Topic: Edirol UA-5 Discontinued

[tonyvt]

Bad news. I just spoke to Edirol and was told that the UA-5 has been discontinued in the US.

[Ray76]

Bad news. I just spoke to Edirol and was told that the UA-5 has been discontinued in the US.

yep they decided that a few months ago. thats why doug quit modding em.
it sux. nice boxes for the money.

[Patrick]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

[Low Spark]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

Pat u in Ashvegas now.

[tonyvt]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

The rep on the phone mentioned that the UA-25 was the replacement. UA-25 looks like the hot ticket for laptop taping but unfortunately it will
not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.
The really nice thing about my UA-5 is that I can use it to run my iBook, Sony M1, JB3, and Edirol R-1. I am hard pressed
to think of another product that would give me these options.

[setboy]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it


Raphael

[tonyvt]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it


Raphael

Good point. I have been here at work already for 10+ hours and I guess I better get home before I fall out of my chair. I did the mod myself on my UA-5.. Wondering if anyone has attempted a mod on the new UA-25.

[Ray76]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it


Raphael

Good point. I have been here at work already for 10+ hours and I guess I better get home before I fall out of my chair. I did the mod myself on my UA-5.. Wondering if anyone has attempted a mod on the new UA-25.

tony, BTW, theres a great Marty Stuart DVD up on DImeadozen in the country section...

ACL. he tears it up/.

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Bad news. I just spoke to Edirol and was told that the UA-5 has been discontinued in the US.

yep they decided that a few months ago. thats why doug quit modding em.
it sux. nice boxes for the money.

I was under the assumption that he would still do the mod if it was originally purchased from his shop.... at least that's what he told me earlier this summer?

[Brian Skalinder]

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it

Not quite so easy with the UA-25, though.  For example, the bit-depth and sample rate settings are all configured via USB / laptop on the UA-25, whereas the UA-5 had full local control over configuration.  I doubt modding the UA-25 would prove workable with a standalone recorder.

[tonyvt]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it


Raphael

Good point. I have been here at work already for 10+ hours and I guess I better get home before I fall out of my chair. I did the mod myself on my UA-5.. Wondering if anyone has attempted a mod on the new UA-25.

tony, BTW, theres a great Marty Stuart DVD up on DImeadozen in the country section...

ACL. he tears it up/.

Hey Ray, Thanks for the heads up on the Marty Stuart DVD. I have been meaning to jump on that one and now that you say it is great I am going to jump on it.

About 5-6 years ago Marty played a county fair down in Hebron Ct. I was running my CCM's and Sonsax with the mics in my hat.  Just as Marty went on stage one of his road guys came and parked his ass right up next to me. The bummer is that I wasn't able to check the levels on my sonosax and the tape got crunched. Really sucks because Marty had just released The Pilgrim and Brad Davis and Gary Hogue RIP were still in the band. I did walk away with a cool autographed pic of Marty in one of his Manuel suits.  

[setboy]

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it

Not quite so easy with the UA-25, though.  For example, the bit-depth and sample rate settings are all configured via USB / laptop on the UA-25, whereas the UA-5 had full local control over configuration.  I doubt modding the UA-25 would prove workable with a standalone recorder.

good info Brian

I doubt modding the UA-25 would prove workable with a standalone recorder.

i didn't think so. all i was trying to say is the UA-5 started out having to be moded



Raphael

[Ray76]

damn it!  that's going to make it hard to get parts/service on these things in the future.  I wonder what they're coming out with as a replacement?

unfortunately it will not work as a stand alone preamp A/D without a laptop connected.

the ua-5 is the same way, thats why you have to mod it


Raphael

Good point. I have been here at work already for 10+ hours and I guess I better get home before I fall out of my chair. I did the mod myself on my UA-5.. Wondering if anyone has attempted a mod on the new UA-25.

tony, BTW, theres a great Marty Stuart DVD up on DImeadozen in the country section...

ACL. he tears it up/.

Hey Ray, Thanks for the heads up on the Marty Stuart DVD. I have been meaning to jump on that one and now that you say it is great I am going to jump on it.

About 5-6 years ago Marty played a county fair down in Hebron Ct. I was running my CCM's and Sonsax with the mics in my hat.  Just as Marty went on stage one of his road guys came and parked his ass right up next to me. The bummer is that I wasn't able to check the levels on my sonosax and the tape got crunched. Really sucks because Marty had just released The Pilgrim and Brad Davis and Gary Hogue RIP were still in the band. I did walk away with a cool autographed pic of Marty in one of his Manuel suits.  

yessir, he is phenomenal..there was a great george jones up there too.....

[willndmb]

no matter if the ua25 will work as a stand alone or not--there is no place to plug in power, it runs 100% of the power it gets from the usb plug

i have a stock ua-5 for sale in yard right now -- $200
busman will mod it for 25-125, or of course diy

[Brian Skalinder]

no matter if the ua25 will work as a stand alone or not--there is no place to plug in power, it runs 100% of the power it gets from the usb plug

I bet one of our crafty TSers could rig up a USB power cable, though.  But, yeah...bottom line - it won't work as a standalone pre/ADC regardless of the power supply, so...doesn't much matter.