Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi, i'm a musician from England, always been interested in electronics since I took apart my very dead, beloved cassette tape player when I was about 11, and saw the spellbinding circuit board had 'burnt bits' on it, took it to my uncle Don who used magic to fix it, this hunger to find out why things didn't work has served me well in many bands, but I never ever the time to have anything but general understanding of components. Now I have more time to invest and found this site by total accident, but glad I did, oh, when I think...

Re: EMU 1820M not working properly

Hi, very interesting place is this, lots to read but this post brought me here, I'm thinking of buying a 1820m tomorrow, question is, do they ALL go wonky at some point?, is it bad design or just cheap parts?, after reading this I just get a feeling that I'll get it set up, and instead of pristine sounds, all I'll have is a bank of LED's, staring at me in silence, saying, "you were warned", so, in 2 minds here, what you guys who have them think?, is it worth a punt?, the guy wants £100 for it, upgrading from a audiophile 24/96, so should...