Well... Interesting conversation..
I just ( 3 weeks now) bought a PA2XPRO.. WOW, I love it. 76 keys AND the great quality of the keybed itself is one reason I got it. It is a compromise to an 88... BUT it's geat weighting and feel is pretty darn good. Lots of others too. I have my Tyros 2 (basically new) now for sale. Don't get me wrong the T2 was super and had some super sounds...styles, and I enjoyed it very much. But for me the PA2 is a better PRO quality board. It also has several features I have asked Yamaha to provide in the area of controlling external sound modules, real sliders, touch screen, MIDI functions etc. that the T2 doesn't. Yamaha did not listen. They don't care about me. I'm nobody to them. True I may be looking for some more advanced things the way I use it. I have a full 76 note MIDI keyboard on the bottem (lower) that fits like a glove and I use a 13 note pedel board. Also I control my Kurzweil sound module INCLUDING bank/program change right from the PA2 performances ad song book entrys.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I own a small company, if I didn't listen to my customers, try to get them what they want/need and take great care of them, instead of giving them what I want them to have... I would be gone. But that's a disadvantage of a small CO. vs a super Corp....or is it?

Lee