Jim,

All of this, of course, is very subjective. It solely depends on what you want to accomplish with the board. The Tyros is an incredible machine that will do just about anything anyone with a creative mind could every wish for. The next step down would be the PSR-3000, which in reality, no one other than a few folks at the NAMM show can really provide much insight as to it's capabilities. If you do not wish to wait that long, and don't want to spend the sum required for the Tyros, the PSR-2100, and the PSR-2000 are both incredible machines. Note, all of the machines I've mentioned have been Yamaha's, and for very good reasons. I've tried others, Rolands, General Music, etc, and though all had some great attributes, none had the versitility, support, style selection and availability, and voices that I've personally enjoyed with the Yamaha boards.

The best advice any of us can give you is to go to as many stores as possible, sit down with the boards and actually play them--don't have the sales person demon them for you. Go through the navigational pitfalls, listen carefully to the styles and voices, check out all the options, then make up your mind.

Good luck on whatever you decide upon,

Gary