Originally posted by Diki:
How many of us consider that we have done more than scratched the surface of such a complex keyboard in just two years? How many of us have exhausted the possibilities of patch, style and registration creation in just two years? How many of us have even read the manual from cover to cover in two years?
Here's the REAL question, IMO...
How many of us are so bored with our own playing, we are looking to buy a new arranger as fast as they can bring them out, to alleviate that boredom? How many of us want a new arranger for no other reason than we can't be bothered to dig deeper into the (very complex) one we already have, and discover these new abilities for ourselves?
Try to answer this with honesty...
Would you play better on a new arranger, or would you play better if you practiced a lot more? Take $1000, probably what you might need to come up with for trading out the old arranger, and buying the new TOTL, and spend it on lessons with a GOOD teacher. I guarantee, you will sound better than plonking down the same old stuff on a new arranger. And it would be YOU that got better 
Far better to play well on an obsolete arranger, than to play the same obsolete stuff on a brand new one, IMO... 
As usual, Diki speaks the truth........with this caveat (IMO). For the most part, I think this applies only/mainly to 'PRO'S'. I believe that a (well-heeled) 'home player' doesn't have to justify anything in terms of wanting new keyboards, new styles, new features, great styles and sounds right out of the box, never having to crack the manual, etc., etc.
In fact, the Pro's who make their primary income from the music business, DON'T turn over their keyboards every five seconds. They are usually also the best players. Ex. - Capt. Russ has been playing his old 'B' since the late 1800's
and only bought a C1 and XK3c for the convenience (not for the newer technology). Diki's G70 was probably the prototype and his G1000 before that dates back to ancient Egypt; same with Fran (who had brief flirtations with a E60?). Gary shows little inclination to update and seems quite content with the performance of his ancient (by technology standards) PSR3000. Donny seems to be the exception but that could be because (as far as I can tell) he is a 'top 10 chaser' which would require a constant supply of new sounds and new styles.
Another thing that's interesting is how we admire a certain new keyboard because it can 'almost' reproduce that DX7 rhodes, or that clavinet, or that MiniMoog, or that B3, or that (fill in the 'classic keyboard of the past').
In the final end, my advice; do what you want, it's your money.
chas
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