Chony and Al,

You should go visit Richard. He's a great guy, it would be like a mini vacation for you, and you'd be able to see his MS88 Pro as well. Perhaps then others on this site would take your opinions at face value and either give the Mediastation the credit it deserves, or flame it even more. I'd actually be shocked if you came away thinking the Mediastation sounds bad and doesn't compete with other TOTL boards. In fact I would suspect the contrary. Once you hear the dynamic range the Mediastation has and see the features operate first hand, I'm certain you'll wonder why most other arrangers/workstations don't have such a broad dynamic range and feature set.

FYI... The Mediastation is much better sounding than the online demos show and far more advanced than most people in this forum believe. Richard, Fran, Myself, and a few others have first hand knowledge of exactly what the MS can do and what it sounds like. I welcome your opinions and hope you are able to make the trek.