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NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! sk880user. They are asking $2,799 at Guitar Center and it is just a bare bones offering. Music123.com was asking $2,495 when it first came out. They might be charging more now due to the fact the Tyros was awarded "Arranger Keyboard of the Year" for 2003. Again, that was just the Keyboard and NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, ZIPPO, GOOSE EGG, THE BIG ZERO, 0, THE BIG VACUUM OF THE GREAT "OUT THERE SOMEWHERE" but not in my lifetime, ELSE!!!

I agree; I think it is way over priced for what you get. But if people continue to buy it for whatever reason, Yamaha will continue to charge you handsomely for it. If the sales were not near as good as expected, I could almost guarantee you the price would have dropped drastically; and the funny thing is, Yamaha would still have turned a big profit on each and every one sold even with a drastic drop in price.

PS: I am not trying to trash Yammie. On the contrary, more power to them for marketing the Tyros in such a way that scores of Musicians lined up on the waiting list even before it was released, plunking their money down sight unseen to get the Tyros. And although the Tyros has some great sounds and many wonderful Styles, IMO the Tyros has some serious drawbacks and limitations that are not found on some of their other Arranger Keyboards. And yes, one of the big drawbacks is the price. So as the story goes not all of us were fooled.

Best regards,
Mike

Another PS: If you love your Tyros and couldn't be happier with the purchase of it, then I am happy for you too. Please don't get upset and defensive at me for just sharing my opinion with you about how "I" feel about the Tyros.