Reply to [Kind of OT] Question About MPK49...

So I'm looking into getting the MPK49 and I'm wondering if anyone has any previous experience with it or the MPK25/61. I know that akai products are seen as some of the best, if not the best, but as with anything, there have to be some drawbacks. Here's a link to it:

http://www.akaipro.com/mpk49

It's a pretty popular controller and was the first to use the MPC pads on a keyboard, but the only reviews I can find are really biased and don't really talk about any problems with the product besides not being able to be used with lower end software. (maybe it's a good thing that there's no shown problems.)

Either way, I just want some feedback as to any experiences with the unit, because to me it looks perfect, and when I get back to SF, I'm definitely going to try this thing out in guitar center, but for the meantime, any input?