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11 October 2019
Very simple assembly, solid and sturdy unit with excellent design for purpose.
The two things that really sold me on this product: 1 it is designed to allow for a Roland Boutique keyboard (K25m) on the bottom tier and can accept the Waldorf Blofeld on the top tier.
Please note that the keyboard key bed rests outside the limits of the stand, so the stand sits on top of the back part of the key bed. If you have a Roland K25m, you will know what I mean when refer to the elongated back part of the K25m; it's the part where the interchangeable units are normally fitted.
The assembly is very simple: there are two structural posts that hold the unit together and there are rubber feet and plastic edges that hold the back of the Boutique units in place. I've "test bumped" the stand to see if anything falls off. It felt pretty secure considering the Boutique's are only being held down by gravity and rubber feet to prevent slipping.
So for a little home studio, they are fine, but I am not sure they would be appropriate for a touring musician: that's going to be harder for me to answer as that was not my intention of use when purchasing.
If I were to guide a touring musician towards these, I'd say the unit can be assembled and disassembled very quickly and packs down very flat: perfect for touring so far.
But what would you place this stand on in a touring context? A table? A keyboard stand? Atop another stack of gear? Atop an amp? I wouldn't trust anything that can be easily bumped, but hey, that's just my uninformed opinion on a hypothetical situation that probably doesn't apply to the majority of people purchasing this unit!
As you can see from my photos: 1) I haven't plugged anything in yet, but you can see there's plenty of room for cables at the rear. 2) My top tier is currently vacant: I'm still saving up for a Blofeld, possibly a little Christmas present to myself ... but you don't need to know that. So there's the limitations of my review for you - my stand doesn't have all shelves filled and nothing has been plugged in and properly tested yet. But so far so good.
Thank you for taking the time to read my in-depth review, hopefully it has convinced you to purchase one of these units.
I'm confident in recommending the Boo-3 stand for home studio use.
08 June 2017
Easy to use, good range of onboard games
The Good:
Fast boot time. Menu is easy to navigate.
Controllers are a good fit for small-average size hands.
Good range of Sega Games as well as several games unique to this emulator.
The not-so-good:
Controller battery can only be opened using a small phillips head screwdriver.
I've got every small screw driver under the sun (for opening computers) so no problem for me but you may find this to be an issue.
The wireless controller is not as easy to use as a traditional controller as it relies on line of sight to the sensor to work properly. Not easy when playing 2 player games, you'll have to get pretty close to the other player so you can both use the sensor properly.
Stuff I wasn't able to comment on, the N-A stuff:
I don't own any carteriges so wasn't able to test the carterige port. I don't own any sega controllers, so wasn't able to plug in a traditional controller.
I don't know a lot of the original games, so cannot give a detailed review comparing the original graphics on CRT monitor / CRT TV vs. this emulated experience using flat screen TV. I also don't know enough about frame rate to know whether that was faithfully adapted. Rest assured, frame rate was not an issue for gameplay on this emulator.