Well, I have now played in a live situation with both the PA 80 and the PSR 1000 ( it's a loaner from Alto Music in Middletown while my 2000 is out for repair..thanks and Kudos to them for the help ). I have to agree with most of the assessments I have seen on the two boards. When I look at the two boards from my usual perch ( a composing musician ), then the PA80 is heads and shoulders a better board for me in almost every area, but for live play I can use either. No doubt the Korg has a steeper learning curve. Each board has it's advantages over the other in a live setting, but the one thing that makes the PSR line a whole lot better at least for me is doing anything from disc. Floppy operations from the 2000 / 1000 are almost instantaneous and very smoothe. Not so with the PA80.

Korg AJ