The presets sounds of the MZ2000 are not up to the Yamaha's .... Casio programmers only did half a job. If they had spent the time on the presets that Yamaha had, the MZ2000 would have gained much more of a following than it has. Editing is not too bad ..... once you get the gist of it. Once edited you do get a tremendous difference to the sounds.

The question is ....do you like tweaking,or would you prefer sounds that are already great?

The PSR-3000 sounds great "out of the box" .....and with a little judicious EQ'ing it sounds fantastic.

Drawbar organs are pretty good for both....but no where near a dedicated organ keyboard like a Roland VK-7/8.They are serviceable enough and sound pretty good when mixed in with the accompaniment.

Yamaha definitely has the edge in the chord fingering and chord recognition area,allowing for slash chords( i.e. Dm/G) which does not happen on the Casio; a bit of a disappointment, considering the rest of the instrument is very well done.

As been mentioned by Gary, the 3k has a wealth of user support,and lots of excellent styles are available.

The MZ2000 was dusty and damaged....I'd be very careful even with a warranty...if it needs fixing,and that takes time,you'll be without your keyboard.

The !Live Grand and other pianos in the 3k are far superior to the untweaked Casio which fairs a little better when touched up.

My opinion? I'd go with the PSR-3000.

Ian



[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 01-09-2006).]