Cheap Midi Controller Or Synth Controller? Options

[the clash]

After months of research, decision making and saving I have decided to go the soft synth route and start off by purchasing Logic Pro 6, Reason & a Midi Controller.
The only thing Im not sure about is the quality of these Midi Controllers, they look a bit cheap and look as if they wont last very long.

I don't want to pay for an expensive keyboard with many sounds & sequencer especially if I will be using Logic & Reason.
Would I be better off paying a bit more money and purchasing something like a Alesis Ion or Novation KS4 and using one of these as a Midi Controller?
I know these are probably not up to the build quality of something like a Korg Triton for example but I feel they would be better than a cheap Midi Controller.
Please help! (£500 is my budget)

Cheers.

[robomark29]

Well, that's not always a question of quality. I love the Novation's action and I don't like my wife's Yamaha weighted keyboard's action. I'm mainly a guitarist and not a piano so I'm just not used to it, also I love the aftertouch. Let's me dig into a note like I would with a guitar.

That being said, I bought a referbished E-MU Halo instead of waiting for the Novation Remote61. It was $300 and it's pretty good in the action dept and has a bunch of decent sounds. I think they're discontinued, so get them while you can.