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Published: Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:58

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With anything, one of the first things I do is check to see if there is an enthusiast forum. Typically when something comes out, you have someone who starts a forum for it. Sometimes not. Other times especially when older equipment, a lot of those forums don't exist anymore.

The only place that comes to mind is MPC-FORUMS where many users dabble in all things Akai. There is a sub-forum for "Other Samplers and Beat Boxes" where you can post and search for more information on the AKAI S-20:

http://www.mpc-forums.com/

You also have SOUND ON SOUND, whose website has the original articles they published when equipment first comes out.

For the January 1997 Article on the AKAI S20:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jul97/akais20.html

 
NOTE: The above article from Sound On Sound, has an error. In the article it states: "Power is supplied by a small 12V DC unit -- not a wall-wart type."

This is incorrect. The power supply IS a wall-wart type. And it is not a 12V DC unit. It's a 10V DC unit. What could be the case, altho I've never seen it, the AKAI S20 first of all was a budget machine. Looking inside the unit speaks to that..

So what could have happened, they may have had a unit that was made differently, using a different power supply. I don't know. It's a pretty heavy mistake to just miswrite, so there is a possiblity, that is what the person who wrote the article had.

Using a 12v DC power supply can blow the tiny SMD fuse.