ablaze 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 look what joined my X-cans on my table today I was a lil hesitant to talk about it at first, cos its a couple of years old, and a lot of things can go wrong. not to mention its a 120V version (running off a 240-->120 voltage converter i got) .. well a whole lot of things could've gone wrong, so I was keeping mum. but now its here, and its great! no hiss, no hum, nothing! the brass bits look a bit tarnished (should i try brasso..hmm) and its not the pretty ocean-blue one..but alas, its whats inside that counts right? oh, best part's the price. its about US$699 in the US..a bit cheaper US$530 or so from the UK.. I got my EMP at about half that price (if I wasn't offered that price, I would've stayed with the X-cans honestly) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 Ablaze, Congrats. How do you tell an EM from an EMP? Also you might want to consider buying/making a 230 volt AC to DC transformer. Don't use brasso please. Use a soft erasure - remove the tubes first and make sure the bits of erasure don't fall into the 9-pin tube holders. A piece of tape does a fine job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 aha! suspected it... half the price.. that means abt 300 us dollar? man!! that is one damn good deal to speak of.. now you are making me v envious... alot ppl say the beyer dt770pro goes well with emp... anyway, hope that it lives up to ur exp. Have fun! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 Rameish, thanks. FINALLY, I get my EMP after lusting from the beginning. I might be swapping power supplies with joelongwood. cos he's got a Australian version, I've got a US version, so it'd be mutually beneficial thanks for the tips! EMP's got a power supply with a blue LED, whereas the EM has a green LED (I think the connector's different for the power supply too edit: its called a Lemo receptacle, with 3 pins) and well, mine's got a sticker at the bottom that says "earmax pro" with a serial no, with an invoice to boot! (strangely it just says Earmax without the "pro" on the top though..) guyferd: yeah its a steal of a price. thats why I couldn't say no Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 ablaze: since the amp is already here.. care to tell us where you got the deal from? good things are meant to be shared Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Oak 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 Again, congrats ablaze ! Almost couldn't keep my mums about your EMP. Lucky you on your new love. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2003 Guy, congrats on your 100th post, and welcome to the exclusive "custom title club" its from one of the headwizers ,but there's no sharing cos there was only one for sale. Oak, thanks. can't wait to do some tuberolling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ting 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 congrats ablaze ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pipee 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 So does this mean you're selling your X-Can V2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barradio 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 Congrats ablaze! how it sound compare to the X-can V2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Oak 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 The CD3000 is known to be a perfect partner with the EMP, so I believe there should be significant differences in sonic performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 hehehe. thanks ablaze..now let's party have you done your testing with the emp? any initial impression? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gryphon1972 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 Wow .....congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 wah. thanks thanks thanks thanks and thanks hehe not going to do a detailed comparison, not good at that I'll just say that there's increased air around instruments, on certain tracks..its very "electric" for lack of a better word (told you I can't do reviews ) and of course, more of that bass SLAM that we all love let me warm it up for a few more days and see how it sounds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2003 wow.. sounds exciting. try your best to do a review we would all be glad to read it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
