bolide overload - Pics of the New Sunsyn in the Flesh

via Cikira on the AH list:

"'Bolide' is my favorite word this week. :-)

After enjoying much ear-candy tonight from an impromptu kitchen table setup, I took these snaps. My original Jomox Sunsyn has a new friend. This was my first synth-GAS attack in quite a while.

I should have taken a photo of the dangerous looking red glow through the back ventilation slots. This synth is a beast from any angle.

I set out to be systematic and organized about noting differences between the two, but I tossed that idea in short order and went nuts playing, layering them (madness!!), and fading between them. Sunsyns in symphony are pretty darned agreeable.

The one I bought in 2006 is going back to Jurgen soon for the OS v2 update, and it's going to get ruthenium knobs too. The new knobs feel great, by the way. It will be good to know that the older synth won't wig out permanently if it gets wrong MIDI messages.

The black and purple Mark II looks better than I expected--the purple accents aren't garish. Some first impressions are: the noise floor is improved as advertised. The fan's quieter. Some of the presets are different, and some with the same name sound like they may have been re-tweaked. The arp speed setting seems to behave differently (but it could have been me). Next order of business will be to connect in multi mode to a sequencer and see how multis work now. Cheers to all!"