Here's my 2 cents worth-

I own 6 boards-

ORCHESTRAL 1- Great all round board but I think the orchestral 11 has improved on it in sampling quality- strings are better as are the string sounds in my Triton and TR Rack. However, the strings in this board are great in a mix. I love the orchestral ensemble patches but the acoustic piano patches are a waste of time! A great board overall though.

BASS AND DRUMS- All I can say is F---- Awesome! The best bass sounds to find their way into a synth- I've fooled a few people with these sounds- Drum sounds- AWESOME but the kicks need some external EQ for a bit more 'kick'!! I love this board. Lets hope Roland bring out a complementary Guitar and Drum board for this one- that would be great!

VINTAGE SYNTHE- This board contains some great patches especially some of the brass and the phattest string pads I've heard this side of Jupiter! I also like the couple of hammond samples in here also. However, since I've gotten my Z1, I use these sounds less as that board has the killer analogue sounds in my set up now!

KEYBOARDS OF THE 60s AND 70s- Yes there are some nice hammonds here but they can't touch those in a Roland VK7!!!! Lack of real time drawbar control doesn't make these sounds realistic to play (obviously!). I also think they would sound even better if the internal rotary effect was bypassed and an external leslie unit used. I don't much care for the EP's on this board though- I've played a real rhodes and whilst they sound OK, they just don't have that same bite. I think my Z1 has way better EP and Clav variations but this is just IMHO- if you want these sounds they are OK if you have nothing else but I must say that this is probably the most dissapointing card in my collection- Sorry If I've offended anyone. (I studied organ up to Licentiate Teachers level so I know the sound of my organs!!!!).

TECHNO- the 2nd most dissapointing card in my collection. Some nice leads basses and pads but the loops are absolute crap as are the vocoder patches- useless!!!! I actually thought that this was a renamed 'Dance' board as Roland got sued over the other board- I got a shock when I bought it home and found out it wasn't my mates excellent dance board (so I went and bought the Dance module to get these sounds also- they are great!!!!). No I've kept this board only because it does have a few nice pad and lead sounds but had I have know it was different to the dance board from the start I would have put my money somewhere else.

HIP HOP- AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME- probably my favourite board of the bunch- BEAUTIFUL USEFUL LOOPS- unlike the Techno board!! I love the overall 'grunginess' of the patches like the EP's and pads. Yes even the vocal hits are useful and I usually don't care for these type of sounds. Roland really kicked butt with this board. I love it!

My next board purchase will be the Orchestral 11 board- it's a great compliemnt to the orchestral 1 board and I love the choir sounds it has. I was also going to buy the 'Session' board but with my new XV3080, most of those sounds are already in there (notably the better pianos, guitars and brass). I also don't mind the vocal board but there are too many jazz scat patches for my liking and really, the XV3080 has some of the waveforms already built in! Listen to the XV's awesome vocal patches!

Well- my 2 cents worth. Cheers.

PS- I've played both the SRX boards but I'm not prepared to spend $799 Aussie for these boards- way overpriced- Sorry Roland but whilst they are of great quality, I can get the same results by hooking a CD ROM to my Triton and loading similar sounds into there for much cheaper. Don't get me wrong, these are the best pianos and acoustic drums you would here in a synthe but the price for them is bloody ridiculous! And just for 50 patches on each board???? COME ON!!!!!!!