I honestly feel that Yamaha will make; in fact, (they are already busy making) a replacement for the Tyros and its not going to be the PSR 3000 IMO. Just as Yamaha did with the PSR 9000 series I think Yamaha WILL make a Tyros PRO Keyboard with 76 Keys. And don't look for it to have just '100 Megs' of WAV ROM like the PSR 3000 will have but more like '200 or more Megs' of WAV ROM. The Polyphony will be the same as the existing Tyros, ie., "128 note Polyphony" but the Tyros PRO will have "Expansion" capability to add Expansion Boards which will increase the Polyphony using certain add-on Boards. Also the Tyros PRO will have an on board Sampler like the 9000 PRO has BUT instead of up to 65 Megs of Sampling RAM look for the Tyros PRO to have at least 128 Megs and possibly (and more likely) up to 512 Megs of Sampling RAM capability. Although you will most likely have to buy the RAM separate and install it yourself or through a Dealer much like you do with other Yamaha Keyboards with Samplers, eg., Motif/ES/9000 PRO, etc. The Tyros PRO will have more Professional options and features (more inputs/outputs, etc.) and a more full featured on board Sequencer. And look for it to have all the new nice features that the PSR 3000 will have too, eg., (Broadband connectivity, and a TO DEVICE connection). Of course it will be OS updateable which I'm guessing the PSR 3000 WON'T be. Look for it to appear around Summer NAMM 2005 posssibly Winter NAMM 2005. And get this: the price point will be around $3,000 dollars. That will be roughly about $200-$500 more than the cost of the current Tyros.

NOTE: These are my speculations and NOT of course fact. My prediction of the PSR 3000's name came true. Will my prediction of the Tyros PRO come true also? Only time will tell. But regardless; there WILL eventually be a replacement for the current Tyros. That is a no brainer. The questions that linger are: will it be a PRO version like the 9000 PRO was to the 9000, ie., a 76 Key version with more professional features and options? Or will it simply be a rehashed version of the current Tyros, ie., 61 Keys, etc. And maybe the new one will be called something else entirely - like the Yamaha "X-Treme" or maybe the Yamaha "T-REX"?

Best regards,
Mike