03-14-2018, 08:12 PM
(03-04-2018, 09:04 AM)Viktor Wrote: You got a lexicon for cheap? Thats crazy, around here you have to sell your kidney to get your hands on one. Have fun with it!
Just a quick thought in relation to this comment.
Here's the thing with rack gear: the majority of existing stuff is getting pretty long in the tooth, since few manufacturers make rack units anymore. My oldest one is the Microverb III which is from 1991. That's 27 years ago! For the sake of perspective: if it were a PC, it would be a 386. If it were a boy band, it would be East 17. My point here is, who knows how much life these things have left in them? Electronics don't last forever. And some of these digital effects have no discrete components that can be replaced, like you could on e.g. an old guitar amp -- they're just a PCB with I/O and an IC doing all the work. So if the IC fails it's game over.
So while I don't mind picking up stuff like this if the price is right, I refuse to pay any larger sums for equipment that, if worst comes to worst, might fail irreparably at any given moment. So that's definitely something to consider if you're thinking about springing for this or that piece of kit on ebay or whatever. You need to ask yourself, "would I be fine with parting with this amount of money while knowing that this thing WILL give up the ghost sooner or later, and most likely sooner?"
If the answer is yes, take a chance and go for it. Otherwise, if you're looking for something that will bring you the most bang per buck and will serve you for years to come, the software route is safer.
