The Wersi sounds much better than you think and certainly its not some thrown together system of generic parts and shareware. I've owned many a Casio keyboard and never once have I heard a Casio come remotely close to the sound of my Abacus Duo Pro.

The audio card used to produce the Wersi sounds is the Scope Card by Sonic Core, 24 BIT audio with 32 Bit internal processing. The software used is also the Scope software that has been modified and tailored to the Wersi control surface. Additional sounds are via Native Instruments and other VST's can also be installed should you require a larger sound palette. Listen to the Sonic Core sound demos and that will give you an idea of what the Wersi truly sounds like.

I'll admit, most of the Wersi demos I've seen and heard are atrocious but they certainly aren't representative of the actual instrument. I wonder how many of these people have recorded their demo files since the audio is sub par.

Wersi is expensive but much of what you are paying for are all the real time controls, intelligent GUI, high resolution TFT touch screen, and the overall build quality (its a tank). Should Wersi lower their prices? Absolutely! Given that much of the hardware itself is quite expensive even if Wersi did lower their retail price it would still be much more than other TOTL arrangers. If you want build quality, a great keybed, expandability, and ease of use, you're going to have to pay for it.