I saw and heard the Fusion 8HD today at Summer NAMM in Anaheim. It really is very impressive especially at the price quoted $1999 for the Fusion 8 with 88 weighted keys and and $1699 for the 61 synth key version. The synth models sounded very good and with sample playback as well and streaming sampled audio off the HD made this look like a great new addition to the Alesis line. I think I would very definately consider it a contender against current Korg products in the similar price range.