I understand where your coming from Larry... From the standpoint of someone playing professionally for a paying crowd it makes perfect sense to me to have your backup be the same board. That to me is a very sound business decision. If just judging strictly from a performers point of view, I might even concede that the PSR2000 would appear to be in the same league for me if I were in your situation, but the reality is, as someone who owns and knows both boards very well and who uses the boards to play and create on, the PSR 2000 is in no way in the same league as the PA80 for me. There are reasons for the price gap between the two, but I can clearly see why many of those reasons might not be as important to some of the live performers. That certainly doesn't make the PSR2000 a bad board in my opinion. I think it's a great value at it's price. In fact I just recommended it over the PA80 to someone because of his particular needs.

I'm sorry Larry, please don't take this as me trying to be argumentive with you..it isn't meant to be that way at all. Rather it is a point of view from someone who owns and knows both well, and who mainly uses the boards in a different capacity than a dedicated performer would. In fact the only reason I even bought the 2000 was to replace my 740 for those occasional times that I play out live, but now that the OS on the PA80 is up to snuff, ( and I actually worked a little and learned the board ) I think that was money that could have been better spent. Still, I need a backup just in case and the PSR740 is long gone. I have set up and know both boards enough that I can go from one to the other in a live setting and probably not miss very much. I wouldn't wanna try that if I didn't know them well enough though. I agree with you on that one Larry.

Again though folks, I cannot stress it enough... even with sounds and so much else being subjective..these boards are NOT in the same league. Is there enough of a difference to justify the extra money ? For me, the answer is a resounding yes..for others it might be just the opposite.

Thomas,

I agree with you.. the PSR2000 is in so many ways a major improvement from the 740. Hard to believe even that they are so close in price for the differences in features.

AJ




[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-26-2002).]