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Okay, I am usually in sync with esoteric stuff like this, but please, someone help me here. I suppose I find myself in the minority or perhaps this is one time where I ‘don’t get it’, but I am not seeing the wow factor here. Maybe it was the laptop speakers, and who doesn’t enjoy a hymn (hmm….), but the demo didn’t exactly knock me out. For those with perfect pitch, I understand that JS Bach’s contribution to  temperament may have its downside, but for us mere mortals, I found the sound hollow and about as interesting as Schoenberg. Okay, I can be narrow and certainly set in my ways when it comes to  music, but can someone tell me what I missed, or is anyone else perhaps feeling similarly. I am not knocking the instrument – clearly a lot of effort and I can only imagine what this thing would or does cost. I also wish he would have spent more time describing the bells and whistles.

Just my $.02. Of course, of many who have seen my Tron, I’m sure some would be bewildered if they knew the investment I made in something forty years young and the costs and efforts that went along with that.

Best regards to all,

John