Emax

forever as long as you service it from time to time 

the back light needs to be changed they start dying out after 4 years they start to fade but can last upto 15 years it all depends if you leave your machine on 

the other things that go are the filter caps in the psu which cause excessive ripple which makes the synth play up or not power at all the adding of zip drives puts extra strain on the psu it being only 40w max output

the other is the floppy drive 

also the inverter for the light strip can go they start to give a very high pitched tone 

but with the led lcd displays you can change with a little bit off modding and they last for ages and you can do away with the inverter as the led only needs 5v

most other electronics shold last for very long time there are .
radio,s still working from the 1920,s 

and as there are no moving parts to fail should keep going for a long time 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Baum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:02 PM
  Subject: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.


    Hello,

  I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.

  I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been used by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.

  I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics, so obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.

  As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller keyboard at the center of my equipment:

  http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg

  Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of RAM and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)

  My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . . 

  Regards,

  Daniel



  


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