Two points:

1) No speakers - no sale for Uncle Dave
2) George, the keys on the XP80 are VERY different from the keys on the G1000. Completely different length and feel.
Someone is confused at Roland, if that's what they told you.

I'm unfamiliar with oriental sounds, but I have never been interested in samplers either, since the companys all includes the (bread & butter) sounds I use. Maybe we robots play stock sounds better, who knows ?