Hi - I see a lot in your posting - about the fact that in one place the Yamaha saound better - in another place the X1 sounds better - you know the whole idea is take a keyboard - and play music that people like

An audience does not dissect the qualitative and quantitative measurements of each nuance - down to the last micron - If it sounds good - it is good.

These keyboards are not bands inside a plastic case - they are musical instruments - having different virtues - perhaps you expect too much.

I hev two different keyboards - which I use interchangable for different purposes - One a Technics - the other an X1 - Last time I used the X1 - I had several hundred cheering people asking for more - and I only used a limited number of styles.

By the way have you tried picking up the PSR 9000?

Jerry