Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20160202181457/@comment-53539-20160410071219

The difference between the CFM and Sonika is quite a bit. It depends on the audience, the process used to process the vocals and the results.

Those who did buy Sonika, a lot of them bought her despite knowing her flaws because the vocal is cute and she was one of the better looking vocaloids boxart terms. Despite being a much better singer, Sweet Ann doesn't get so much attention because people view her boxart as "ugly" (which is ironic given the picture is of a woman who in her carer was considered attractive). So people judge a lot of the Vocaloid by their looks first and their vocals second.

People are buying the English Kagamines, despite the fact their sucky in terms of vocals compared to other vocals like Fukase or Oliver which cover about the same rough territory and are better overall. Its because they sound "cute" and look "cute" on the boxart.

Also, Sonika, like other vocals such as Oliver, have soft vocals and at least in the western fandom... People value clarity over other traits. :-/