I like a fair amount of the PA800 voices against the T2. Particularly the synths ( huge edge to Korg there ) and to a lesser extent the organs and strings. That said, I think the reason I preferred the T2 against the main competition is that I make sparse use of the style parts, and I tend to place a lot of emphasis on the panel voices, especially the guitar sounds. I also often prefer to flavor the styles with the multipad pieces and turn most everything else off except the bass and drums..

For whatever reason for me, when I play it, I can get the T2 to sound more like the real thing I guess.... articulations vs Roland's guitar modes and whatever tricks Korg uses .. etc. Since I got my T2 a little over a year ago, even though I still bring the laptop to the occasional job I do, I no longer feel the need to plug in the VST instruments and sample sets I have in it.

If I was looking toward the styles themselves for more substance, then I suspect that for me the T2 would come in dead last.

I'm in what appears to be a huge minority who likes the overall Korg OS better than Yamaha's, but I would very much miss the way Yamaha's multipads work. Along with the T2, I still have and use both my old but very customized PA80, and my MZ2000 for it's superb synth engine, and I think that's gonna do it for me for quite some time.

AJ