Sequential circuits samplers

Hi,
Im thinking of getting a prophet 2000.  
From what I gather it has 8 voice polyphony..so that means i can play
8 different samples at once? or can i use it to play 8 different
instruments (bass as 1 sample) synth as sample 2??
I guess my question is how multitimbral is it? im not expecting it to
be like my asr-10 but how does it compare to say an emax?
Im thinking of buying the prophet for it's filters and just becasue i
love old samplers.  
cheers