I would like to add my thoughts on this topic of the PSR 3000.

I have played alot with the KN7, Tyros 1 and 2. I currently own a PSR3000. my previous board was the KN6500.

having the technics, I wanted something with far more contemporary patterns and a much punchyer sound. I walked into my local "Allens Music" store in Sydney and there was a Tyros 1, PSR 1500 and PSR 3000 next to eachother.

in the shop the PSR and the 1500 sound very tinny and "cheap"

Unless the PSR 3000 has a decent set of speakers hooked up to it - it sounds no where near its potential.

take it into a quiet room, plug in a set of speakers equivalent to the Tyros speakers and tweak the EQ and the board comes alive. It sounds sooooo close to the quality of the Tyors. You really have to be very perdantic and actually look hard to find the differences.

I found it a huge jump from the technics range. patterns are much more fuller and clearer, Drums sound so much more realistic.

I hated how with technics all the panel sounds have all this reverb and chorus effects packed on them.

If you are into Accordians, organs and solo brass voices than the technics still shines in that department.

For those who have seen the Michele Voncken demo videos of the Tyros 1 and Tyros 2, if that guy did the same on the PSR 3K you would all be amazed. yes there is a demo of Michele Voncken on the PSR 3000, and it is a major let down becuase he does not play anything like he does on the Tyros keyboards.

My comparison from the PSR 3k to the Tyros 1 is the following:
Tyros has better key feel
Tyros has more voices - mainly synth and pad
PSR has in built speakers
PSR can have USB thumb drives

the style count is irrelevant as styles can be interchanged between the two boards.

put the 2 boards onto the same set of speakers and I garantee no one would be able to hear the differences.

Thanks for reading.
Nick