You forgot to mention USB 2.0 jedi. It is a "must" have for the T2 replacement. Considering that the new USB '3'.0 specification will be out in the second half of 2008 I would hate to see Yamaha make the 'fatal' mistake of giving the T2 successor the antiquated USB 1.1 again.

FWIW, I recently purchased a Roland Sonic Cell PRO that has the ability to load .wav, .aiff, .mp3 and SMF's. It uses USB 2.0 and the data loads very quickly. I can load 200 megabytes in just a few seconds, versus the Tyros2 with USB 1.1 which takes an excruciatingly long time to accomplish the same task.

All the other suggestions on your wish list are things that I hope Yamaha implements also. Just the idea of Yamaha boasting of a 256 note polyphony Arranger would ignite extreme curiosity in the music world since it would be an industry first. That feature alone would go a long way in making the T2 successor a hot item and needless to say a huge hit for Yamaha in my opinion. And in my opinion they couldn't go wrong if they offered both a 76 key version and a 61 key version. Yamaha might even be surprised that a 76 key version out-sells the 61 key version. One thing for sure, you would make both camps i.e. (those who want 61 keys and those who would rather have 76 keys) happy. >> Happy Campers. The way Yamaha could make it feasible from a financial standpoint would be to initially produce more of the 61 key version and hold back on the production of the 76 key version until the market indicates a ramp up of either one or the other.

It's been said that you can make some of the people happy all of the time and all of the people happy some of the time but wouldn't it be a novel approach if Yamaha strived to make ALL of the people happy ALL of the time? They could actually accomplish this feat in my opinion if they made both a 61 key and a 76 key version of the T2 successor.

That.. and give it USB 2.0.
Mike




[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 10-07-2007).]