Xpantastic!

Sorry to hear this, you could at least name and shame the scammer?

I was offered a Matrix 12 recently from Germany...when I asked questions about sending photos of test screens he went dead on me...



-- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "mursupeppe" <petri.alanko@...> wrote:
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> Hi there,
> 
> I'm probably _NOT_ the only one in desperate need, but I'd really, really like to find one or two CEM3374 chips for my Matrix-12 project. I bought from a German guy, insisting everything in it is all right, but it turned out it had "quite a few" problems, among which:
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> - dead left output
> - Midi Out and Thru terminals are quite badly corroded (!)
> - at least one CEM3374 is gone, the second one is being tested today
> - two CEM3372s are dead
> - 13 push buttons are totally dead
> - 4 of the rotary encoders are what I call beyond dead
> 
> All this with a "yez it'z a perffecktly funkzionink" Matrix-12. :-D Ok, it was relatively cheap and I could turn it into a 6-voice thingy, but that would destroy the profound essence of its beauty. But still I find it very tempting to drive a few kilometers and visit the guy with some ugly motorist friends of mine. 
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> (I know. Violence is _not_ an answer, an aggressive lawyer is. If anyone knows a good German-speaking lawyer, let me know. ;-D Thank goodness I saved all the seller's emails where he was insisting it was a perfectly good, like new.)
> 
> Also, I've noticed it has sometimes "a bit" trouble tuning itself, so I'm afraid there are quite a few logic chips malfunctioning as well. How, dear Xpantastic acquaintances, should I start troubleshooting my Matrix - other than doing chip-swapping, which is being done as we spe... write.
> 
> -Peter
>