It's called 'reading' 'listening' and 'thinking', Tom. I do a lot of it

I've read the manual, I've read everything at the website, I've read every post here at SZ since I joined, I've read every post for AND against the Audya (and written from BOTH sides of that fence!). I've also listened to every demo I could find, for Audya and SD-1 (like I do for everything else) I listen to what people say, and listen especially to what they say once the hype and newness wears off.

I don't know about you, but if the ONLY things we are supposed to talk about are things we have personally done, tried and experienced, what a waste of all this forum's time and effort that would be... What's the POINT of posting a review, or an impression, or an opinion..? Apparently, it should have NO bearing on what I think... In fact, I shouldn't think a damn thing until I've tried it, touched it, played it?

Take a look at that premise, and decide for yourself if you've ever gathered information from anything OTHER than 'monkey see, monkey do'. Kind of makes even BEING here kind of pointless, doesn't it?

Ketron's lack of ease for creating new styles or editing existing ones (I'm not saying it cannot be done, just that it is from listening to those who have tried) is known. But hey, I shouldn't listen to THEM, should I? What do they know?!

BTW, when the PA2Xpro (even if you want to dismiss the five year old G70, as hard as you make us try to not discount the five year old SD-1) manages to provide a good 76 at a fraction of the price of the Audya (or the E60, at a fraction of THAT), looking to that as an excuse for the price is not exactly logical.

Oh, and Tom... should I list all the things the G70 has that the Audya has not? Let's just START with comprehensive, bonehead stupidly easy to use style editing, creating, assembling, morphing and tweaking. No external software needed, BTW. I can turn a ROM style into something unique and VERY different sounding in two minutes flat... Do THAT on an Audya!

Let us continue with the easiest to use, most comprehensive on board sequencer in an arranger. Once again, no outboard computer required. Everything from simple header and drumkit tweaking tools to out and out conditional event editing... And once again, IMO, the easiest to use. It's all well and good to say that, sooner or later, these things are going to get added. Unless Ketron have a RADICALLY different paradigm to before, there are PLENTY of user posts bemoaning the lack of easy editing (comparatively) on previous Ketron's. Do I REALLY have to try one to accept actual user's words?

Apparently, I do...

Look, I didn't need to touch one to realize from the very first post about the Audya that Ketron had bitten off more than anyone else in the computer industry had managed to chew. Time has proven my doubts about their claims unfortunately true. You know, come to think about it, waiting until you play something to have an opinion is VERY overrated!

Now, don't get me wrong... ignore them all you want, but you MIGHT acknowledge that I have been very impressed with Ketron's demos, posted about it (apparently, though, I should remain unimpressed until I play one, or does that only apply to 'negative' impressions? ) positively, and all that. But my reservations about the Audya are based on specific OS shortcomings, that I use regularly on my G70, like the aforementioned lack of easy editing, and I've never said a bad thing about the basic sound, other than my dismay at how poorly the guitar loop feature's demos turned out after all the hype and misinformation.

But what do I know...? I only read, listen, and think. Obviously, overrated skills for anyone, eh, Tom?