it was me
Hey JMAN, I honeslty couldn't beleive my eyes when i just read your post. I actually bought the last one, it was $229.99 plus s&h, but get this, I waited the 5 days, it was delivered, i take it out of the box..Not a single scratch or dent on it..it was totally perfect looking, and I was like, no way, I'm so lucky..Then i plug it in, and turn it on..the lights flash, and then nothing..try it again in a different outlet, nothing..I called up the MF tech support and he said it was a faulty unit. So as we speak it's being fedex'd back to MF for my money back. So had it not been for your wife needing the computer, you would've been the one to be dissapointed. I think now that I've actually seen it up close and stuff, I may just spend the extra money and get the VF-160..because just look at it this way..
1.30GB hard drive as opposed to a 128MB card, and $125 for a 512mb..
2.More tracks, better effects, beter mixing, higher bit rate.
3.If you ever want to record drums on the MR8, unless you have an external mixer, your screwed because of the 2 track simultaneous recording, where on the VF160 its 8.
3.onboard backup capabilities..you can save your songs in 3 different ways on the vf160, wav, you can save it like a stereo music cd, and you can save your stuff on backup to a cd in a certain file type to where you can upload it again later on with all the exact mixer settings and fx and everything..
take it from me, I got stuck with
the Boss Br532 a while ago, and from now on i'm going to spend the extra money for the extra quality.