Nothing else seems to have the the Fusion's feature-set at the orig price - so - despite some of the negative reports on here - I finally took the plunge & bought an 8HD off ebay - for what seems like a bargain price of £400. (Only a bargain if it works of course....
I don't normally buy my instruments without seeing and trying them first - so this is something of a leap of faith.
Having been managing with a dying Roland MC505 that I bought new in 1998 - it has got to be a major improvement - bugs, quirks and all!
When it arrives, and I actually power it up - I'll report back.

