emusonacid! legacy

Hello.

I've read what posts I have found on this topic and am asking for some clarification.

I am considering the purchase of an E4XT with RFX32 from a local seller. I'm concerned about the power supply issues since the SN starts with 0399. He's the original owner and seems to be fastidious about his gear, and I don't doubt his honesty. He never had the power supply replaced and has had no problems with the power supply.

So did ALL Ultras prior to sometime in 2001 have insufficient power supplies for the RFX32? Were E4XT's exempt? Or does he perhaps have the magic combination of low-power hard drive and slightly above-spec power supply? Or is this unit dancing with death?

And, with the noise outburst and potential power supply troubles, is it even worth pursuing the RFX32 these days when there are so many outboard FX units available?

I have the 45 watt power supply + RFX-32 (from new). No problems so far, but that could just be where I haven't fitted every available option. Hard to say...

As to whether it's worth it or not, I suspect the only way of finding out is by trying it. For me, the strong point of the RFX is simply that you can do so much through a single interface. It feels focused and more organized, so I tend to avoid using external hardware or a computer unless there's something the E-mu just won't do; for example, pure analogue sounds or convolution reverb (I hardly use the RFX reverb plug-ins).

for what it's worth my serial date is before 03 and I've had no problems with my RFX installed, haven't used it much yet though.

I seem to remember a post on old emusaic-mailinglist where I guess it was Sean W. from E-mu stated that they changed power-supply on models above 0999 (first 4 digits indicates the manufacturing-date, so September 1999). And yeah, some users with old power-supply and RFX don't have problems, some had/have, dunno why this is, maybe there were revisions of the motherboard during production-run ?