Arvon 45

What do you mean the XP30 is no good for ambient/new age. Its perfect for it. Ive had a JV2080 and now a XV5080 and I have a Korg.
I admit the Korg comes with more of these sounds out of the box, but the Rolands go places Korg will never go. It is down to programming, and true, any patches i've got from the net arent exactly what i've needed.

Programming is the key and yes time consuming, but if you want any sound, i swear the JV/XV series are capable of coming up with something close or better than you can imagine. Of course there are better tools for certain applications, but come on, the JVS etc are probably the most versatile synths anywhere.