Used 2000xl or new 1000

2500 or 4000 would be the way to go ... as far as 1000 or 2000xl i think its all a preference thing, depends whats more important to the user... i had a 1000 and sold it for a used 2kxl ... I am super happy i had the 1000 first and got to learn the machine and now i like the 2kxl for the feel and over all sound. I am happy with the 2kxl .... then again both my room mates have 1000 laying around so i can always go to the room next door and F w/ the 1k and reference old beats ... at the end of the day though 2000xl is what i go to bed with ...

dopedee wrote:2500 or 4000 would be the way to go ... as far as 1000 or 2000xl i think its all a preference thing, depends whats more important to the user... i had a 1000 and sold it for a used 2kxl ... I am super happy i had the 1000 first and got to learn the machine and now i like the 2kxl for the feel and over all sound. I am happy with the 2kxl .... then again both my room mates have 1000 laying around so i can always go to the room next door and F w/ the 1k and reference old beats ... at the end of the day though 2000xl is what i go to bed with ...

how is she in bed?

mindcontrol wrote:

dopedee wrote:2500 or 4000 would be the way to go ... as far as 1000 or 2000xl i think its all a preference thing, depends whats more important to the user... i had a 1000 and sold it for a used 2kxl ... I am super happy i had the 1000 first and got to learn the machine and now i like the 2kxl for the feel and over all sound. I am happy with the 2kxl .... then again both my room mates have 1000 laying around so i can always go to the room next door and F w/ the 1k and reference old beats ... at the end of the day though 2000xl is what i go to bed with ...

how is she in bed?

Who said it was a she?

SHES a super freak.

DONT GET A 1K. i have just sold mine and i am so glad to see it go. there is much to be enjoyed on a CHEAPER and BETTER mpc 2000XL. and i am not even talking about the pads here! unless you are on the road, get a 2000XL and work with it, prefeablely with the eb16 and 8 outs if necessary. you can pick them up for 300 euros upwards if your lucky! max it out and have fun!!! the 2500 is a good choice but very overpriced at the moment. that machine should be 1000 euros. try turnkey.co.uk maybe they can give you a good price, but you should phone them. one time i was in london and they gave me some crazy price for a 2500. hope this helps.

i got a 1000 and a 2000xl with the 32mb and internal zip...

i find both to be damn near equal, im not all about the features, i mean what it has i'll try my best to work with, heck i was using the 1000 pre 2.1 and never sold it to get my 2000xl, and still now that thiers the "JJ" os i dont even find myself using the features of 2.1 with the exception of the delay effect... i dont use one machine one more then the other, the 1000 does have a slightly different feel, but the workflow is the same. i sample, i chop/extractsamples and then i sequence, its all the extra shit that gets people worked up, i personally, not knocking anyone who does shit different, dont use all those extra features, be honest man, if your really going to be using all them features of the machine break it down, list the features of each machine, people are only going to be objective towards what they would do, but most of the time thats not whats right for you...

i ended up picking the 2000xl up because i invested in a 500, but god did i **** up hahaha, ended up reselling and i got the 2000xl from ebay for $620 or so shipped to hawaii and i had to just clean the body up which took a couple of hours..

just realize at some point in time you'll have to invest in new pads if you end up picking up the 1000,so add about 100-150 to the cost of the 1000 for antonyms pad replacements, not saying that your 2000xl isnt going to be giving you trouble, but its far more uncommon then the 1000, people have their mpc 60s for damn near 20 years and dont have problem with thier 1st generation pads... or friends of mind who have a 10 or so year old mpc 2000 classic and the only prolem they have is thier zip drives and their note variation sliders, but then again thiers the issue of the dying LCD's, i think armen from ebay puts new lcds in his 2000 classics and sells em for under 700 with the max ram...


with the 2000xl the most important thing you could replace would be a card reader, if it has the internal zip, from my understanding you just need to find the right drive and swap it out... its usually under 100..


hope this helps


ps. from what i've seen around here, danm near every single person who has switched from the 1000 to the 2000xl has been extremely pleased with their choice...

One major thing for me was the difference in ram and amount of available programs. I play live alot so I wanted to have the 128 mb (1000) over the 32mb(2kxl). I used to have a 2kxl, and loved it! but I needed some the updated features of the 1000.