I agree - a great deal!

Updates or no updates, it seems the 11R has really gotten out there. You can still see 3-4 new Youtube videos a week of people using the 11R. Lots of new faces using it as well, which is cool.

I don't play out, so I can't justify needing a "backup" unit, but at that price for a new unit it is really tempting...

I will investigate the Helix because that thing just oozes cool - but it will have to offer something that I don't see in the 11R for me to consider that kind of purchase. And no, the IR thing isn't enough since I can run those on my PC.