Thanks so much for the reply Fran. I like the XV sounds too. I just picked up a used XV-2020 (much better than the JV sounds). So I'm stuck in between
1) XP-80 w/ XV-2020
or
2) PC2 w/ XV-2020

A rock and a hard place. That's were I am. Like your friend, the XV-2020 is very similar to the 5080 in sound. So My option 2 above would be very similar to your friends set-up, of course not counting all the added features the 5080 has over the 2020 (sampling, polyphony, etc...) I believe the base ROM is the same and the synth engine are the same.

It seems he could hae had the xp-80 with XV and chose PC2 w XV.

Thanks again Fran. You've been most helpful.

Bob
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[This message has been edited by RW (edited 03-12-2004).]