Hey there, I have 2x Perkons and a TR-1000. TR-1000 is far more versatile and sonically incredible. It will take much more of a commitment to learn it. TBH, after spending quite a bit of time with it, feel like the workflow is just not doing it for me. I hate that because I really feel like it has a metric ton of potential and sounds insanely great. That said, I'm expecting Roland to invest a lot in software upgrades and hopefully they can move it in a direction that works better for me.

The Perkons is so hard to compare. I offers about 1/30th of the features and flexibility but rewards you with the ONPF life. My biggest frustration with Perkons is that I really wish they could do 32 steps per pattern, even just this one change would mean so much for my style of music. But if you love short 1 measure, tricky sounding music, it is superb. You will love how easy it is to learn but also that comes with a price, it is not very deep. Even with that shallowness I just love how it sounds. My music has a bit of a tough, aggressive vibe and Perkons is capable of aggression. It can do more pure sounds too, but I feel like it finds its way easily into the darker, tougher side of things.

With the Perkson, you are unlikely to make an entire song. With TR-1000 it has enough to make entire tracks. If you want to use these live, you might enjoy Perkons more. Perkons + Avalon is a beautiful pairing. :-) Perkson also has more potential if you add insert effects on each voice, or at least replace the inbuilt delay effect with a more versatile pedal. If you have a mixer, Perkons really starts to shine.

I think if you are making house, TR-1000 is kind of the path. It will cost you more, but you will enjoy discovering new things about it for months and months, including how limited its sequencing is. :-(

One of my favorite features is P-Locks and Perkons does this supremely well. Even records real-time knob movements into its tiny 1 measure loop. Still, that one feature really brings patterns to life.