So anyway... as I was saying...I really like the concept that Korg came up with...an arranger piano that doesn't cost $5,000 as does the typical arranger/piano like Clavinova or Roland's KR line - way too much for an instrument which becomes hopelessly outdated without any chance of a software upgrade.

If Korg had outfitted the Pa588 with their advanced voices, it would be irrersistable. I imagine the next model will have them. Could it be that they want to clear out the 500 and 588 with such deep rebates?

I'm tempted to wait and see. But I also wonder if the 500 and 588 could be given a software update like the 800 was given. Owners were claiming the update made their 800 sound like a new board...and doesn't the 500/588 share the same engine with the 800?