Originally Posted By: eddie1261
Okay. Last night I found an MX-8 on Reverb. The seller was on the west coast so the 3 hour time window meant he was still open (It's a music store.) I asked specifically about the display. He wrote back that when he got my email he went and powered it on to test it and the display was very legible. I also then started looking for replacement and they sell a backlight element that will light the display. I will order one of those too just in case our definition of "legible" is not the same. Having had these in my past life makes it a known quantity and I was glad to find one in the wild.

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Originally Posted By: MountainSide
Yep, MOTU and their displays. Quite a few seem to fade over time. My 828MK3 display has been slowly fading over the years, give it a half hour or so to warm up and maybe a quick on and off and it'll still come back on bright as ever...a little touchy bit hey, still works great. My MIDI Express XT has never had a problem...still as bright as day one.

But yea, quite a few reports across the internet about MOTU displays. I still like their kits!

Jeff

Yeah, MOTU makes some great hardware overall. I currently have a Traveler Mk1 on my backup machine, and an 828mk3 Firewire where the Firewire port got fried, so I've got it patched into my RME with ADAT to use as an extra 8 converters. Screen looks great on both of them.

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