Are they worth it?who's heard them.

Dontae,

I do not own nor have listened to the new Country board and so I cannot comment of it.

I have a SR-JV80-14 World Collections-Asia card and I think some of its sounds are very usable. I primarily use the Chinese ethnic instruments/drum sounds and found that its sounds mix well with other modern instrumental sounds. For the price of under $200 this card has resolved one of my long term problem of finding Chinese instrumental sounds with a tight budget - I cannot afford samplers and sampling CDs. One of my friends in an organization called New Heart Music Ministry (at Houston, Texas) actually recorded some songs with this board in a Roland XP-30 in their second CD release and the overall effect is pretty persuasive. I especially like "Er Hu Solo", "Qu Di Vibro", "St. PiPa" and "Asian Scene" etc. patches. Its Chinese drum samples and loops are also very usable.

Paul Ip
from Texas