OK - My opinion only:

The G70, in a nutshell, is just too busy for me. The 8 and 16 beat styles have major glitches and do not follow my changes in time - what the hell? I tried everything I can do to make them on time and can not. Why do these boards continue to have major style glitches?

The same with other styles in various genres.

There are only a couple big band I could use.

I think the Latin and Bossas are OK, but not that great.

There is really no soft stuff. Roland seems to think they have to be busy to be good.

The guitars are plain weak and I cannot find any styles that showcase an unplugged feel.

The Grand X piano is brittle. The other grand is fine.

I like some of the synth leads and the fabulous scat, but not too many sounds after that.

As I compare a song like Begin The Beguine on the G70 vs the S900 - there is no comparison. Roland has not thought through the process of adding very cool variation changes as the song progresses. Never mind not having very cool breaks and intros and endings that give total song configuration. However, I found a fabulous PA800 style that worked awesome for that song. The string mulipads and very cool variations were fantastic. That's what I use. Roland doesn't support that.

I played the G70 for hours again and just came back from another hour on it. Sorry, don't like it - at all.

For me, the PA800 blows the G70 away. The 800 would be one that I would take time again to work on and may consider if I sell the G. (I also play it at GC on a regular basis).

zuki