I think you should trust your ears and decide for yourself because this is getting no where now I am shocked because some of us when they had the PA-80 it was so good and now when they have sold it to get another board PA-80 is all bad and it is not worth the money?? FYI PA-80 does have 4 OSC so its synth engine is more powerful than Triton and it does have the the Triton engine I have them both right now PA-80 have HI synthesis (Hyper integrated synthesis system) as stated by the Korg which is same as Triton now if you don't beleive a company's specification? what can I say then? total number of effects are same but insert effects routing is more powerfull in Triton and yes Triton sounds are way ahead clear and crisp than Yamaha AWM sounds.