M2000 price hike!

Tim L · 16th November 2002, 08:04 PM

Finally getting around to adding an M2000 to my rack only to find the price has gone up about $150 in the last month or so! WTF? So much for getting into the Xmass spirit...

......sorry, it's been a ****ed up year and I think I need a hug.

doug_hti · 18th November 2002, 08:06 AM

you may want to reconsider the m2000 any way. The technology and algos are old. The M-One actually has better sounds and algos then the 2000. The only reason I would want a 2000 is that it is a lot more road worthy than a M-One. I would look into the 3000, or maybe the mpx1...?!?!

Just my $.02 after talking directly with TC about this issue...

18th November 2002, 01:16 PM

There is an M300 now - a dual engined budget version of the spendy M3000

Check it out.. Bevy B here on GS has one and digs it...

Tim L · 18th November 2002, 02:27 PM

Thanx... I'll give them both a closer look see.

Midlandmorgan · 18th November 2002, 03:08 PM

I have the M300...shamefully bought it when I needed a very good reverb for little dough...was absolutely shocked at how good it sounds...not really an 'effect' but more of an ambience generator, although there are some very good effects in it...

Anyway, for less than 300 US, you really can't go wrong.

Killahurts · 19th November 2002, 01:43 AM

I have 2 M2000's, and I love them WAY better than the M3000, or ANY of the other lower priced TC units I've heard (the 6000 creams them all, obviously). I love the reverbs in the 2000 because they are completely unnatural, other-worldly, colored, impossibly dense, and generally unlike all the other crap out there everybody always uses, like Lexicon, etc.

I run mine digitally, so I like the real AES connectors in the back of the 2000/3000's. The lower $ units all have the RCA connectors.

DigitMus · 22nd November 2002, 08:59 PM

Randy - just curious why you think the M2000 is way better than the M3000.

NYC Drew · 24th November 2002, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DigitMus
Randy - just curious why you think the M2000 is way better than the M3000.

Me curious 2.

Killahurts · 24th November 2002, 11:15 PM

Well guys, I didn't say it was better, I said I liked the 2000 (reverb) better, for the music I do. IMO, The 3000 is superior if you need more true, uncolored, "real" reverbs. The 2000 does have the C.O.R.E. algorithm, but it seems warmer to me (I run them digitally), and I like the sound of the modulation fx on the tails of the 2000 verbs. It sounds, I don't know, spookier. A friend let me use his 3000 for a while, but he took it back a few months ago and sold it. He offered it to me for a good price, and I wish I had taken it then, but it's not on the priority list right now.

I have to admit, I never got serious about programming and tweeking the 3000 like I have my 2000s, so that may be a factor too. But there are some guys out there who are stuck on old Roland tape echos as the only effect they'll use, so I don't feel too bad being partial to an older unit :)

groundcontrol · 25th November 2002, 09:59 AM

Who told you?!?!

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16th November 2002, 08:04 PM	#1
Tim L Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lawn Guy Land Posts: 1,350	M2000 price hike! Finally getting around to adding an M2000 to my rack only to find the price has gone up about $150 in the last month or so! WTF? So much for getting into the Xmass spirit... ......sorry, it's been a ***ed up year and I think I need a hug. __________________ "Play ƒuckin' Loud!!!..." - Bob Dylan, May 17 1966*

18th November 2002, 08:06 AM	#2
doug_hti Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calabasas, California Posts: 1,138	you may want to reconsider the m2000 any way. The technology and algos are old. The M-One actually has better sounds and algos then the 2000. The only reason I would want a 2000 is that it is a lot more road worthy than a M-One. I would look into the 3000, or maybe the mpx1...?!?! Just my $.02 after talking directly with TC about this issue... __________________ doug

18th November 2002, 02:27 PM	#4
Tim L Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lawn Guy Land Posts: 1,350	Thanx... I'll give them both a closer look see. __________________ "Play ƒuckin' Loud!!!..." - Bob Dylan, May 17 1966

18th November 2002, 03:08 PM	#5
Midlandmorgan Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Midland TX Posts: 1,079	I have the M300...shamefully bought it when I needed a very good reverb for little dough...was absolutely shocked at how good it sounds...not really an 'effect' but more of an ambience generator, although there are some very good effects in it... Anyway, for less than 300 US, you really can't go wrong. __________________ Ken Morgan Wireline Studio Midland, TX Don't Blame Me, I Just Recorded What You Played

18th November 2002, 01:16 PM	#3
Jules Guest Posts: n/a	There is an M300 now - a dual engined budget version of the spendy M3000 Check it out.. Bevy B here on GS has one and digs it...

19th November 2002, 01:43 AM	#6
Killahurts Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,310	I have 2 M2000's, and I love them WAY better than the M3000, or ANY of the other lower priced TC units I've heard (the 6000 creams them all, obviously). I love the reverbs in the 2000 because they are completely unnatural, other-worldly, colored, impossibly dense, and generally unlike all the other crap out there everybody always uses, like Lexicon, etc. I run mine digitally, so I like the real AES connectors in the back of the 2000/3000's. The lower $ units all have the RCA connectors.

22nd November 2002, 08:59 PM	#7
DigitMus Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SouthWest Florida Posts: 505	Randy - just curious why you think the M2000 is way better than the M3000.

24th November 2002, 11:15 PM	#9
Killahurts Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,310	Well guys, I didn't say it was better, I said I liked the 2000 (reverb) better, for the music I do. IMO, The 3000 is superior if you need more true, uncolored, "real" reverbs. The 2000 does have the C.O.R.E. algorithm, but it seems warmer to me (I run them digitally), and I like the sound of the modulation fx on the tails of the 2000 verbs. It sounds, I don't know, spookier. A friend let me use his 3000 for a while, but he took it back a few months ago and sold it. He offered it to me for a good price, and I wish I had taken it then, but it's not on the priority list right now. I have to admit, I never got serious about programming and tweeking the 3000 like I have my 2000s, so that may be a factor too. But there are some guys out there who are stuck on old Roland tape echos as the only effect they'll use, so I don't feel too bad being partial to an older unit :)

25th November 2002, 09:59 AM	#10
groundcontrol Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 504	Who told you?!?!

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