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By prodikalson Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:34 am
suppose to go and pick up my mp1000 tommorrow, but now that i read the post about all the problems with the pads i am not sure anymore, i was getting a good deal on a blue 1000, but thinking maybe i should get the black 1000 (heard the pads are different on the black mp1000)...can someone ring in ......might have to start looking at the 500 or the 2000xl.

By prodikalson Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:58 am
anybody..........??????? my 2000xl whaz murdered by my infant daughter and i really hate sequencing with computers or my triton....i want to get another mp, but really don't want the 2000xl, but don't want to waste my hard earned change either........please someone w/ a black 1000 let a brotha know if the pads are different.......i know this is the spot for the news with mp's.........good looking in advance....
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By es-k Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:26 am
this question is asked (and answered) all over the message board.

By arondbeats Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:04 am
i have seen posts where people said that they are exactly the same. but some one on here said that the black ones are better. that was today and i saw that you didnt answer his question with a simple yes or no. so maybe you dont really know or you are just a dick. i searched "blue black 1000 pad pads" and found nothing.
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By elektrik_muz Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:14 am
So if he just told you yes or no, would that suddenly give you the magic answer that trumped all million billion of the previous posts on this topic?

Would it?


Why?


Last time was:

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... light=pads


...and you can see where that went. The design of the pads has so far not changed. The problem is one of proper and sufficient application of glue to the inside pad surface, which has obviously varied between production runs if not individual units. From what I can remember, the worst seemed to be somewhere around the "second wave" after they started to get popular and the first wave sold out. At some point, production ramped up and the quality took a dive until they started to get too many complaints. At least, that seemed to be what happened -- no way to verify it really. Blue vs. Black won't tell you anything for sure. I have an early run blue, and though I can't say with absolute certainty that all the pads have 100% consistent sensitivity, they've always worked well enough and so far have not let me down.

Buy it used, gotta test it. Buy a new black under warranty and it doesn't matter kuz you just send it back for a replacement. Same as anything else really.

Is that the magic answer you wanted? Are you happy? Will you now run off into the blue skied countryside of tomorrow's life with cute tweety birds chirping in your ears and singing hippy songs because you finally know the true answer and can go on?


Why?

By prodikalson Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:48 pm
Is that the magic answer you wanted? Are you happy? Will you now run off into the blue skied countryside of tomorrow's life with cute tweety birds chirping in your ears and singing hippy songs because you finally know the true answer and can go on?


YES....YES....YES....YES....YES....YES....YES, U GUYS NEVER LET A BROTHA DOWN..........HAHA

By 2KXL4life Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:51 pm
they are the same shit
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By Lampdog Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:04 pm
Wow.

By arondbeats Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:39 pm
i hate liars.

By 2KXL4life Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:45 pm
They are the same machine diff colors
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By gunmetal Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:31 am
prodikalson wrote:anybody..........??????? my 2000xl whaz murdered by my infant daughter and i really hate sequencing with computers or my triton....i want to get another mp, but really don't want the 2000xl, but don't want to waste my hard earned change either........please someone w/ a black 1000 let a brotha know if the pads are different.......i know this is the spot for the news with mp's.........good looking in advance....







man... R.I.P. 2000xl :cry: