Upgrading X1 to X2 - worth of 99 euros?

Yes it is. You will love X2.

Well personally I did upgrade to X2 but found it a little unstable, so have gone back to X1 for the time being - shall look at X2 again after the first patch.
I did like some of the new features though - after the first patch has sorted some of the bugs (which are all pretty minor I think), it will be well worth the time and effort to upgrade and get used to the new ways of doing things.
The main reason I did not persevere at the moment is that we are in the middle of a large project, so didn't want sorting software issues in the way whilst we recorded.
I am sure upgrading will be worth it in the long run.

The small workflow changes that make a huge difference are worth it alone IMHO. Auto zoom, smart grid, etc. etc.

Add on FX chains now in the PC, effectively putting as many FX bins anywhere in the chain you want, plus BREVERB and it really is a no brainer.

Not necessary, but for the toys you get its worth it.

Cian

Not sure if i think its worth it yet. Take lanes, smart grid, and the rest of the work flow enhancements are cool, but no faster or easier for me having worked the old way so long. I haven't found any use for Rapture full yet, neither the Roland plugin. The Overloud Breverb is fantastic imo, it has plenty of presets and is plenty tweakable, but TH2 is a disappointment as it is a severely limited demo. Upgrading both of these to full will now cost around ~$500 i think. The audio engine is still not gapless either. So apart from Breverb and the Console Emulation, everything else is kind of whatever. I just really wish we had been given gapless playback and a more complete version of TH2. Maybe the content club will come through with some more goodies (the last offer was a bit of a cop out though as Loopmasters already offers free content for all their sample packs on their website).

Thank you for your answers (and sorry my crappy english)! Well, the thing is that I don't want to pay for all those LE-versions (TH2, Breverb) 'cos I don't need them. It seems to me that Sonar is turning to some kinda LE/demo-software commercial that comes with a really good DAW. I wanna pay for full versions and that's why I've bought Amplitube 3 and ValhallaRoom reverb. I'd like to see Cakewalk Sonar X3 that stands for its own: no third party software (old versions, "upgrade to version X: only 150 euros/dollars for Cakewalk customers"), no LE-versions of any kind, no demo versions, etc. I decided not to upgrade, at least not yet. Just sold my other PODxt Live (yeah, I had two of them) and bought Superior Drummer 2.3 w/ Custom & Vintage SDX. Don't get me wrong: Sonar is still my favourite DAW, but I don't want to put my money on those yesterdays third party software versions I don't need.

Good point, John. I wanna tell you my bad upgrade experience: Well, I bought Sonar 7 Producer back in May/June 2008 and liked that Dimension LE so much that I decided to buy full version. So I bought it (about 200 euros) and three(?) months later Sonar 8 comes out WITH Dimension Pro! Have to say that I felt little bit cheated for spending hundreds of euros to Sonar 7 AND Dimension Pro.

Timing is everything when buying something. Another way to look at it and the way I tend to see such things is two fold. First you had 7 months using it that others didn't. Second and most important at the time you were willing to buy it at that price. It held that high of value to you at that time. Latter when it was given out free that didn't devalue it as an item. It was and remains a fine sample player worth every penny you paid for it.

I bought Rapture too before it was given out free. I don't regret it. One last thing to consider is that I think its a good thing to support a company like CW and if sometimes we buy something that later is free who does it really hurt? I think it doesn't hurt anyone as long as you can afford it. 

Its support your DAW maker kind of thing.  

But I know it can seem to be bad timing on one's part just the same. C'est la vie. 

C'est la vie, mais sous les fourches caudines du marketing, my dear.