I have already HEARD the Audya, at its' best... I don't need to TOUCH it to know what it sounds like. And I don't need to touch it to know that the loop issues are a part of using one. And I don't need to touch one if I have to make a 15 hour round trip just to find a dealer with one in his store!

No amount of playing it is going to make its' issues go away. I KNOW it sounds great, but that isn't the ONLY thing I need in an arranger.

And, bachus, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but Roland hasn't made ANY steps with TOTL arrangers in the last few years! The G70 and E80 were definitely better than previous Roland's (with the exception of the Chord Sequencer, and that was dropped LONG before the G70 came out), so I'm not sure where you come up with a step BACKWARDS...

You've got to be IN the race to LOSE the race...!