First and foremost, the 3000 is an incredible keyboard that will do more than anyone can imagine. The tyros has a few more features, but as stated does not come through with speakers. There are so many options with both boards that the best suggestion I have is to download the manuals on each from the Yamaha website, look over the specifications, then go to a dealer and base your decission on what you hear coming out of the keyboards while listening to each with quality headphones.

Good luck on your decission, and as many folks here will tell you, you cannot go wrong with either board.

Gary