...an "annoying decay-grunge defect" that only arvon can hear. take his advice with a grain of salt. he's played one, which may or may not have been defective, for all of about half an hour, and now takes it upon himself to remind roland users on a daily basis all over the net that he has nothing better to do than complain about a product he does not even own. I, personally, am on a religious crusade to tell people all over the world to stop drinking Pepsi (I'm a Dr. Pepper drinker) because I took a sip of one once and it was flat. If I didn't know better, I would think he works for a competitor.

If you find that there are a few patches you don't care for, there are about 1500 others to choose from. Besides, Tritons loose their punch in sequencer mode (btw, the sequencer can't handle sysex), the pianos suck, the sampler is very basic, the case is all cheap plastic, and they cost more than twice as much.