I'm still happy with the 2000 and am keeping mine. A lot of bang for the buck and a very useful board for doing small gigs. Along side of the PA80, many of the sounds aren't as good in my ears, but they will do fine for a gig. For more professional composing, the PA80 is my baby. The PA80 will have it's OS updated shortly, and the styles will change because they will have 4 fills per style. In addition korg mentions easier shortcuts to functions, so I am eagerly anticipating how the board will function after the OS is installed.

As far as ths differences between the 9000 and the 2000, there are a few features the 9k has of course that the 2k doesn't. ( sampling, harddrive options etc..) As for the sounds / styles between the two, I suppose there are differences, but for me it isn't easy to tell from a distance ( not being played side by side ). I could never see spending the kind of money on the 9000 or 9k pro when I had my PSR740 ( and now my 2000 ) because for my own uses I just wasn't getting that much more to justify spending triple what the 740 cost. I have spend a good deal of time with the 9000 so at least from a distance the styles and sounds were rather similar to the 740. So for the price of one PSR 9k pro, this year I bought a PA80 and a 2000. I think ( again for my uses ) I did very well. I guess I could say that the jury is still out a bit though 'til OS3 arrives on the PA80. John, you are quite right though.. A very nice board for the buck and a great add on for me, but the 2000 could never replace my PA80. Nothing that I have ever played from Yamaha ( "pro" synth/ workstations included ) can replace it for my ears.

AJ