Topic: Edirol UA-5 Discontinued

[tonyvt]

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

ACL. he tears it up/.

Ray,

You weren't kidding. I finally got a chance to watch the Marty Stuart ACL show tonight. Good stuff.
Great to see Marty playing Clarence White's tele again. Wish Marty would come north and play in the Green Mountain State.

[Ray76]

Told you Tony!

BTW, I dont know if the george jones is still up there, but That one is great too..

Teddy

[Nick's Picks]

ahhh well, there is always the fa-101...which sounded better than the ua5 any way.
sure, its 2x the price...

oh well.
These non-moded Edirol products...all of them...are sort of "crap-fi" any way.  I've made some stunning recordings w/a stock ua5, but for the most part ...hey, it ain't no V2. 

Ever try you UA 5 as a DAC?  Its actualy pretty solid.  nice and open sounding...detailed.

[Roving Sign]

ahhh well, there is always the fa-101...which sounded better than the ua5 any way.
sure, its 2x the price...

oh well.
These non-moded Edirol products...all of them...are sort of "crap-fi" any way.  I've made some stunning recordings w/a stock ua5, but for the most part ...hey, it ain't no V2. 

Ever try you UA 5 as a DAC?  Its actualy pretty solid.  nice and open sounding...detailed.

Hmmm - is the tide turning on UA-5 fluffing?

[Ray76]

ahhh well, there is always the fa-101...which sounded better than the ua5 any way.
sure, its 2x the price...

oh well.
These non-moded Edirol products...all of them...are sort of "crap-fi" any way.  I've made some stunning recordings w/a stock ua5, but for the most part ...hey, it ain't no V2. 

Ever try you UA 5 as a DAC?  Its actualy pretty solid.  nice and open sounding...detailed.

Hmmm - is the tide turning on UA-5 fluffing?

hell no. Youll never see the tide turning. They are the BEST in the price range. Whether you are a beginner, oltimer, whatever. That goes for all oade products.  If oyu took a poll, youd see quickly that the tide hasnt and WONT turn. Maybe stock ones arent the best, but Doug worked miracles with em...The sheer numbers of people that have em here speak volumes...After all, the proof is in the pudding.

[Roving Sign]

ahhh well, there is always the fa-101...which sounded better than the ua5 any way.
sure, its 2x the price...

oh well.
These non-moded Edirol products...all of them...are sort of "crap-fi" any way.  I've made some stunning recordings w/a stock ua5, but for the most part ...hey, it ain't no V2. 

Ever try you UA 5 as a DAC?  Its actualy pretty solid.  nice and open sounding...detailed.

Hmmm - is the tide turning on UA-5 fluffing?

hell no. Youll never see the tide turning. They are the BEST in the price range. Whether you are a beginner, oltimer, whatever. That goes for all oade products.  If oyu took a poll, youd see quickly that the tide hasnt and WONT turn. Maybe stock ones arent the best, but Doug worked miracles with em...The sheer numbers of people that have em here speak volumes...After all, the proof is in the pudding.

Nick was talking about the stock units...

"Sheer numbers" dont mean much...Do you think McDonalds makes a good hamburger...?

[Nick's Picks]

yes, stock only.
the Oade mods are total giant killing machines to be respected!!

[Ray76]

ahhh well, there is always the fa-101...which sounded better than the ua5 any way.
sure, its 2x the price...

oh well.
These non-moded Edirol products...all of them...are sort of "crap-fi" any way.  I've made some stunning recordings w/a stock ua5, but for the most part ...hey, it ain't no V2. 

Ever try you UA 5 as a DAC?  Its actualy pretty solid.  nice and open sounding...detailed.

Hmmm - is the tide turning on UA-5 fluffing?

hell no. Youll never see the tide turning. They are the BEST in the price range. Whether you are a beginner, oltimer, whatever. That goes for all oade products.  If oyu took a poll, youd see quickly that the tide hasnt and WONT turn. Maybe stock ones arent the best, but Doug worked miracles with em...The sheer numbers of people that have em here speak volumes...After all, the proof is in the pudding.

Nick was talking about the stock units...

"Sheer numbers" dont mean much...Do you think McDonalds makes a good hamburger...?

That is a piss poor analogy. This is taping, not fast food. If a lot of tapers use a certain kind of gear you can bet your ass that the gear serves tapers well.. Tapers generally wont use things that dont serve the purpose. And Oade mod ua5s have a reputation.

[Roving Sign]

BigRay, back off...nobody is talking about the Oade modded units...follow the thread - my comments were directed toward Nicks "crap-fi" comment - which I am inclined to agree with...

No taping is not fast food - but it a solid anaology...the masses tend to gravitate toward mediocrity...Ever hear of Brittany Spears?

50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong!!!

[Patrick]

No taping is not fast food - but it a solid anaology...the masses tend to gravitate toward mediocrity...Ever hear of Brittany Spears?

50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong!!!

Well said, but I disagree. I paid $125 for my UA-5 and have been playing around with replacing the OP-amp chips (similar to Busman2) and I think for the price, I'll settle for what you guys call "crap fi."  Sure, I'd love to have a v2/v3 or even an SBM-1 (which i DO think is pure shit if not modified) but I don't have the money for it.  I love the Ua-5, it's easy to power, built like a tank, hasn't given me any trouble (knock on wood), and when you compare values of a UA-5 to say a V3, the Ua-5 wins by a longshot.

That's just me though.  I'm not into, or willing to fight about it.

[Ray76]

BigRay, back off...nobody is talking about the Oade modded units...follow the thread - my comments were directed toward Nicks "crap-fi" comment - which I am inclined to agree with...

No taping is not fast food - but it a solid anaology...the masses tend to gravitate toward mediocrity...Ever hear of Brittany Spears?

50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong!!!

That analogy is not true here. The masses here gravitate towards items that work and sound good. And yeah it applies to music and consumables...but when you are talking about mechanical /electrical equipment that has to be relied on for functionality, that analogy makes about as much sense as saying OAR is a good band. And there are a fair amount of folks that use them without being modded. Some analogies dont work everywhere.
And Elvis is the Shit, btw.

[Roving Sign]

Do you think there are more stock UA5s in use or modded?

Has Oade ever mentioned which he has sold more of...? (perhaps not a fair indicator)

[tonyvt]

I have been running my own tonyvt modded UA-5 for the past two years and it sounds great.

The King rules!!!

[Ray76]

Do you think there are more stock UA5s in use or modded?

Has Oade ever mentioned which he has sold more of...? (perhaps not a fair indicator)

Here...probably modded...but im sure probably more stock in use..as many dont know about the mods probably..

[Nick Graham]

I'm not sure I'd call the R4 "crap-fi" at all. For less than 2 grand you get a 4 channel, 24/96 capable, all in one box.