Hi Bernie:

Your post sounds like you have already acquired a 970? If so, congratulations... if not, the 910 is a pretty darn good "board" on it's own merits. You bet I'd go for the 970 if my budget would allow it... but tomorrow, there will be another model with even more bells and whistles... LOL!

I enjoy my 910 a great deal but don't "gig" like most of you here. I'm only a songwriter who sings demos of my own original songs in a futile attempt to plug into the money stream if someone rich and famous decides to record a "cover" of one of my songs. (It ain't happening so far... but hope springs eternal.) You can listen to a few of my songs at the following page which gets a new set of songs about once each week:

http://www.ShowCaseYourMusic.com/DaveRice/