The same people buying arrangers were buying home organs twenty, thirty years ago. They seemed to have little problem raising the cash. And just because few people buy Lamborghini's doesn't stop the market from being vibrant and lucrative...

And, no offense, but I think VERY few people looking at a mid or low priced Yamaha arranger are even aware of the T3, let alone research it carefully and use its' capabilities as a guide for the BOTL!

Bottom line STILL remains, while many TALK glowingly about the 'future', and all its' 'potential', precious few ever achieve this potential. If I had a dollar for every 'but I'm not that good a player' excuse, while players of MUCH lesser caliber are making very nice sounding music on their poor, pathetic, out of date 'closed' arrangers...

It's all about the music you make, NOT the tool you make it with. The only thing these 'open' arrangers manage is to completely stifle their users, if the dearth of example is anything to go by...