I'd get away 124, but I'm frozen stuck to the ground...colder than a mother-in-law's kiss here last night.

Actually, I love anything that sounds good. I used Roland arrangers for many years, and I have a Roland synth (Jupiter 8) that I love...I also played a few Technics arrangers, back in the day, and they were very impressive...definitely ahead of Yamaha (and Roland) at the time.

I may be doing some extensive traveling in December, so I might be lucky enough to find a dealer with Korg arrangers.

The local dealer sells Korg digital pianos, and I believe they had a few workstations....but, no arrangers. Not sure why.

I did try out a Roland GW-8, but only briefly, but I still liked it a lot...I'll be keeping an eye on it's OS progress.

I'm very interested in the allegedly super duper Casio that is supposed to make an appearance next year...I used their pro synths CZ-1, and VZ-1, and their sampler, the FZ-1, so I know they are quite capable of making a high quality "pro" instrument.

I hope you realize how difficult it is to play with mittens on...of course, I come up with some pretty wild chords.

Ian