I think the prejudice is very real and strong in the U.S. All the pro shops in Silicon Valley have a lot of arrangers on display, but no salesman knows how to use them. It is strange to see a PSR-9000 languishing in the corner.

What is funny is the hyprocrisy of those who reject arranger keyboards, but desire drum machines, groove machines, arpeggiators, pattern sequencers, rhythm loop samples, beat munging, chord-recognizing Vocalists, etc. There are those that use mini-disc backing for live performances, but would not use an arranger.

We even see some of the same prejudice in this group, but it is reserved for Casios. Somehow low-end Yamahas and Rolands are "morally" superior to comparably priced Casios. I think Casio's MZ-2000 is a serious mid-range contender. Maybe Casio needs to introduce high-end synths with a new nameplate, like "Lexus" for Toyota, and "Infinity" for Nissan. I think that Scott is showing that musicians that let their prejudices blind them from new equipment are going to lose in the marketplace.