You know, I think Mike is probably a younger guy who shelled out some hard-earned cash and bought Tyros. He shows the unbridled enthusiasm that I did 15 years ago with my Ensoniq Mirage synthesizer. I think I sample myself coughing about 500 times and forced people to listen to my rendition of Jingle Bells played to coughing, ala Ferris Bueler.

I think Mike is just really proud of how his board sounds and is hearing new things from it every time he downloads another midifile and plays it for the first time.

Some of his "authentic sounds" arguments are a little naive in my opinion, but he makes me really wish I could be as excited about a product. I'm 35 years old and am unbelievably jaded for this relatively young age.

If I do buy a Tyros I'll probably post the ten things I don't like about it on this forum. I think Mike would post the 900 things he does like.

I'd cut him some slack. His energy is really welcome on this forum in my opinion.

Tommy