To answer questions in order,

Yes, I am just north of Boston, MA. I was figuring on selling the Tyros with (with the Tyros) speakers for about $2400. I did put a listing on Ebay, have had good luck before with them, but also one really bad experience. With the advent of Paypal things seem to be a lot more stable on the security front.

I am going to give OMB a try with the p-250, as it is GM. Although I realize the 250 is no Tyros, I primarly play the piano and the graded hammer action just ROCKS. I stil want the arranger functions though.

Re: the MotifES rack, that's great news. I was leaning toward the Motif rack anyway (Yamaha owner for about 20 years now) I'll certainly hold off to see what NAMM holds.

Now I have to learn more about the whole SoftSynth thing.