I too have been wondering about this for months....has anyone actually seen/used/purchased this new stand yet? I want one! Expensive but if one is gigging it seems like it would be worth the splurge. Room for pedals seems like it might be a problem too, but otherwise it seems to address all of the problems of the venerable Apex column stand, have great features and look pretty cool! Anyway there has been hype about it all year long but it seems like vaporware.