I still see the X5D in the stores for $600. The X5DR is in the blowout channel for around $325 - $350.

Discovered the new Roland RS-5, as the store was closing, so only had a minute to run through a few presets.
It has some new twists for a $700 board, in the form of a handful of knobs on the panel, for live sound twisting. The few presets I chanced on sounded big, but will give it a full headphone test later. Nice brushed aluminum panel - the new boards are looking better than ever.
Seems like it may be a replacement for the low-end XP board.
Anyway, it's something new to play with til the KARMA shows up.

tommyde