Hi again Scott,
I didn't realize the KN 7000 had such a limited Vocalizer and I agree the fill/variation is a no no for live situations (not being able to do it with a single button push). What was Technics thinking or should I say "not thinking" when they made the KN 7000?

As to my considering upgrading from my PSR 2000 to the Tyros or some other keyboard the main reason would be to eliminate the polyphony note drop off I get with the PSR 2000. Simon Williams from Tyrosworld just did a test for me giving the Tyros a real polyphony workout and according to him the Tyros passed with flying colors, ie., no polyphony cutout, note dropoff. "Yes, I am the Mike 'seekfinder' from the Yahoo PSR and Tyrosworld forums. Now where was I?, Oh yes; if the Tyros only had internal speakers. And because of that "no internal speakers" and a few other things, eg., Chord recognition problem, no digital out, (I owned the Motif 7 briefly which has a digital out and it makes a 'world' of difference in sound output quality when you run it through a 5.1 sound system and good quality speakers and I would assume running it through a Digital Mixer would produce the same results, ie., "stunning sound reproduction". Hopefully Yamaha will give their high end arrangers this same feature too in the near future. Are you listening Steve Deming? The internal speakers make gigging soooo much easier. No extra baggage to carry around (internal speakers make good monitoring devices) plus they are really convenient for small performing situations "less hassle setting up". And if they can make the KN 7000 that has outstanding internal speakers as you pointed out at under 40 lbs. I am sure Yamaha could do the same with the Tyros II.

I will have to sit down with the Tyros and give it a good going over weighing the positive against the negative then decide if it's worth the upgrade. Something tells me it won't be though.

Best regards,
Mike