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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1840870" data-attributes="member: 67742">I don't want to go for the cheapest one either, but the price differential from a low of around $5.00 to over $100.- seems rather ridiculous.There can't be that many different chips for that MIDI to USB conversion since it is a pretty specialized functions.What I gathered so far from a bit of research tonight is:1. People who have the cheap units that didn't work and took them apart found that there wereplaces on the board inside for components that just were not there. They claim that's why it didn't work (possibly), but the manufacturer could have also used a multi-purpose board.2. There seem to be a number of iterations of the IC's used - makes sense - and some vendors claim they use the latest version which makes the whole unit more stable.So my guess is that many of the really cheap ones possibly use older versions of the IC's - with amazon, I can just send it back at their expense if it does not work.Just a lot of hassle, that's all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krs, post: 1840870, member: 67742"] I don't want to go for the cheapest one either, but the price differential from a low of around $5.00 to over $100.- seems rather ridiculous. There can't be that many different chips for that MIDI to USB conversion since it is a pretty specialized functions. What I gathered so far from a bit of research tonight is: 1. People who have the cheap units that didn't work and took them apart found that there wereplaces on the board inside for components that just were not there. They claim that's why it didn't work (possibly), but the manufacturer could have also used a multi-purpose board. 2. There seem to be a number of iterations of the IC's used - makes sense - and some vendors claim they use the latest version which makes the whole unit more stable. So my guess is that many of the really cheap ones possibly use older versions of the IC's - with amazon, I can just send it back at their expense if it does not work. Just a lot of hassle, that's all. [/QUOTE]

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