I often feel the EA7 was Roland Japan’s attempt at an S900 type arranger. The buttons round the screens, the plethora of buttons all over, the sampler and multipads (but curiously no break/fill)... it reeked of an S-series copycat.

Sadly, it was the end of the line, not the beginning.
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An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!