mkII

Posted by: jaytothez20

mkII - 18/09/2005 17:59

I am in desperate need for a mkII, if anyone has one for sale, there is no price too high for me. Let me know,

Jason
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: mkII - 18/09/2005 18:16

Quote:
...there is no price too high...


Um, that's nice to know. As a buyer, that statement probably just increased your price a bit. I do not have one for sale, but watch this space and ebay - they appear regularly.
Posted by: GeorgeLSJr

Re: mkII - 19/09/2005 17:08

I was going to keep one as a spare, but for $3000 I'll sell it.

Sorry... couldn't resist.
Posted by: jaytothez20

Re: mkII - 21/09/2005 00:18

I see there is a 12 gb mkII on ebay. How hard would it be to put a bigger hard drive into the player?
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: mkII - 21/09/2005 00:28

Intensely easy. Drive upgrades are very common and extremely well documented. (Thanks, Tony!!!) You have to be a little more careful about the memory on a Mark2 if you are going to put a large capacity drive in it (say 80GB or greater), but that is easy to work around.
Posted by: jaytothez20

Re: mkII - 21/09/2005 00:30

thanks thats helpful information
Posted by: alex25

Re: mkII - 23/09/2005 07:21

FYI: My player is still for sale (It's a MKIIa [edited] upgraded to 32MB RAM):
More information here
Posted by: Robotic

Re: mkII - 23/09/2005 14:24

MkII or MkIIa?
There is a difference, though small.
I wonder if you guys (jaytothez20 and alex25) recognize it.. it seems like your other posts refer to both models as one.
Posted by: jaytothez20

Re: mkII - 23/09/2005 22:00

what are the differences? If you could list them here it would be helpful...
Thanks
Jason
Posted by: Robotic

Re: mkII - 23/09/2005 22:04

Quote:
what are the differences? If you could list them here it would be helpful...
Thanks
Jason

If you would click on the link I provided, it would be helpful.

(sorry, I'm not really a jack@ss, I just couldn't resist)
Although the differences are small, members here seem to be religiously specific about the fine points. The FAQ is your friend!
(as are we)
Posted by: FireFox31

Re: mkII - 24/09/2005 12:12

The finer points are minor, such as the MKII (empeg) knob is more clickey and more likely to fail while the MKIIa (RioCar) knob is smoother and more robust (yes yes, "knob" = "rotary encoder"). Also, the MKII (empeg) sled (and body?) metal is apparently better than the MKIIa (RioCar), letting the empeg enter and leave the sled with less grinding, "fingernails on the chalkboard" feeling. The empeg's 12 meg RAM vs. the RioCar's 16 meg is listed in the FAQ, but can be overcome using a 64meg memory card (link?).