Hi Guys - in response to Scott's questions, I upgraded to the S900 from the 3000 because I was only really keeping the 3000 as a backup for the T2. I am gigging w/the T2 (backing up a singer) and I also use it on my solo sax gigs to break from the horn playing.

I thought about the scenario if my T2 went south and all the hassles I'd have trying to get the songs I am doing, registrations, and settings working on the 3000. It would be a lot of work and many of the sounds I like were missing. And when I heard the sounds on the S900, I realized the S900 would be a great backup board. For what I got for my 3K, I only had to add a couple hundred to replace it w/the S900.

So, for me, the motivation was not that I didn't care for the 3000, it was more that I am addicted to the T2 voices. Having said that, since the S900 has a subset of the T2 SA voices, there was some adjustment needed. However, for what I really wanted (guitars vice the sax since I am playing sax on gigs), the S900 has a great array of SA guitars. The other motivation was the T2's lack of speakers. I have played the S900 on a couple gigs (even outside under a covered deck) with no amplification other than the on-board speakers, and it worked great.

As I said in another post, the biggest surprise I got was when I plugged in my USB stick (which worked fine w/the T2). The S900 couldn't initially read the styles I had on the USB because I had them in 2 directories (A-M and N-Z). There were apparently too many, so I refiled them in smaller directories and all is well again.

From the standpoint of the SA sounds, I can't tell the difference between the T2 and the S900. Of the SA voices, I am using mostly guitars and they sound terrific on both.

Randy