John,
Your post must've come in while I was writing mine. I didn't see it when I replied. I haven't seen an SD1 in my neighborhood yet, but I doubt that I'll even look for one. Solton left out a few very important items for me ( and others ):
Namely:
1) a way to back up the hard drive data on a pc. WHERE is this mystery software????
2) a way to change drums ONLY during style playback ( no arranger ) and have ONLY the drums change.
3) an easier way to make fast changes to each of the right hand sounds "on the fly"
This was always something that bugged me.
I am becomming less curious to try each new thing, but if anything else is on the horizen, I'll be open for a suggestion. I will definatly look at the PA80 if it ever comes out - I still like to have a little, lightweight "nursing home" piece.
As I stated in my post above - the SD1 is really gonna have to be something special to get my attention. I'm very high on the Yamaha right now, and i heven't even played with the organs yet! And THAT'S a biggie for me !