Alex, I am afraid you are right. I want to believe that there is a good reason for the size, but if the Tyros were in a tight package (like the Alesis 6.1), people would probably feel they were not getting enough for their money. Speaking of Alesis, the sales of one of their early drum machines took off once they added some weight to it (with no change in functionality). I guess we have not reached a willingness to pay more for smaller--as is done in the laptop market.