E-mu Emulator Sampler User Forum for the EIII EII EI and EIII XP

First one I've ever seen on Ebay, but it's dead. Still a good price though, if someone knows what they're doing with it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Emu-E-mu-Emulator-1-Vintage-Sampler-/300493432600?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item45f6cde718#ht_8654wt_1026

That's pretty expensive for a non-working unit !

It has been painted black... Don't really like that - the EII in black looks better.

I'm also wondering what the 3.5 disks are doing in this package; the 5.25 disks couldn't be copied at all on any computer and the Emulator I can not read 3.5 disks... so ???

It's been modded, there's a small switch to the right of the keyboard. Anyone knows what this mod could be (perhaps MIDI / RS232 switch ?)

The positive point is that it's a high serial number, one of the latest. So it probably got all upgrades installed.

Yeah, I was wondering what the floppies were for. Can't be too many E1's about now though, I bet someone will pay that price.

Very strange... according to  the all available info, E1 with the model #6000 does not exist... There were these models: 6002: 2 Voice, 6004: 4 Voice, 6008: 8 Voice

... and yet the model #6000 is clearly printed on the factory label (see photos)...

... perhaps it signalizes 0 voices...  :)

 :D :D :D


Is it normal, that the label is printed? Mine is pierced..

Anyway - this black casing is just butt-ugly... and the beautiful Emulator-Logo on the back is gone..  :'(
way overpriced if you ask me.

The model # of my E1 is printed, not pierced.

I wonder if the factory label of the E1 in question might be a fake..?


But for sure it is overpriced...

It is overpriced even if it would be in working order, I think...

Really? How much is a fully working E1 worth these days then (bearing in mind everything's always bloody dearer in the UK)

Considering some recently sold examples, I would say 800 - 1000 $ for a working unit (without any extras, additional software and add. sounds...).

There was a unit in Paris some months ago on ebay. Seller wanted 900 Euros, unit did not sell.
I don't know how much an average price would look like, because these are so rare (nevertheless not really 'sought after', except for some geeks  ;)  ::) )

Plus: There are no working units for sale. If there's an Emulator for sale, you can bet it's not working. That's because a working unit belongs to people who care for it and won't sell it (nowadays). I really think that's the way it is.


Why should someone make a fake for that?

That unit from Paris was then bought (outside Ebay) by a friend of mine... The selling price included cca 150 sound disks..) When he brought it home, the unit did not boot... (When demonstrated by the seller, it was working...)

It does not boot any more... A vintage gear specialist is not able to fix it...

It's a small world   :D


See?   ::)  :-\

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No idea...  But in the same time I have no idea how could be the factory label printed with non-existing model #...  :)

A mystery...

I think those were the days, when E-Mu was a "Factory" consisting of 5 people (ceos included)...
so there still was a lot of chaos, and not much money...
maybe they've had a bunch of labels printed wrong... and just gave a damn about it.  :)

  ;D

Possibly... I did not think of it...

But then also the serial # could a mere result of chaos... 

Maybe  ::)

Anyway - since the unit is half-dead - the potential buyer of this unit does not know what he buys, if 4 or 8 voice version (2 voice v. was quickly discontinued).

I can't stand the looks of that black painted casing....

Don't bother about that label. I'm pretty sure the latest series of Emulator-I was labeled with type 6000.
Not 6002, 6004 or 6008.

My Emulator-I is also labeled 6000, and it also has a very high serial number, in fact just the S/N below the one for sale here (mine is 476). And I can guarantee that mine is an 8 voice Emulator with the highest rev. of all boards inside !

I must have been lucky. Mine almost worked for 100pct when I bought it a month ago. It had some tuning stability problems (keyboard cv-like),  one voice sometimes worked, sometimes not, and the brightness of each channel was different. And it needed quite a lot of cleaning (contacts, keys, boards, ...).
I gave it a thorough service myself, but no real repairs were required to bring it in 100 pct shape again.

The price I paid was indeed in the 800-1000 USD range, but the package included also disks and other stuff.
 

"Don't bother about that label. I'm pretty sure the latest series of Emulator-I was labeled with type 6000. Not 6002, 6004 or 6008."


Thank you for saving me from that painful, self-.oscillating  "research"..!

I was myself beginning to feel ill at ease by introducing the theme of misleading misnumbers...  ;D

Pity that this knowledge about the model numbers of E1 cannot be added -´at least for now -  to the EmulatorArchive documents...

The price was reduced to $ 1.000...

Still too much for a half-dead unit, I think...

Way too much. Just like everything else lately.
That EIII for three grand on eBay............. ::)

....My mothers Gentleman friends estate and we're looking for a good home for it. 

I have the original sales slip(total paid was over $7K), its in the original box. Its in beautiful shape and powers up... I havent had a chance yet to fully check it out so I'm not sure if everything is functional yet. 
I do hate to put it up on ebay because we want to find someone who will take care of it and enjoy it as much as her best friend and companion did. 
Can someone recommend a venue that might help us accomplish this?
thanks,

I'm sure someone on here would be interested in it.

pics?