yeah looked like it to me... was looking for an all-rounded module with a focus on strings which i think Roland excels in. I'm familiar with the Roland synth structure hence my bias towards a Roland module. I can always make my own patches.
I prefer the plug and play of hardware synths as opposed to software.. haven't gotten round that paradigm yet.
Erm, not to sound a like a wet blanket but there was a better deal a couple of months back.
BRAND new (ie unopened) XV-5080 in box for about $1k on ebay.
nah i think that's the going rate for the 5080... think there were a couple on auction for around 400+GBP last week which is around SGD$1k excluding shipping... but didn't think I needed to spend that much though....
Some people locally were asking $1k for the 3080.. and $1.3k for the 5080..