It's like asking why buy Apple instead of Dell? Both will give usable results, but once you have gone for a quality machine, it's hard to go back. The sounds don't 'sparkle' or sound 'huge', but do sound good and just seem to fit brilliantly. I couldn't have a synth with sampled organs either after playing with the KB3 mode (organ sim). In fact, I used to gig with a modern organ (OB32)and ditched it for another Kurzweil. Much better.

I just did a gig where the headline band used a JV1080 and I'd forgotten just how GM it sounded. OTOH, I rocked (even if I do say so myself). VAST is pretty much the canine testes when it comes to a synthesis architecture - the PC3 series especially so.

It's one of those things - if it broke / got stolen , would you buy another to replace it? The answer in my case was a definite 'yes' which is how I've ended up with 2 PC3s and a K2661 (and a couple of K2500s but I don't count them).

Or, going back to the original analogy, they 'just work' ...

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Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)

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