I'd say the best one to et in ur budget range is the Yamaha Pacifica series. Go buy th 2nd hand one, real bang 4 buck. But do test it out first, preferably with a fellow SOFTie. And wld u kindly go read the posting guidelines. Thx very much. (Not trying to flame here, trying to help new ppl get everything right b4 some1 flames them for doing something wrong)