shredd
Soundaholic
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2020
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- Gear owned
- 2488's, DP-32 & -008(ex)
Yikes!
I guess that's how the MTR ball bounces...the last 20+ years is strewn with the corpses of literally dozens of excellent units (and a few not-so-excellent...) - always with something newer/different/"better" filling the market void.
Some were easily replaced and far surpassed by their successors.
Some were so excellent that they remain in use, serving well, and in very high demand to this day.
And of course, many of these - certainly the more popular ones - were produced in the millions...so even with a certain measure of them abused/neglected, broken/damaged, etc...they're gonna be around for a looong time. I myself recently parted w a 20-year-old ZOOM MRS-1608 that was, frankly, an amazing unit. A little wieldy to learn/master, but a fine unit throughout, and matched in its' capabilities by few of its' "peers". AND got a bundle for it, at a point (nearly 20 yrs old) when the 'laws' of depreciation/diminishing returns should have dictated that it was worth less than a politician's word.
I think there's enough DP's, BOSS & Roland units of various sizes, etc etc to go around for manymany moons.
Speaking for myself: I just LOVE my '008. It's arguable that it lacks important features/capabilities of other units - surely that's true - but it ticks all the boxes and fills its' intended role beautifully (for me). So mine ain't goin' nowheres!
I guess that's how the MTR ball bounces...the last 20+ years is strewn with the corpses of literally dozens of excellent units (and a few not-so-excellent...) - always with something newer/different/"better" filling the market void.
Some were easily replaced and far surpassed by their successors.
Some were so excellent that they remain in use, serving well, and in very high demand to this day.
And of course, many of these - certainly the more popular ones - were produced in the millions...so even with a certain measure of them abused/neglected, broken/damaged, etc...they're gonna be around for a looong time. I myself recently parted w a 20-year-old ZOOM MRS-1608 that was, frankly, an amazing unit. A little wieldy to learn/master, but a fine unit throughout, and matched in its' capabilities by few of its' "peers". AND got a bundle for it, at a point (nearly 20 yrs old) when the 'laws' of depreciation/diminishing returns should have dictated that it was worth less than a politician's word.
I think there's enough DP's, BOSS & Roland units of various sizes, etc etc to go around for manymany moons.
Speaking for myself: I just LOVE my '008. It's arguable that it lacks important features/capabilities of other units - surely that's true - but it ticks all the boxes and fills its' intended role beautifully (for me). So mine ain't goin' nowheres!
