Speaking of those groove boxes as being crap. People said the same thing about the Roland TR-808 being crapy? But they became popular again in the mid 90's. And are commanding high prices. So I have a feeling someone will rediscover the groove boxes and say "Hey, this thing is totaly cool" Just because we think something is crap now, 10 years from now will be the hottest thing.
What about the Yamaha AN1x or the CS1x and the Roland JP8000?