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I think it's the best drum machine value around. I picked up mine for $99, and the going rate on eBay is $150-$175, which is less than half of the DR-770s price, and the 660 is WAY more than half the machine the 770 is. I've actually owned both the 770 and the 660, and the 770 does sound a bit better (punchier/fuller: nice global settings feature for overall ambience: lo-fi, stadium, etc., and more extended editing features for each drum sound, AND each kit can consist of 48 drum sounds {without using MIDI}, as opposed to 32 sounds per kit on the 660, without using MIDI), but not enough to warrant the extra $, in my opinion. About the 660: Wide variety of snares and kicks (about 50 each), some cool "ambient" drums, nice, but not complete, selection of 808, 909, 78 percussion, as well as very solid acoustic drums (on a side note: why, generally speaking, aren't there ANY good sounding acoustic drum kits on keyboards/modules? I've had a JV-1010, an Alesis QS6.1, and have messed around with an XP-30: maybe Korg can do it, I dunno: if anybody knows where I can get some mucho excellantay acoustic drum kits in a board/module, please e-mail me). Two individual outs (as opposed to the 770s 1: go figure that one out). VERY easy to navigate: I don't have a manual, and I haven't, erm, missed a beat (sorry!). Memory does run a little short (150 user patterns), but if you've got a sequencer, it's not an issue. Comparatively speaking/bang-for-buck factor, it's a 5 out of 5. Overall, it's a 4.
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