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I think the reason the 2290 has so many things discontinued on it is that the box effectively uses memory chips that are no longer being manufactured. It appears TC has moved on to smaller, more powerful boxes (Finalizer, G-Force, etc.) but at the same time, we know that Fripp has several 2290s maxed out - perhaps a TC dealer has one of the upgrades in stock but perhaps forgotten somewhere. The Space Station is a very cool effect and I want one (my wife keeps going: "Space Station? They cost hundreds of millions of dollars just to keep in orbit, we can't afford that!" [ha, ha]). Yes, it does have ring modulation and backwards guitar fx, but it also has the waycool string pad swell, the weird pixelization effect, and the sample and hold guitar effect, a built in tuner and I think it would work greatly with the Lexicon Vortex effect (another misunderstood effect). When I was using it at the local music store, I was playing weird chords with the string pad effect and it sounded just like Allan Holdsworth's string pad work on "The Un Merry Go Round." I'd gathered a small crowd just playing with the thing. Then I played some single note stuff thru the pixelization patch and it sounded like some techno rhythm guitar part, but live. I finished with the sample and hold part, playing robotic eighth notes and sounded like some Tangerine Dream outtake from the early days. I handed the guitar to a kid on my way out and he switched the pedal to the sample and hold and starting playing this really fast staccato stuff and the guitar started making this weird POP-POP-POP-WHOP-WHOP WHOP sound that made me laugh out loud. He switched to the string pad part and started playing high position three note chords and it sounded like a demented harpsichord since he was muting stuff and playing real fast. Todd Madson Musician, Mountain Biker, Stunt Kite Flyer, BeOS/MacOS/Linux/WinNt user. http://www.waste.org/~crash/index.html