Yes i certainly could not justify spending £2000 of my hard earned money on basically only 5-10% new features. I am disappointed that the loading times are not substantially quicker.There was talk on the forum that it would be much much quicker. Did you max out the Sample memory? what does it come supplied with ?

PS I believe that the PA1X elite is the best value pound for pound arranger workstation out there in the market right now. I have just bought the Xprodata XMS4 expansion board for my PA1X. The expansion board is the dedicated piano expansion module. I really recommend it. The pianos are outstanding. There are tonnes of them , all very expressive and hi fidelity. In My opinion even better than the PA2X pianos. I really am not tempted to change boards for some time to come. I am just in the stages of looking at what the next set of Korg arranger Secrets DVD's should cover. I am learning new applications for the features of this tremendous instrument everyday.