RyuX Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Hey guys.. Anyone know something about those chips ? I guess they are not genuine :frantics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokestacksproductions Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 They have a country of origin stamp on the back, so someone went to great lengths to remark them if they're not genuine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuriken Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 They have a country of origin stamp on the back, so someone went to great lengths to remark them if they're not genuine. If? My Sids say 8580 R5 :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 They're remarked. Wilba once got a batch of those: IIRC they worked and were ok, just really hard to tell what they actually are ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyuX Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Ok.. as far as i know, they are working, all the patches are playing fine, but still i am not sure if they are working like a 8580R5.. If anyone want to have 2x 8550R5 for their collection, message me, i am maybe getting rid of those :flowers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 they are working, all the patches are playing fine i am maybe getting rid of those Yes that sounds completely logical... :rofl: but still i am not sure if they are working like a 8580R5.. How is that important? If they make pleasant noise just build an MBSID with them. You can always decide later that you rather have SIDs with proper silkscreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androSID Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) Having bought many hundreds of SIDs from all possible sources in China over the last few years I also received many Fakes and especially "refurbished" chips. Let me tell you that the chips you have here are clearly refurbs... That means the these are real 8580r5 most probably. They just printed a new front/backside to give them a "New Old Stock" appearance which allows these to be sold more expensive. If they produce sound you can use them and there's no need to get rid of them. At least you can keep them as spare parts. However I noticed that many of these fakes and refurbs were partially damaged: the filter section of the SID sems to Be the most delicate part... So just keep an eye on filter functionality! Edited October 7, 2012 by androSID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyuX Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) if i would want to sell them more expensive, i would print the actual 8580 on it not a number that you cant even find on google anywhere :P How is that important? If they make pleasant noise just build an MBSID with them. You can always decide later that you rather have SIDs with proper silkscreen. It is because i dont have a genuine chip here for reference.. i cant tell you if the filter behavior is like it should, when i turn the cutoff i can hear that some frequencies are cut off, but the range doesnt sound right to me, same for resonance. As soon as i get my 8580 from androSID i will compare them, and its never a bad choice to have some SIDs as spares... Edited October 7, 2012 by RyuX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 when i turn the cutoff i can hear that some frequencies are cut off, but the range doesnt sound right to me, same for resonance When you test this make sure you have all 3 oscilators selected in the filter menu, else you're only cutting off / resonating one of the oscillators of the patch (assuming you're in Lead mode). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 if i would want to sell them more expensive, i would print the actual 8580 on it not a number that you cant even find on google anywhere :P I would use 8581 or 6583. "Last, improved batch of SIDs ever produced!!!!!!!!!11111oneleven" :frantics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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