I thoroughly enjoy my JP-8080. I bought it new ages ago and it’s still my main synth. The reason for this is because I love the pad sounds I can create with it. It can also do bass and leads very well. I can get very close to the analog sounds I hear on Kraftwerk, Thomas Dolby, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and William Orbit CD’s. I can’t tell whether this thing sounds like an actual Jupiter 8, but it does a fantastic job mimicking what I hear on the CD’s.

One of my favourites. It's incredible. Most feature packed JP I think because of Audio in, Vocoder, MOrph, multi saws, pwm over 4000 patches could be stored with 1 non Roland memory card.
Still cannot emulator good JP-8 sound even with messing with EQ to un digital bright it. (Roll off highs). Needs more waveforms like sine on VCO and SIne, trapazoid etc on LFO. Need noise to be on seperate before mixer.
Im not into RPS, but time to time I think of difficult lines to execute so it comes in handy.
Arpegiator is nice but like most modern needs to be better at vintage basics and not all these new arps. I could play arps in any key any way. Easily transportable JP. I love it!!!!!!!

I love it but I have gid rid of it twice already. I believe is fantastic but the sounds.... hhmmm... is too itself. I believe is too bright and too clean and too "I want to figure out".

I had one and I sold it because I was moving overseas and I sold all my studio. I always wanted to have 2 of those the next time. Years later a friend of mine was selling his and I had it in my new studio for a few days, it is a fun synth, incredible but still... this hyper shiny sound.
When I listened to the same sounds years later was like listening to Aqua (come on Brabie let's go party), I mean, my hears were so tired.

I still considering give it another chance because it will be a classic. I do need to experiment with other synth of the era like the Virus but I believe the JP 8080 would be good if you have 2, one for base and one for the leads.

And the table top shape is great, I believe is a great machine after all.

this is pretty cool if you can't find an older synth "caughs" jupiter 6.
i was lucky enough to find it at a flea market for 90 bux. it just needed some dust blown off it, otherwise it worked fine.
the Voice Modulator is pretty comparable dare i say to other roland vocoders.
the knobs and sliders do seem a bit chincy. i have heard story's of them breaking easily.

I had a dj mixer up for sale for ages... and someone wanted it in exchange for a jp8080. I was supposed to buy a Jupiter6 from a friend but then he decided to be reasonnable and held on to it.

Sooo... I took the Jp. I must say it does quite well what I would most often do with the Jupiter (I'm into classic disco... yeah some cheesy stuff too, but funky). It's not the same... of course... but it's same-ish. Or lets say it can replace one for live use. I've had it for two days and I already have every reason to keep it... at least until I get a real Jupiter or juno! :) And even then... it would still have it's use.

Not an overly powerful synth... BUT it sounds cool.