r/jungle • u/Next_Abbreviations57 • 5d ago
Akai S5000…
So I have the opportunity to pick one of these up for $350 which includes $140 of shipping. The screen isn’t the best and apparently one of the drives needs replaced. I was looking online though and it seems as if we’re replacing the screen and the drive would be fairly simple and fairly inexpensive. I was thinking though that it’s still worth picking up. What do you all think? should I pick it up? I’m leaning towards the house, but I wanted to see what you guys thought.
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u/DarkWaterDW 5d ago
I would ask for a photo of the boot screen, that will tell you everything that’s inside of it
This example shows 64 Voices, 192MB RAM, no FX, No ADAT, USB, and No PS/2 Keyboard attached.
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u/jazznerd69 4d ago
ive got S5000 fully upgraded , however the buttons / tact switches act up alot and the main encoder jog wheel jumps and skips... any tips on how to repair or replace those?
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u/DarkWaterDW 5d ago
A busted screen with no USB would make it a bit of a passable in this instance. What does it exactly come with?
It would generally be the easiest rack mount sampler to learn given the modern file system and communication methods it uses.
With USB you can skirt around the busted screen issue and save and load over USB (albeit slowly).
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u/Next_Abbreviations57 5d ago
I mean in the picture of the screen works. It’s just not the best. A replacement screen is 150. I don’t know. I’m on the fence. I need more opinions.!!!
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u/DarkWaterDW 5d ago
You didn’t mention what sampler options it comes with. RAM? FX? Added Polyphony?
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u/ghal3on Octamed Warrior 5d ago
solid machine, tons of functionality. dosent quite have the "vibe" as the older akais, its pretty damn clean sounding.
you really want the USB card for those. getting it talking to a PC through ak.sys is ideal.
if that price is in USD id say its too high for needing a new screen + HD