The only reason I can think of why AJ is very "picky" in what he chooses to answer and what he chooses NOT to answer is because these things we're asking him and he's not answering are certain limitations on the Audya and AJ doesn't want to "expose" these limitations to the public because it brings a "negative" connotation to the Audya's marketing scheme. So he doesn't answer anything about the Audya that might put it in a bad light, etc. Such things as does it have USB 2.0 or 1.1? Apparently it has USB 1.1 because he has not cleared this issue up, even though it's been asked to him many times over the last two years.

Although, it is NOT uncommon for other manufacturers like the Big Three to withhold certain information about their keyboards too, when that information might cause a conflict of interest for the company(s) involved. Usually the omissions from the Big Three are few and far between (unlike Ketron ) and they may relent and answer them later on when pressed by the public to do so (unlike Ketron ). Remember the WAV ROM fiasco regarding the Tyros2? At first Yamaha didn't reveal the .wav rom amount, either on their website, or through their employees. Hi Steve! Later Yamaha did reveal the .wav rom amount although sidestepping the true reasoning for withholding the information in the first place.

I do have to say though, that if a company is not willing to be completely transparent in their interaction and dealings with the public regarding the products they try to sell to the public (especially when pressed to reveal that information), shows to me that that Company has a disregard and a lack of trust for the very people they are trying to ply their trade to i.e. you and me. Why should we trust them if they are not willing to trust us and oblige us by answering our questions? So yes, there is an amount of "dis" trust with Ketron on my part because they are NOT being totally open and/or completely transparent with me. Or for that matter, neither with consumers world over either. By their continual denial to answer pertinent and well intentioned questions about one of their products gives me much consternation and also much hesitation about a possible purchase of that particular product. Go figure...

All the best, Mike