Inray- I'm glad to see you treat me as a friend! That is really nice. I also greatly respect and learn from all your valuable posts- you really seem to know your stuff!!

Epu- You also know your stuff that's for sure!! However the argument you have above could apply to almost any other manufacturer. Many of the Korg Triton's sounds are Trinity, O1W, T series, M1 and even DW8000 sounds!!!!!!! All the waveforms from the old JD800 and JD990 have found themselves in the new XV units.
Yamaha recycled some of the better waveforms from the EX5 and put them in the new S80 and CS6X.

It could be argued that alot of this technology is 'repackaged' but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it just improve upon it!!!!! You got an absolute bargain with the SC880!! I also got an absolute bargain with my U220 (which I've since sold) which had no filters but still contained one of the nicest acoustic pianos, that famous muted guitar sound and the best S&S trumpet sound of any synthe I've ever heard period- even better than XV factory trumpet patch!

If the SC880 does it for you, that's great- you shouldn't have to upgrade to new gear just because something new has come out- I learn't the hard way doing this mistake!!!!