By Tohtruck
Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:14 am
For a potential buyer, are there ways to know whether or not you are getting an MPC 1000 with the new pads that don't crap out. Aside from opening up the MPC of course.
So far it seems as though most of the new MPCs that tend to have the pad fix:
Are black mpcs with a black rear panel.
Include a 128mb memory card
Come packaged in the black Akai box with picture of the MPC on the front.
Corners of the pads do not squish down. Older sensors were round, the new sensors are more square.
People have been reporting that if the serial number on the boxstarts with (21)K1 there is a chance it will have the fix.
I believe I also heard somewhere that if the MPC was manufactured or shipped out after a certain date then it is more likely to have the pad fix.
Am I missing anything here?
Is there any definitive way to guarantee that you are getting an MPC 1000 with good pads?
When feeling the pads, should they feel soft and squishy or relatively flat and solid under the rubber?
Lets put together some kind of check list to help prospective buyers dodge the faulty MPCs.
So far it seems as though most of the new MPCs that tend to have the pad fix:
Are black mpcs with a black rear panel.
Include a 128mb memory card
Come packaged in the black Akai box with picture of the MPC on the front.
Corners of the pads do not squish down. Older sensors were round, the new sensors are more square.
People have been reporting that if the serial number on the boxstarts with (21)K1 there is a chance it will have the fix.
I believe I also heard somewhere that if the MPC was manufactured or shipped out after a certain date then it is more likely to have the pad fix.
Am I missing anything here?
Is there any definitive way to guarantee that you are getting an MPC 1000 with good pads?
When feeling the pads, should they feel soft and squishy or relatively flat and solid under the rubber?
Lets put together some kind of check list to help prospective buyers dodge the faulty MPCs.
