Pc Engine Duo, Duo-R, Duo-Rx???

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Wonder if you guys can help me out. I heard that the regular duo has capacitor issues. How about the Duo-R and Rx, in comparison which one is better? Other then the 6 button pad that comes with the Rx, is there any hardware issues comparing the two?
 
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This belongs in the Everything Else selling forum if you're looking to buy one. >_>
 
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No, I'm not looking to buy one. I'll edit that. I have my eye on one and want to know if there is and hardware issues between the duo-r and rx?
 
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I never saw an issue with either the Duo or the Duo R other than the omission of the headphone jack. The current setup I'm running now is a suitcase system with a system 3.0 card which works fine for me. Avenue 6 pads work well for me and I can't complain about their quality.

It's up to personal preference. I like the suitcase setup since the unit can take either a regular PC Engine in the dock or a Core Grafx.
 
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OMF2097 said:
I never saw an issue with either the Duo or the Duo R other than the omission of the headphone jack. The current setup I'm running now is a suitcase system with a system 3.0 card which works fine for me. Avenue 6 pads work well for me and I can't complain about their quality.

It's up to personal preference. I like the suitcase setup since the unit can take either a regular PC Engine in the dock or a Core Grafx.
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I was looking at one of those also. I was thinking about buying it, but it looks a more bulky compared to the Duo R. What I like about the suitcase (interface unit) is if something go's bad like the cd-rom, you could always just replace the cd-rom unit and not have to replace the whole thing. I heard there was some sound capacitor issues with the regular duo. I want to know if the duo-r or rx have this same issue?
 
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RAZO said:
What I like about the suitcase (interface unit) is if something go's bad like the cd-rom, you could always just replace the cd-rom unit and not have to replace the whole thing.
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Exactly the reason why I got that setup.
 
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OMF2097 said:
Exactly the reason why I got that setup.
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The Cd-Rom2 units are hard to come by though. They show up every once in awhile on ebay. Maybe I will just get the interface unit.
 
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Duo-R's and RX's are the most reliable. Get one of those and save yourself a headache with all that other crap.
 
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What what Ive heard and read, the Duo is most suceptible to the audio issues, with the Duo-R and RX having a ton less instances than the Duo.

I like the briefcase unit myself though
 
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awbacon said:
What what Ive heard and read, the Duo is most suceptible to the audio issues, with the Duo-R and RX having a ton less instances than the Duo.

I like the briefcase unit myself though
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briefcase units are cool, but I hear the lasers wear out on those pretty easily. Same as the Super CDROM2 attachment.

R or RX is the way to go.
 
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ki_atsushi said:
briefcase units are cool, but I hear the lasers wear out on those pretty easily. Same as the Super CDROM2 attachment.

R or RX is the way to go.
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I googled it and heard the same thing. There rare systems and very nice looking, but the cd unit does not last that long. The CD-Rom2 attachments are hard to come by, and when you do find one, it will usually comes together with the interface unit. I went ahead and purchased the Duo-R. Hopefully everything arrives ok from japan.
 
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