Great review of the Roland E80. I had spent some time on the G70 at my local Roland dealer, and really liked it a lot. The touch screen was much improved over the E600 which I once had.

The styles and sounds were great, the operating system was easy too.

I was always a Roland fan, started with the E30, then on to E70, E86, E500, E600, VA7.

I really liked the E30, E70 and E86. The E500 and E600 had some good points, but I didn't like that they were just digital piano's in a keyboard case, and no long "workstations". The VA7 I didn't like because of the operating system. The display didn't hold much information, and most everything I wanted to do was 5 or 6 pages down. I didn't keep that long.

I gave up on Roland and have been playing Technics and Yamaha. I have the Technics KN7000 and the PSR3000. I have really been toying with getting another Roland. I have a lot of Roland styles I'd love to use again.
I liked the G70 alot, Roland finally get it all together again with that one. I just didn't want a 76 key keyboard and no on board speakers. Mainly no onboard speakers were the big turn off.

I no longer have a local Roland store so an unable to see a E80 or E50 or any of them. I have thought about buying the E50, but hate buying sight unseen. I guess I'd really like the E80. Anyway,just waiting and deciding which one or whether to buy either of them.

I hope to hear more about both keyboards.

I liked the Database manager for the VA7. I think that comes with the E80, not sure if it works with the E50 or not.

Marilyn