Hi Scott,
I got to see the Pa800 at Sam Ash, it’s a good keyboard, It’s a good keyboard.

My reasons for buying the S900 is:
1-The price – the Pa800 is not their flagship model and it almost twice the price, just a little less then some of the top models. it is smallest price I have paid for a keyboard in years.

2-Staying with Yamaha meant that I did not have to go through another learning curve. It also meant I could carry most of my information over to the S900.

3-Yamaha has never failed me and they have so much available from styles to tech help.

4-Now that I have it and I have played and recorded on it I am well pleased. When I did A/B with the Tyros2 and the Psr3k, there was a noticeable difference. The S900 has closed the gap substantially. It has speakers –good ones—I can record and play or sing against my own voice. It records audio on to a memory stick. (USB) (Take it with you.)

It is not another KN2600, I know you were not pleased with that one.

Hey, go buy one, at a great price, if it follows the 3K, you’ll get most of you investment back. Scott I bought the S900 as a step up to a future Tyros3 or whatever comes out with to replace the T2, I am now not to sure that I will not be staying with the S900. It’s a great keyboard, It’s like a friend, it has speakers, no fussing to hook it up, I can hear myself well and it’s light and it is small. Amen!

John C.