I don't have a Tyros but I do have the Motif and PSR2000 to compare against. I find that a lot of the sounds are close between the Tyros and 2k, with the Tyros having more and in some cases some improvement vs the 2k. Sounds are so subjective.. but here goes...

I like the ones on my Motif a lot. I've added the plug in AN150 analog modeling board and VL150 acoustic modeling board. There aren't really any comparable sounds on the 2k to match those. As far as stock sounds, I like the Pianos and drums better on the Motif. The Motif does a very nice Rhodes emulation. I like electric and acoustic guitar sounds a lot better on the Motif, along with the bass sounds. After that the gap is narrower. The preset organs.. Don't care a lot for either but an edge to the 2k. 2k maybe had an edge on the sax sounds and trumpets, until I added the VL150 to the Motif.. Of course even before I added the AN150 plugin, for synth pads and leads I was able to do a lot more with the detailed editing of the Motif vs the limited editing available on the 2k. Again all this is subjective to my tastes and really means little in the real world I guess. The thing that really set the Motif apart from the average arranger are the assignable knobs and the sliders, plus the voice editing capabilites and plug in options ( although the 9k series has the last one )I love the key feel too. Of course the big thing missing from the Motif is the arranger function. If ya gotta have it, then all the other bells and whistles don't matter much.

I demoed the Motif vs the Triton and the Fantom. These were not easy or obvious choices by any means, but I made the Motif my choice with the thought that for me, the Triton was a bit weaker in the overall acoustic instrument sounds, and the Fantom lacked a few capabilties ( programmable user arps and sampling ), and was maybe overall sounds in general were not quite as well represented for my tastes and uses. I guess the first two reasons have been addressed is the new Fantom S, and perhaps the choice would have been more difficult had I compared the Motif against it.

For what it's worth, my dealer seems to think that the Triton series and Motif are both good sellers, while the Fantom series were lagging behind. How the dealer / salesmen feel about the boards themselves probably contributes to that a lot and may not be truly indicative of what another dealer / store sells.

To put it another way, excluding my need for an arranger for live play, of the three boards I have ( Motif, PA80 and PSR2000 ), if I could only keep one, I would not think twice about it. The Motif would stay, though I really like my PA80 and PSR2k.

AJ