Message 7/12
Date: 17-Jan-00 @ 02:11 AM -
RE: E5000Ultra or Akai S5000
Hi,
The difference in price between the E6400 and the E5000 is roughly about the same as the list price of the 8 output expansion (except you'd have 12 outs instead of 8 on the E5000). The E5000 is really not that bad when you compare the 2 units. EOS is pretty stable and the only real differences are on the outs and polyphony capability (when the E6400 is expanded).
I bought an E5000 Ultra and am very happy with it. I nearly bought the E6400 Ultra but, to get the extra outs, it would cost about the same as the E6400. I'll be going out via ADAT so that doesn't matter. I thought about the polyphony (E5000 limited to 64 while the E6400 can be expanded to 128 by buying an option) briefly. When I compared the cost of 2 E5000's vs. one E6400 with the polyphony option, I was only paying a couple of hundred dollars more. Plus, your midi timing is better sending 64 notes to 2 separate midi ports than 128 notes to 1 midi port.
I also chose the E5000 against the S5000 because the OS is more stable.
HTH.
Fernando