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Hmm... I don't know... I thought that the JP was the bomb for a while, since I have one. But now I got a prophecy, and, well... Let me put it this way: Anyone want to buy a perfect condition JP8000? The Prophecy, although it is obviously monophonic, is in my opinion far better sounding I wont go into it, it just rocks compared to the JP. Fewer realtime controls, but the sound quality is far superior. Also it does a much better 303 emulation - both synths don't sound too much like the real thing, but the Prophecy is grittier sounding. It's a weird thing: A week ago I thought the JP sounded really decent, but I've changed my mind after getting a Prophecy of all things, a synth I never really even considered at first. I'm not dissing it saying it's no good, to each his own. All's I'm saying is, listen to and play a Prophecy. It wont do many important things that the JP can (polyphony), which is obviously going to be a huge factor in some people's decisions. Just be warned that you might quickly tire of it's sound like I did. The coolest thing about the JP is that it has incredible control, all at the twist of so many of it's knobs (and sliders). And this makes it very, very enticing, not to mention how cool it looks (although the Proph is cooler looking in my opinion). So you buy it, thinking, "man there ain't nothing i can't do with this here keyboard" (if you're American - if you're British you've got to use the word "shag" a couple of times in that same sentence - oh, and also "whilst", with an s and a t in it, I love it!). But then after a while, it does start to sound a little thin indeed. At least it does now to me. And it's not just the thinnish sound, its the quality which seems somehow not that great. I know some of you know what I mean. Well, it's just my opinion, and everybody else here seems to dig it pretty hard so... Ahnyway, I'm serious. I'll sell my JP8000 for $800 to anyone who's interested. (sorry to advertise here). G.
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