar. please recontact me late 
next week
> when i return to my shop. somewhere lurks a siel power supply.
> merry xmas. Russ
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but
> > decided to post something just now. I recently got a Siel DK-80 
Synth
> > from a pawn shop for ten bucks (!) It seems to be in good shape 
but
> > lacks the power supply that fits to it's weird power connector.
> > Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and 
wonder
> > if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design
> > with siel? Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I
> > desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it 
seems
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Re: [DW8000] Re: slightly off-topic: Siel DK-80 vs Poly-800/DW-8000 design..

2005-01-03 by Russ Rose

sorry. no siel power supply. BUT from my siel schematics isee that
a few of them used 2 conductor 12 volt wall-warts. can you tell me
the number of conductors on the power jack and is there any
info next to the jack as to voltage, current,  ac or dc, and if dc
the polarity on the jack? if so it's easy to find you one.
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>> i am off xmas for a week traveling afar. please recontact me late
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>> when i return to my shop. somewhere lurks a siel power supply.
>> merry xmas. Russ
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>>> Hi there.. first off I'm a member of this board for a lil while
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>>> decided to post something just now. I recently got a Siel DK-80
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>>> from a pawn shop for ten bucks (!) It seems to be in good shape
> but
>>> lacks the power supply that fits to it's weird power connector.
>>> Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and
> wonder
>>> if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design
>>> with siel? Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I
>>> desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it
> seems
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