Scott,

One of the reasons I returned the 2000 and 9000 to Guitar Center was because the saxes, clarinets, and brass could not begin to compare to the similar sounds on my X1. I played them side by side. Our big band has 5 saxes in it so I know how a sax should sound. I felt that the Sweet? Live or Cool soparano sax (whatever they called it) sounded good in about a four note range. The sweet tenor and whatever they call the trumpet sounded thin and fake. It sounds like the Tyros might not be much better in that department. Where I felt the Yamaha excelled was at the guitars. They were much better than the Ketron guitars. I do love the Yamaha vocal processing and harmonizer. It beats the rest hands down. IMHO

Dirk could make a Bontempi sound good. He is AWESOME! I love his rendetion of Autumn Leaves. I'll have to wait till tomorrow to hear his Tyros demos.

Regards,

Tom

[This message has been edited by Tom Cavanaugh (edited 10-29-2002).]