Hey, to make it even more difficult: For the amount of money you're spending you can also get an EMU E4[e-synth-ultra],maybe even 2nd hand. Now you've got yourself a heavenly synth/sampler with 128 voices, good patches [and if you don't like 'm, buy a good sample-cd], ultimate z-plane filters and a huge lcd screen. I'm a student so i have to stick with my JV1080, but...in a couple of years..out in the big bad world..I'LL HAVE ONE ;-)