Indeed rather presumptuous to claim this to be the Truth about the G-70.
Although I have regulary vented my disappointment with this keyboard I would like to repeat once more what I said on its introduction: "It is completely useless trying to form an opinion on this board by playing it out-of-the-box in a shop, even with the operating system 1.10 installed"
all Roland keyboards come with crappy factory presets and defaults that do no justice to the real potential of their keyboards. I programmed on the G800 for years and what I came up with was lightyears ahead (so to speak) of what it sounded like just out of the box. Too bad that the G70 does not read the G800 user program settings. It does convert the G1000 settings, or so I have been told, which is a start. But the truth is you have an incredible amount of programming and tweaking to do before it gets anywhere. And even then I am under the impression it is not all that far removed from the VA series, be it that it has a number of ultra modern features and storing capacity that cannot be found on the VA series.
Apart from MP3 demos etc. I still have to hear the first G-70 live to impress me, and despite the numbers sold so far it would be a bit steep it seems to me to speak of a great success for the new Roland top arranger. Anyway in essence I agree with most of the things said by "Rolandfan".....