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My son asked for one of these for his birthday. Having no experience of what this should sound like it seems great. The only down side so far is that it requires AA batteries, which we didn’t realise and were not included so he had to wait a couple of days to try it out. He is really pleased with it.
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Although a Chinese copy, it is better than the original in many ways: 1) Octave shifter. This extends its meagre range of 1.5 octaves somewhat. 2) Integrated circuit inside ensures it stays in tune with itself (the original relied on stability of resistors for each note, which sometimes drift). It stays in tune with other instruments once the master tune (spindle on base) has been set correctly. 3) It uses 3 x AA batteries instead of a PP3. These last longer and rechargeables can be used. 4) Looks very like the original - same size as a 60's tranny radio, so very portable. Bad points: 1) Cheesy sound - but what do you expect! Good for a joke - like playing 'Telstar' that sounds like the Joe Meek original. Not so bad when amplified - sounds like a 60's electric organ. 2) Beware that the exposed metal parts of the headphones out and 'MP3 in' are connected to opposite poles of the battery, so you could short out the battery if you connect both at the same time (or put it sideways on a metal surface). Who needs the 'MP3 in' - which is just an audio in - so your MP3/CD player will sound awful through its tiny speaker. If you want to play along with a CD or similar, put both through a decent amplifier! I took mine apart and removed the MP3 connector completely. 3) This also relates to the original: The 'keyboard' is just an extension of the printed circuit board and so could wear out easily. I took the precaution of polishing the end of the stylus to reduce abrasive wear. 4) The packaging implies (unless you look closely) it's Dübreq, when it's actually made under licence. So if you want to do a Bowie impersonation without paying silly money for a 1970's original, this is a good option. Even a new one is about £20 - so good value at under a tenner. Read full review
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Perfect. Have attatched it to play through the minotron, put it through a fun marshall amp.. loads of mental sounds. Got no music know how yet still its jntuitive enough for the band. Yes I love Mark E Smith and the Fall but honest I'm not trying to copy them!
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I was around when it first came out and was fascinated but it took a stroke a few months ago to persuade me to get one i use it for therapy to enable me to use my fingers once more ive now moved on to a key board both are easy to understand and learn and great fun to use many thanks 👍
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It’s exactly what I expected.
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