surely not trying to talk you out of a machine you might really enjoy. really, i wouldn't mind another mpc1000 at some point. as for sound comparisons, here's the way i see it (anyone else, please step in if you feel otherwise)...
rough similarities in sound(??):
[8 and 12-bit samplers] MPC-60, SP-12/1200, older Emulators, s612, s700/750, s900/950, older Rolands (s330), tx16w, Mirage, RZ-1, DDD-1, etc
[early/mid 16-bit samplers] MPC-3000, s1000, Casio FZ, EPS-16, ASR-10, e4/64/etc, later Rolands (s760), etc
[mid/later 16-bit and 24-bit samplers] MPC-2000/xl/1000/4000, s2000/5000/6000, z4/8, v-synth, a3000/4000/5000, etc
i'm missing a bunch of models and maybe a few could be in a different spot, but this is how i've generally thought of hardware samplers when it comes to 'thick, mid, and thin' sounding. raw in/out sound, not figuring filters or anything else into it. i think the MD/UW would fit somewhere into the first or second group.
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