I see everyone's points. The EP's are better, but I have an SC880 and most of the XVs new Pianos and EPs are already included in the SC880. As well as many of the guitars. The basses in the XV sound pretty much the same. As for the bend in the guitars, that could be programmed into the JV using the TVF. That's why I wasn't too impressed. The XVs are good though.

I think that with a Session and Bass & Drums board, your JV/XP would be almost as good as any XV.

The Infamous EPU.