Starkeeper,
I did have a brief chance to play a PA-80 when I was in Erie PA.. I was so ticked off too.. The line for this thing was soooo long, and people were getting really impatient... Everyone only got a few minutes to try it out.. They only had one and after I finished playing it the guy behind me played it for 60 seconds and bought the thing (there were quite a few people upset after that...) The piano on the PA series isn't bad at all.. Don't get me wrong, it sounds like a piano.. It's all a matter of taste I guess... I thought it sounded pretty good, but wasn't as crisp as the Yamaha's, again that doesn't mean it's bad.. The piano sounds like a Korg... However I do think more attention was paid to the synth sounds on the Korg rather than acoustic sounds as they've done with their other synths like the Triton Classic, Studio, Karma, ect... The PA series are great keybaords.. From the limited time I had to play it I did enjoy the synth sounds..

Squeak