I have a new one about 12 moths old never used it, just plugged it in.

So why did you buy one?

Dennis,

I saw it on Ebay, never been used and got it for half price, I have never used it, James appeared to like the piano sounds. Just wondered if anyone had one and like it, might decide to turn it in with the Audya and PA2x for the war effort for the purchase of the MS.

Now thats a GREAT idea!

Over all it's a good rack unit, but the piano I like can only be found on the SXR-02 expansion. Patch 004. As I said in that other thread, it's to die for. Possibly the best piano sound I've ever heard in my entire life.

If I had an XR, I'd buy that expansion and use it for nothing else but that Piano.

Not that there's anything wrong with the other sounds. They are very good, but that Piano.... MAN...!!! Drool...!!!

Selling the Audya, Pa2X and XR for a Groove ? If you wanted to do that, I'd say sell the Audya and XR now, but hang onto the Pa2X until such time as your comfortable to let go and use the Groove as your full time arranger.

Downsizing is certainly the way to go though. The less you have the more you get done. It's just a matter of getting the right tool. For me right now my OASYS and Meidastation is pure heaven. I don't use anything else I own.

Regards
James

I have an XR. I really like it. One of the main reasons I like it though is the SRX expansion cards. I don't find the drums in the XR to be very good at all, but the SRX-01 goes a long way to fixing that. Another very useful card is the xrx-09 world card. I love that card for the percussion, and a lot of the country sounds, banjos, mandolins, resophonic guitars, steel guitar, etc.

I find the XR piano to be very nice. Not as big and full as one might wish for solo piano, but some EQ can fix that. But for sitting in a mix, I find it to be a very realistic piano.

Overall I'd say the sounds are good, but SRX cards make it much better.