Not diggin' the whole

[HxC]

change the color, add some minor enhancements & a couple letters at the end and call it a new machine thing

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/ ... n-january/

2010 we want that NEW NEW not NEW OLD

[Lezlie]

Agreed. I can't believe how Akai have managed to continously release essentially the same box year after year after year. I'm guessing it still sports a 'generous' two effect processors? Move on, Akai!

[kel]

yeah, it's just an MPC2500. But damn that thing is beautiful.

[hurlingdervish]

yea its pretty sexy i have to say. makes me actually want one haha

but thats not gonna happen.

[wax inspektor]

...and I thought the 404 update was whack...
Now the SX shines like a newborn...

What did they actually changed ? blue display, new casing, ... what else?

I guess it's still coming with 16MB RAM only...?! ..but yeah it looks cool... not as cool as the black one though...

Did you noticed that they used the 404 pad-colour for the bank-buttons...? I mean copying stuff is cool, but make sure you copy the good aspects...

[HxC]

I bet it has to do with taxes somehow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service

[PHeMoX]

What did they actually changed ? blue display, new casing, ... what else?

Nothing, but it's coming stock with CD/DVD drive and maxed RAM now if I understand correctly.

I think Akai is realizing which sampler is actually their current 'flagship' in terms of true popularity. I wouldn't be too surprised if at some point they're going to give it a fresh OS update, but that's about all you can expect from this re-issue.

So yeah, until then, it's still very much the same machine.