Topic: Something comparable to the UA-5 in price and function?

[willndmb]

You can also get them cheap on ebay at times, and there is an in house guy here(Eric Busman) that mods the boxes with a modification he came up with. (if you see people with BM2 mod in their sig..its what they are alluding to)

Teddy

Its not Eric Busman its me that does the mods and my name is Chris.

and its awesome +t

[Krispy D]

Hmm... http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-EDIUA5

I wasn't aware any online retailers were selling these still.  I wonder if they just forgot to pull it or if it's actually in stock.

nah,  $300. is still a little steep.  keep in mind that this box still needs to modded to be used in the field.  wheather you get an Oade modded unit or send one off the Chris for a busman mod, or you do our own (like mine), it still needs a simple digi mod AT LEAST to be used as a stand alone unit without a computer.  now with the most basic of soldering skills and a steady hand you can do this yourself but otherwise your gonna spend at least $30-50 bucks at an electronics store or music shop to have that done and IMHO $350.00 for a basic digi mod ua 5 is a little much.  either hold out for a used unit or search on ebay for a really good deal.  you shouldn't have to spend much more than $200.00 on an unmodded or simply digi modded ua 5.  remember you need a digi mod to use it without a  computer.  the Oad, busman, or any other op amp/p48 mod just makes it sound better.  for the money even a digi mod unit is the best bang for the buck out there.

hope all that made sense

[ehren]

pre-modded UA5s come up for sale all the time in the Yard Sale. It really makes no sense to me to even try to buy one new considering how many are floating around this community. From what little I've heard the Busman mods sound great, yet a bit different than the Oade mods. All in all, it seems they show up at least every other week.

[RebelRebel]

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=55702.0

act quick!@

[J.T.L]

http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-EDIUA5.html

...I was looking at them for a UA-5 3 weeks ago and called to haggle about the price. After being on hold for 10 mins the guy came back and said they were firm about the price but I should buy it quick. If not I would have to wait 4 weeks until their new shipment of UA-5's arrived from Edirol/Roland. Now I thought they were discontinued and this seemed strange, so I googled reviews on instrumentpro and after reading comment after comment on how they are crooks that send late if at all, some instances of used instead of new gear being shipped, multipule credit card hits and so on. Some think that it is a webfront for a network of used music shops in California so I stayed away. Coupla days later 1 was on ebay, listed here (thanks setboy!) got it for 190 and digimodded it myself...works great. I waited it out...if I didnt I mighta' been burned by instrumentpro...patience worked for me.