That's not quite a half price drop Nedim. Originally the Oasys 76 went for 8 Grand even. Half price would be 4 Grand even. It might be worth snatching one up though, at that price. But you have to consider there will be NO more support for the Oasys since it has been discontinued for almost a year now.

Here is the reason the Oasys went the way of the Dinosaurs. It was TOO EXPENSIVE, AND the open architecture aspect of it was incomplete and/or archaic in my opinion. Plus the HUGE consideration, that the Oasys didn't sell near well enough for Korg to continue to put R&D into it and thus they discontinued the Oasys line altogether. Believe me, if Korg would have sold "enough" of the Oasys's, even at that ridiculously high price tag of $8,500/88/$8,000/76, Korg would STILL be making the Oasys as we speak. In fact, an Oasys "II" would most likely have already been released by now. But people have MANY, MANY, MANY, "OTHER" keyboard options available to them, without necessarily having to empty their bank accounts or max their credit cards for the privilege of owning one. And the *bang for buck* for the Audya is a similar scenario in my opinion.

Why pay $5,000 *plus* for a 'crippled' Audya when you can turn around and buy a fully functional Korg Pa2XPRO and have an extra (plus or minus) $2,000 left over, to stick back in your pocket for a rainy day??

PLEASE!!, no flames guys and gals. These are only 'my' observations and opinion. I realize Ketron is busy with OS 2.0 which "should" shore up the Audya with much needed enhancements and other improvements as well too hopefully. If OS 2.0 turns out to be the bees knees of Audya Operating System updates, then it very well could definitely, and significantly, increase the WOW factor of the Audya - to where it might actually then be worth the "arm and leg" Ketron is charging for it.

Needless to say, we will have to wait a while for OS 2.0 to roll out the door (hopefully not 3 more years though right? ) - and see if that will indeed be the case or not. In other words, will the Audya actually (and finally) be worth its salt or not?

Again, my opinion(s).. so please bear with me and try to respect my own personal observations and/or opinion(s) about the sky high priced Audya, okay? >> Even though I realize some of you may be chomping at the bit to unleash your flaming arrows full of fire and brimstone and directed directly at you know who.

All the best,
Mike