New England Digital (NED) Synclavier II w. Timbre Frame Resynthesis

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"I'm selling a 16-voice Synclavier II system. It is one of the super rare 2% of Synclaviers which has the Timbre Frame Resynthesis capability. Another rarity is the black ORK keyboard. The system has a lot of sound disks, the RealTime software disks, etc. comes with manual, extra floppy drive, etc. The unit worked fine in July 2015 when I recorded the Aloha Rhapsody with it. Now it won't load any OS disk, although it still starts up the good old way. The issue might be a simple $100 floppy snag of some sort for all I know. I only learned enough Synclavier know-how to understand, only seasoned experts with lots of spare parts should mess with a Synclavier's hardware.

So this system needs a new owner, someone who lives within easy driving distance of a seasoned tech like Synhouse in LA who did the last full overhaul of this unit in 2009, bringing it up to factory spec. Keeping a Synclavier system in the middle of Pacific as I tried, where diagnosing an issue will cost 10 times the repair in air shipping costs is not really financially sensible.

So, even though I spent close to $10K on this system, I'll put it up for sale at $2490, as is. From its arrival in 2009, it still worked fine 6 months ago, so whatever ails it now seems not drastic, but I am not making any promises. At such a bargain basement price, it is being sold as is. When it runs, it does awesome things.

For shipping,I'll put the dimensions below so you can check FedEx/UPS shipping quotes to your exotic destinations for yourself. Ebay's form only let me enter dimension / weight for one single box, as if the whole system were packed into one giant uber-heavy box. In fact, there will be 3 separate boxes.
The rack unit, boxed is: 72 lbs, 24 x 24 x 16 inch
The keyboard, boxed is 25 lbs, 42 x 16 x 12 inch
Drives, cables, manuals, etc. in one big box is 40 lbs, 16 x 16 x 24 inch
My zip code (if ebay doesn't say it) is 96815"