I'm with you Pro. I don't know for sure without trying it, but I'm guessing that I'm not going to find that the PA1x speaker ( without some of the options of it's "big brother ), is so much better than the PA80 that I'm going to feel compelled to spend what they will charge for it ( well over 3 grand ) .

I like the Tyros a lot, but not enough that I want to replace my PA80 with it, or keep the PA80 and spend that kind of money for what would essentially become a backup / secondary rig .

The PSR3000.. not if they can't put better feeling keys on it. That just isn't for me. It's disappointing too, because I probably would like most of everything else about it ( as I did with my 2000 when I had it ), and the price seems reasonable to me for a second / backup rig.


Maybe the SD1 or Genesys COULD replace the PA80 for me, but how will I ever know this if I can't find one of either within a reasonable distance to try out ?

I'll allow up to about 3 hours or so of driving each way so I can have a few hours in between to demo a board as "reasonable". I can get to Philly or NYC in that amount of time... but.. I don't think I can find either, and these are the largest cities on the entire East coast.

DanO's place is probably as close as I can find an SD1, but that looks like close to a ten hour round trip from here.

Looks like soft stuff is a good way for me to go in the future, even if I have to wait a bit until someone really gets it right ( for live arranger play that is ).

It looks like a safe bet that the Motif ES and PA80 are going to remain "the" hardware boards around here for quite a while...


AJ