i drove to Leicester to hear the Genesys. The shop had a a korg PA1X and the genesyss and the tyros. I was disappointed with the Genesys. It has great functionality but the sounds in comparrison to the yamaha and the korg were simply poor. I have played jkeyboards on a shop floor before and the sounds can be deceptive because of the general noise and lack of resonance etc. But i heard the Korg and Yamaha in the same environment. The Genesys is not selling for the simple reason that with all its functions ,the sound quality for that price is a very bad exchange.

My PSR8000 had better sounds in terms of piano's and electric pianos. The strings were good ,acoustic guitars were ok but the general sound underwhelmed me. The korg by far through its own speakers rocked!! the sound quality was awesome and the preprogrammed arrangements got me righting new stuff actually in the shop! It is an outstanding instrument but so is the price tag !! I am kind of stuck now. I can only hope that there is some sort of sale in the new year and i will simply stretch to the Korg and buy some of the accessories like the CDR later when i can afford it.

Thanks everyone for your kind advice and contributions.