From this old guy's perspective, the best thing you can do is sit down with the PA and PSR side by side, play them both, look at the bottom line, then decide which will best suit your needs. Personally, I own two PSR-2000s and two PSR-740s. I traveled down to Washington Music in Rockville, MD where they have a huge selection of keyboards, lots of brands and models, spent the better part of two hours there and ended up leaving with a 2000. If you're playing live, the sounds are excellent, especially the sax, grand piano, trumpet, flute and several guitar sounds. As for styles, there are hundreds of additional styles available at dozens of websites, many of which have been tuned to perfection. They can be quickly accessed from the floppy drive and virtually eliminate dead time between songs. If you the time, patience, skill and ability to tune the PA-80, it's a great sounding machine, but for the amount of money you'll spend, you can buy a pair of 2000s and have a few bucks left over. As for durability, I have just over 200 jobs on the 2000 and five times that many on the 740s, and knock on wood, never had a problem. Consequently, I don't know much about Yamaha's support, however, you can learn a lot from the individuals that frequent this forum. Guess the ball's in your court now!

Cheers,

Gary