Hi KIKO,

Why would you keep your JV-2080? The XV's all have the same sounds plus a few more. Are you keeping it for the polyphony or for the card slots? or both?

The JV-2080 has terrible timing (when played with a sequencer). I know since I own one. Has the timing improved on the XV's? I guess maybe only when you get one home will you know that.

What will you be using it for? I know that you tried out the K2600 and were not impressed that much (from what I can tell). I agree that it is quite expensive. However, it does quite a bit more and is more flexible in terms of sounds. I find that the JV sounds the same, no matter which card you use. The K is more capable of a wide variety of sounds. It can give you anything from acoustic sounds to electronic sounds and fat warm synths.

I'm not trying to dissuade you from purchasing the XV-5080. I, myself am looking at the K2600 as I need it for live use (it is really, really flexible for that) to complement another keyboard. The only thing I wish that Kurzweil would do is improve the polyphony count on the K. While they have a good voice stealing algorithm, 64 or 128 voice polyphony would be much better IMHO.

Good luck with your XV.

Fernando