I agree with Son of MooG -- the Arpegiator on this synth was phenomenal - I did a whole conceptual project using nothing but the Juno 6's Arpegiator in 1984 - hear it here: http://carrillion.bandcamp.com/album/pictorial-action

Happy days!

My first 'real' analog synth was a Juno 6. Nice synth, got a bit bored of it's tone after a year or two. I now own a Polysix. I see these synths compared a lot (obviously) but for me the Polysix has a real 'magic' to it, both in use and sound. The Juno 6/60 is also a great synth but way over rated compared to the Polysix. I would never swap my P6 now for a J6/60. Remember that the P6 was almost twice the price of the J6 when released, for a reason - a reason that still shines through all these years later.

I feel a 3 is right for J6, a 4.5 for J60 and a 5 for P6. Having used them all. Unless you want that SPECIFIC juno tone for a bass (or strings) then P6 is going to give a lot more variety and analog magic.

The Juno-6 was my very first synth. Another chapter is the arpeggiator: never again i found a machine as inspiring as this chord-warper, although or because it's so simply built. I connected the clock-in with the gate-out of a Doepfer MIDI-CV/Gate-Interface and the CV-out with the Filter-in of the Juno-6. Guess what happened? Precisely: pitch-related filter-control in MIDI-timing,each ARP-step triggered by incoming Note-on-messages. I didn't need to store my sounds, because they were rebuild in seconds (in fact, even nowadays i seldom store my sounds on modern machines, because i rarely use them twice).
There has been a design study by Uli Behringer for a possible rebirth of a Juno-like synth with MIDI at the cost of 500,-€ by the name of PHAT-108 , and in spite of pure academic nature i hope that it may come to pass in the near future. I think there'd be lots of folks who wait for something like this...

must have
wonderful synth,
very solid and smooth and clear punchy analog sound,
i have another vintage gear with true voltage oscilators, but this baby got dco, dont worry... honestly dont need a real voltace oscilators, sounds real warm very warm and smooth it can be gritty too, it is a classic and outstanding 80's roland sound, it is a perfect synth package , for begginers, very good to lear the 1st step into substractive synthesis, the novice(essential)1st step. you can make a lot of different analog juicy sound and the arpeggiator is awesome i mean the best arppegiator with the ju-60 and the jupiter family, in my opinion this synth its a must have to collectors couse got a lot of character and beautiful metal hood, and sound amazing, one more thing
reliable and beyond dont need battery, dont need to warm up, no tune up, never had a problem with it, its a japanese military tank. dont think it, just buy it, better if you can get one with midi device...

Just posted some vintage recordings of my Juno 6 here: http://carrillion.bandcamp.com/

Enjoy!