nothing can beat the mpc3000. best of all roads, stereo sound and the classic roger linn mpc groove. as used by everyone in hiphop and rnb. mpc is as new apart from the main data wheel which has come loose. the data wheel works fine as is. i have checked with akai and it is a common fault very easy to fix. i have reflected this in the price (they're going for £2000 normally)