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Alright, so we're all excited about the new features. The system sounds great, two things I wish for that probably won't happen, but we can't please everyone...
1) Multivoltage I like traveling with my lights (although I know they're going to be battery operated).
2) Profoto mounting system, it's to late in the game to achieve this, but I love the Profoto system, it loves me!
A few points from personal experience (and a little back story). I got into lighting at the end of highschool, and picked up myself some Alien Bees in college. I loved the lights and took wonderful pictures. My only problem with ABs were that the speedring connector drove me crazy, I pinched my finger and hit the bare bulb 100+ times trying to get modifiers on, and this was with 4 years of experience! I've never had any problems with the power consistency of the lights, nor did I ever have problems with the build quality, I've dropped the suckers on a couple of occasions. I don't know about color consistency, because for the longest time I shot in AWB mode while doing studio portraits ( )... But I'm sure they're fine for that to.
I picked up a Ringflash my last year of college, LOVED IT, it to this day gave me better looking photos then my profoto ringflash (acute series)... The reason being I think, and I'm sure other will agree was the frosted plastic cover you could put over the lights. thinking that, I purchased 2 profoto attachments for the ringflash and still NEVER get the same awesome photos. In fact my profoto ringflash broke on me once, and I've used it 4 times in two years
When I moved to Singapore I found myself looking at two options (sold the bees because didn't want lights that weren't multivoltage). I could either get profoto or elinchrom... I chose profoto because they were just a little bit more money and the quality seemed better by all account. (it was the RX vs Acute2) that at the RX series isn't multivoltage though the BX series is, and not as good as profoto.
Anyway, I've been using profoto for almost two years now, and although I swear the alienbees ringlight is better then the profoto system, I have found my perfect modifier attachment. The thing is genius, and I would never give that up. So A) I'm hoping alienbees can match that attachment, 1 for the focusability that simon mentioned, and two for my poor little fingers that had to endure years or pinching etc, Oh and BTW, elinchrom's attachments are worse then AB lights. Often when doing location work, my friend brings his elinchroms and I leave my profotos at my studio, when I'm working with his elinchrom lights I think to myself how lucky I am to have profoto in studio. BTW, a 5ft octabox is a task for the elinchrom modifier mount, nevermind the day we fooled with the 7fter....
One problem with profoto I find I don't like how they dial in power, and I find it a bit limiting, I rather move my lights then fool with the pack some days... This can pose to be a bit of a problem because it changes the look I'm trying to create. I could remedy this with the D4 pack, but then I'd be eating KD for the next year...
Anyway, that was an off topic rant, but I guess my point is... ABs are great lights, at any price... I purchased into profoto because they have a good reputation and the mounting system was genius...
If the Einstein lights are multivoltage, I'll be ordering some to suppliment my Profoto kit, Currently I have 4 lights and often times I wish I were shooting with 6-7 lights, so rather then borrowing my friends elinchrom I'm thinking of picking up 2-4 Einstein lights (its that or the profoto compacts), so I really hope they're multivoltage and am wishing for a nice mount!
I'm hoping my little story will christmas magic me one of my above listed requirements 
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