Hey everyone... my name is Jim and I have been researching a synth setup for the past couple of weeks. I was classically trained on piano in my younger days but haven't played in over a decade. I just started getting re-interesting in playing, but also want to do some writing, mixing and tweaking. The primary genre of music I am into is Dance/Trance/Techno, and I'd say that will cover 95% of what I want to do with my setup.

So, here is my proposed setup:
Roland Juno-G
Roland MC-307 Groovebox
A pair of KRK RP5 Rokit Studio Monitors

Eventually, I want to add the KRK subwoofer, but that will have to wait for now.

Unfortunately, this setup is likely to cost me about $1,500-$1,600, which is quite a bit higher than what I was originally looking at. The research I've done indicates that these are solid products with really great sounds, but I want to get a little feedback before I consider dropping that kind of money.

I was originall looking at Yamaha's... like the YPG-525 and such. However, once I started looking at Roland's, they seemed to have better sound quality and also be geared a bit more to modern sounds that are better used in dance music.

I first looked really hard at the SH-201, and although I think that is still probably a great learning machine, there are several things about it that I just don't think would make me very happy in the long run... like only 49 keys, no onboard sequencer, no drum kits, and much fewer patches. Granted, by using the Groovebox with it, I could get around some of that, but I thing I would prefer to have all those features on the KB itself... even though Juno-G runs $400 more than the SH-201.

Anyway, I just want to make sure I'm on the right track here. I don't mind spending the extra money for what seems like a huge jump in quality (over the Yamahas) and features (over the SH-201 and Juno-D) but I'd like to hear from some people with some real-world experience on these products.

Thanks!