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by Sweep » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:33 pm
Didn't we clarify, in this forum not very long ago, that you can tell by the number and pattern of the screws on the underside of a Voyager whether or not it has Chinese-made components? Or does that just refer to the keyboard?
EDIT: I found the earlier discussion about the screws and so on. That specifically indicates whether the keyboard is a Fatar or a Chinese one, but this was clarified by a forum user who also referred to `a few reported problems on this list about failing electronics,' which seems to imply - rightly or wrongly - that the choice of Chinese keyboards may also extend to other Chinese components implicated in the `few' failures that seem to have multiplied more recently.
Of course Chinese components are common in modern electronics, but the massive failures my friend experienced had me quite worried, as we had no approved Moog support in Britain at the time and my friend had extensive problems despite going to a skilled and reputable tech with many years experience with Moog synths.
I'm not trying to rubbish Moog with this. As I said earlier, my Voyager has worked perfectly for the many years I've owned it. But I do know how much stress, inconvenience and expense can be involved when a Voyager has a whole series of component failures, and information about changes in the sourcing of parts has been very slow in coming. The change from the Fatar keyboard to a Chinese one was alluded to for quite a long time before definite information finally appeared in this forum, including a way to check which keyboard you have fitted. Until recently all we had to go on was vague information and conjecture regarding this change.
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