I'm going to Three Wave Music in North Jersey on Friday...what should i check out?

[rasmus]

if you don´t like the dx, try the casio cz-1000...
sounds FMish but is easier to program and should be even cheaper
for 500 you should be able to get the cz and maybe a crumar bit one.
i really like the bit, it sounds very "italian" if you happen to be into italodisco and 80ies stuff.

[tropics]

Originally Posted by twjmusicgroup

Boy are they expensive...$3500 for an SH-5. Be prepared.

the store is expensive? im more interested in testing stuff for a future craigslist purchase

[Randallx]

Great place for repairs here! Sam just brought my 909 back from the dead a few weeks ago. He also took care of some issues my SH-101 had and also brought my e-mu Morpheus back from the dead! Very nice guy to deal with!

[ditabeardmemo]

I'd also like to recommend this place for repairs. Sam just fixed my Waldorf Microwave Revision A, which had a malfunctioning voice. My own research led me to believe it was a faulty CEM3389, but Sam discovered it was simply a faulty op amp. The parts cost was $12 instead of $60! While he had it on the bench, he also calibrated the filter settings on all voices.

I've had gear repaired at nearly every major shop in the tri-state area (dBm, EARS, etc.), and while I've had some good experiences, Sam was far and away the best. Friendly, well-informed, reasonable rates ($60 per hour)... everything you could ask for in a tech. And his shop is a fantasyland for synth obsessives like myself.

[percussion boy]

Originally Posted by ditabeardmemo

I'd also like to recommend this place for repairs. Sam just fixed my Waldorf Microwave Revision A, which had a malfunctioning voice. My own research led me to believe it was a faulty CEM3389, but Sam discovered it was simply a faulty op amp. The parts cost was $12 instead of $60! While he had it on the bench, he also calibrated the filter settings on all voices.

I've had gear repaired at nearly every major shop in the tri-state area (dBm, EARS, etc.), and while I've had some good experiences, Sam was far and away the best. Friendly, well-informed, reasonable rates ($60 per hour)... everything you could ask for in a tech. And his shop is a fantasyland for synth obsessives like myself.

If you have a sec to do a good deed, add him to the GOOD TECHS sticky:

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Thanks!