Emulator ii wanted, must be in UK

[ProudEmaxOwner]

Haven't seen one of these go for two months now, and I finally have the money saved, so if anyone has one for sale, shoot me a PM, cheers.

[Syncla]

Hi

Touched by Sound has one on e-beay!

Good luck, searched for 6 Years for my own E II!

[ProudEmaxOwner]

What? where?! The only one I saw was on German ebay, they wanted one and a half grand for it!!!

Edit: Oh, I see it. One and a half grand. That's over double the price of every other EII I've ever seen on Ebay.

[jacodavis]

At the moment, there is only one on eBay.:
http://cgi.ebay.de/100-KULT-EMU-EMULATOR-II-Sampler-Keyboard-Legende-/250649586104?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Studioequipment&hash=item3a5be129b8

[ProudEmaxOwner]

yes, that price is extortionate. The most expensive one I've ever seen was £800, one went recently for £400 with 400 disks, which I couldn't afford. I was gutted, but I've sold my JX-3P now so I have the funds. With postage, he wants £2000. That's just not acceptable.

[Elmbeatz]

At the moment, there is only one on eBay.:
http://cgi.ebay.de/100-KULT-EMU-EMULATOR-II-Sampler-Keyboard-Legende-/250649586104?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Studioequipment&hash=item3a5be129b8

Wow. Just wow.  Curious if they sell it for that amount...

[ProudEmaxOwner]

As much as I want one, you'd have be be a nutter to pay double price. Should be a law against rip off merchants.

[ProudEmaxOwner]

F-off stupid bot, got excited there.

[ProudEmaxOwner]

Ugh, so frustrating. Any ideas where else to look, been a year now. I try Sound on Sound, emusonacid, local ads, car boots, 2nd hand shops, synth restorers...I just want to give one a good home! <3

[Elmbeatz]

Is it that hard these days?

Two or three years ago, I bought two EIIs at nearly the same time, both for ~ 500/600 EUR. Unfortunately, only one had RS 422, but nevermind..

[ProudEmaxOwner]

I hate you.

Only joking. Just found one for £700, waiting for pics...

It's from a synth restore place. Apart from the obvious, is there anything I should be asking about? Specific ports and stuff? I don't have an old mac but could buy one. Already found a load of the old floppies in a second hand shop which was a minor miracle. I think it has about 30 disks with it.

[Elmbeatz]

The most important thing is, that it's got an RS 422 interface (NOT the older RS232 which looks the same...) - otherwise, you cannot hook it up with a mac or that new USB-RS244 thing.


Most precious about the EII is it's library. To which you can only have access via RS 422 (unless you have the whole library on disks - which is PRETTY unlikely...  )
Good luck!
700 pounds is okay, don't you think? I mean, I guess it's been serviced?!

[ProudEmaxOwner]

Going by the 3 I've seen on Ebay in the past year, (that i couldn't afford) that's a good price, yeah. Thanks for that, I'll ask the bloke which port it is.

Oh I know I need Sound designer, but which mac do I need?

[Elmbeatz]

I'd go for a Macintosh SE (system 6.x or 7.x). I've two of those, they work well.

I doubt if they can tell you wether it's RS 232 or 422 ... Best thing would be to open the thing before you buy it and check, if it's got a rev 1 logical board (the right one)
plus the latest eproms in it..

[ProudEmaxOwner]

Agh this is getting more and more complicated...its a couple of hours drive, too.