I agree Casiobot. Others however have mentioned that maybe it's the numbers produced. Personally I think they jack the prices because they aim at the home player rather than the pro market.

A person shouldn't pay more for an arranger than one would pay for a pro synth. Arrangers are good at the acoustic voices, but cant' really compete with the synth sounds. Also arrangers don't have the sequencing power of a synth (although some here would disagree).

On top of that arrangers seem to have a cheaper build quaility, but they still sell for higher prices.

I don't know if they'll ever really put a reasonable price on them. I think it's time they did though. We talk about the negative sterotype on arrangers from other musicians, but the makers themselves are just as guilty. They obviously want to keep a FINE line between the two models.

Squeak