Herbi, I totally concur with you. It really is amazing that an 'entertainment' city the size of Las Vegas (and where I live as well ...San Francisco Bay area) , has no music store willing to stock 'even one' 9000pro or even less, the Ketron SD1. I realize that these arrangers are fairly high ticket items, but how in the hell can they expect to sell them unless the customer has a chance to audition it. I don't know about Mars music, but Guitar Center offered (when Synthzone member Dan O-Neil worked there) a 30 day satisfaction guaranteed refund/return policy on both the 9000pro & SD1, as well as everything else sold by them. I wonder if they still offer this. Though there are many reputable music stores other than the Guitar Center in my area, no other (as far as I know) offers the 30 day exchange/refund policy

Herbi, Here's another idea. Perhaps you could checkout all the lounge acts along the Vegas Strip and find someone using one of these boards in their act and ask to try theirs. Well, at least it would be interesting to find out 'how many' Vegas Acts are utilizing arrangers these days. - Scott

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