Sequential circuits samplers

I pose this question, to the clearly insane people who constitute 
this group.  I answer the question, myself, to further demonstrate my 
lack of good sense.  I think they can do something to a sound that 
cannot be done by any other means. I have made electronic music since 
1984, and have had the good fortune to program countless sounds, on 
way too many synths too list. The sampling, at first, seemed a novel 
addition to the analog synth set-up. Like dog barks, and "OH YA". 
Then I realized the ultimate "PAD" machine nature of the sampler. 
Pieces of sound fields, like ambient drone-tunes I used to make on 
old tape four-tracks, sound just inspiring when thrown into the 
Prophet 2000. The ability to chop the front and back until it fits 
the new piece is crazy quick and painless. The big difference, of 
course, is when you start crushing the sample in that filter. New 
things always happen. New, strange, and very musical sounds. The 
happy accident is the synthesist's  first trick, and their last 
resort.  The synth is never to be replaced by the sampler, but the 
additions that a good sampler can provide, are endless.  I believe 
the Prophet 2000 to be the best sampler ever produced. Why Sequential 
Circuits went under, is mysterious. They were like alien, electrical 
geniuses. Not unlike that movie with David Bowie, who comes to Earth 
with ideas for amazing devices, and with the help of Buck Henry, gets 
super rich. Then the government steps in and.... Is Dave Smith really 
still alive?  Or are we being duped by the man? Curiouser, and 
curiouser.   ESW