Good points guys, and yes, sometimes Intro 2 makes for an excellent "break" fill in some of the styles. Works particularly well in some of the Blues and Jazz styles. I like the PA80 better for my style of play and I like that it does double duty as both a live play and a studio board. The 2000 was a very nice board for live play, but it did not meet my requirements as a studio board. You'll have to figure out which features / functions are better suited to your use(s) and make the decision from there, but for myself and what I want in a board, it was an easy choice to stick it out with the PA80 even for live play and trade in my 2000 for the Motif workstation. What also made my decision easier was that my 2k had a few "extra" bugs than other players have reported, and the lack of a fix in a reasonable time span from Yamaha for these problems. Otherwise, I'd still possibly have the 2k, weak key feel and all.

AJ