Chas, here is one...I got rid of my Triton studio 76, and Fantom X6......and kept my G1000...Give me the flexibility of an arranger anyday...An arranger[top models] can replace any workstation synth, but a workststion synth can't replace a top of the line arranger keyboard..

If "PROS" can't accept the arranger as a professional instrument, it is their loss..

In the early days we used a board for left hand bass, another for synth sounds, and yet another for piano...then we used a drum machine...This was all good, but now we can do the same with our arranger...even without the back up loops....as you say...Now what "Pro" can't relate to that...
It is just a case of closed minded...nothing to do with professionalism...

I'm done venting!!!