Jupiter5,
A new Roland JV-1080 in U.S. still sells at around US$850 to US$900 without special clearance discount. That is why I recommended you to consider a used one. JV-1010 is nice little module but you do not have the option of tweaking through front panel like JV-1080 has, and it has only one expansion slot. You may be able to find a used Orchestral expansion board for very low price. Vocal expansion boards are much less popular than the Orchestral I board so you might have to buy it new. With these 2 expansion boards in the JV-1080 you still have 2 more expansion slots for future expansion. JV-2080 is also nicer with 8 expansion slots and better FX and it is around US$950 to US$1200 new, not bad if you consider paying almost $900 for a new JV-1080. Since JV-2080 is much newer than JV-1080, expect prices of used JV-2080 quite a bit higher than that of JV-1080. The XV synths are nice but they cost about twice as much. XV-3080 is around US$1450 to $1500, and the top of the line XV-5080 is around US$1620 to $2000.
The following web site is useful for providing reference retail prices of keyboards and related products in U.S.:
http://www.gearprice.com/ Paul Ip
from Texas
[This message has been edited by Paul Ip (edited 12-31-2000).]