What! Come on fellas.., I can understand comparing the GW's sound to some of the upper end, but saying the GW's not in the same league as the S series is a stretch. I've played the S700 by the way. The GW-8 uses the Fantom/SonicCell sound engine. The S-700 may have a few features on the GW-8, but in terms of sound quality..., the GW's got it. GW's pianos are much better.., GW has better drums, and is better in several other sound areas. I wouldn't even begin to compare it to the S550. The GW's also built much better than the S series.

Now comparing it to the S900's a bit different. The S900's got the SA voices.... However.., it has also been said that some of the GW's voices were trickled down from the SRX boards (as they did with the new Fantom G line)



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 01-25-2009).]