Xpantastic!

Switching on and off has been noticed causing many of the break outs of electronic 
components. I don't know exactly, but It may be the voltage and current spikes that 
happen then, which break the components. You can hear this from your loadspeakers. For 
this reason some studios keep their equipment on day and night. But, I think that in case 
of Xpander this might not be a good idea, because of the displays. Luckily there is now a 
replacement available as told above, but if I were you, I would absolutely not trade the 
display unless I had a couple of spare displays. CEM3374 is also very difficult to find 
component, but not nearly as much as the display. For these reasons some people like 
myself have even bought xtra xpanders for spare parts.

Very good sources for all synth components are especially the following:

http://www.vintageplanet.nl/
http://www.synthchips.com/

Is anybody aware, why the latter is not working currently? I also tried to reach Dave there 
by email without success. Is he alright?

Tiitu