I think Christian has a very good point here. The real question is "are the additional features worth the difference in cost".

Although these seem abundant, if you take these one by one then a little doubt may creep in. Look at the following examples:

There are 100 more styles but I am led to believe that many of these are ones contained in the T1 premium pack or are already available on the latest Clavinova. I accept that some of them are re-worked to take advantage of the new megavoices though. I have edited many of the factory styles to "lift" the drums using EQ, overall volume and alternative kits. This is personal to me for the type of music that I play (and my never ending quest to make it sound more like a Ketron - lol)

Hard Disk Recording - Well it's not as convenient but my laptop gives me many more than two tracks even with a budget software product. Plus I get editing of WAV files that isn't on the T2.

Text display - Thanks to the fidgity workaround that Scott Yee and I eventually got to grips with this is just simpler to achieve on the T2 - I presume that text lyric files will load automatically for a registration song file like on the T1 workaround otherwise it's not nearly as useful for me.

Voices - Well the demos sound great but will they benefit you as much as the top players who recorded them. I use aftertouch and the wheels to add istrumental realism - I don't think I want to cope with another pedal as well. Also, I think that the SA voices sound better in isolation. In the mix I don't notice fret or valve noise much.

The improvements to the Music Finder will please Scott I'm sure but they are not enough to persuade me to use it over registrations - I think that a music finder that indexes your registration files by name, tempo, style etc would be much more useful.

I would still like a T2, The organ voices seem much improved as do the drums and now they have a trumpet with shake (as has Ketron, Technics and others for quite a while)the big band stuff sounds great.

But - How much will it cost me. You probably recognise me as the meanest, tightest guy here and my initial research shows that I can get a T2 for £2050 cheapest (From Europe not from the UK though)- I am likely to get £1000 most on Ebay which then leaves £1100 to pay. If I p/x it is considerablly more. For our chums across the pond this equates to $1952 at today's exchange rate - Are these extras worth it? Only you can answer that for yourself.

I will look at the T2 and if it means I can get rid of my XD3 as well as the T1 then I will probably do the deal but I will first look at the G70 again when I can find an upgraded one along with another look at the PA1X

Anyone know if Ketron is bringing out a repolacement for the SD-1 - we're never satisfied are we?

Regards to all - KFingers