Dammit , I actually thought it was real for a split second as a joke , fuck . <| sep |> militarized police with leftover Iraq war equipmentThe surplus equipment going to police departments was under Obama . Also , the list of equipment is publicly available . The vast majority of it is flashlights , laptops , winter boots , utility trucks , etc . <| sep |> I worked at a backline company when the X 32 came out and we bought 3 of them and one producer . a few years later we saw the first sign of trouble on one of the boards , which is not terrible considering the abuse they take as rentals . One board had a problem with a section of buttons not returning back to thier normal height . When we opened it up , the first thing i noticed is the overall low quality of the PCBs and the solder work . It looked like something built from an amateur kit . We soon realized the buttons were not something we could tweak back into place , but were just flexed out and needed to be replaced . I havent looked inside a M 32 . I ' d ASSUME the build quality is better , but i cant say for sure until lay eyes on it ' s guts . I would say the extra money would go towards the longevity of the board .