Hi Ed,

I agree with Korgasm for the most part. I own a Trinity myself and have not bothered with the upgrade to the Triton because of that. If I were buying a new board today and didn't own either, I would probably select the Triton. They are very similar with the Triton having a few more desirable features like the polyphony (especially) and the sampler.

Anyway, I'll answer your query about the pianos and such. The Korg pianos suck IMHO. I really can't stand them. The Roland pianos are okay and usable. In regards to the Orch. sounds on the Roland, I'm assuming that you listened to the JV-1080/2080 modules. Did you listen to the Orch expansion boards? There are 2 and they sound quite good. The Trinity orch. sounds are okay but don't give you a lot of variation IMHO and the solo sounds are not very good. The solo violin for example is brutal as you can easily hear the loop points (it sounds like a bad vibrato). If you decide to get a Roland module for just the piano and orch. stuff, it may be a good idea to get something like the JV1010 which is quite cheap and allows you to add one expansion card.

The Trinity/Triton eat up the Rolands for synth sounds, I agree. They are tight and punchy where they need to be and the ability to add a Z1 board is great.

I'll finish saying that no one keyboard or module will give you the best of everything IMHO. I've tried and, while one gives you great synth sounds, it lacks on some bread and butter sounds and vice versa. Getting a couple of pieces helps you round out your sound palette.

HTH
Fernando