“I’ve owned this Akai S3000 since it came out in 1992.
I think they’re pretty rare as most people seem to have the smaller XL model.
It was upgraded to 18MB of Memory (9 Mwords = 18 MB) and has a SCSI port on the back which used to be connected to some DAC optical drives.
It’s in pretty good nick for its age as it was rack mounted for years.
I hooked it up to a midi keyboard to test it.
All 8 outputs work fine and the floppy disk drive works flawlessly.
The display is still readable on full contrast, but it has understandably seen better days.
The enter button is a bit wobbly but causes no problem with its operation. To be honest, It was like that after the first 6 months of use.
The only other minor negative I can think of, is on the headphone socket. It works fine until it’s turned right down and then the sound pans to the left for some reason. It’s okay on normal volume though.” Click here to visit listing on eBay
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