Until now, I have not gone to the website Arvon mentioned--I took him for his word. But he keeps complaining about the grunge decay problem, so I checked out the website. I scanned the user reviews and all appeared to be very satisfied with their XPs. All the reviews for sound quality showed high praise.

Perhaps I am missing something, but I agree with Syrupdude, Arvon probably had a defective unit. I just can't hear the problem he is talking about. My JV-2080 is stellar.

I guess it depends on the other gear you are using. I have a D-50, D-70 and an S-760, as well as the JV-2080. I can't say enough good things about what that unit has allowed me to accomplish. I was involved with a CD project that used JV-1080's virtually, until mixdown. The results were, in my opinion, very good. To check it out go to: www.entityprod.com Look for the Midnight Syndicate "Born of the Night" CD. There are a few tracks you can listen to on the site.

I did sound effects for that CD, and am very critical with regards to sound. Noisey presets and outputs really bother me. I just don't have that problem with the JV-2080.

My advice, as others have already said, is to spend the money you would have spent on the Triton and get two synths. If people would spend the time to program their synths, they would find that there are quite a few capable synths out there. Presets only show so much of a synths capabilities these days.

I like the Korgs, but I really believe that they are overpriced for what you get. I have heard alot about the sampler feature, but in all honesty, not many people sample their own sounds anyway. I do like the capability to do so, but you could use a computer nowadays to do a much better job, to shape the samples, than a stand alone unit, let alone one in a keyboard synth.

Also, I don't buy into the idea that you have to spend an arm and a leg to get quality products, as all professional gear are designed for the long haul. Try to find the quality available in a consumer keyboard, and then complain about the decay grunge of the sound. Don't get caught up in the idea that one keyboard is infinitely better than another because it is newer and costs more. If I had a certain amount of money to spend, I would try to get the most for my money. One single unit is not the most bang for the buck, as far as I am concerned.

Would I own a Triton? Maybe if it were cheaper, but I wouldn't overlook the Roland quality gear. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Roland gear. I believe that Korg is always behind in the game with respect to keyboard products. For example, when the XPs and JVs were 64 note polyphony, the Trinity was still only 32. With all the cool things that the Trinity's were supposed to do, you couldn't put together a whole song arrangement using only the sound engine and the sequencer. If that is the only synth you owned, you would have to record the parts to physical tracks, in order to gain more notes of polyphony.

Sure the Triton may be the flavor of this month, but Roland is sure to come up with something at the NAMM show. If you have the patience, you may want to wait to see what all the manufacturers come out with.

I guess it just depends on what you really want...only you can decide that.