Thanks for responding

Jose, I've tried the Tyros 3 but not had a chance to try Audya as there is nobody local to me where I can find it to try it. I had this issue when I purchased the Solton X1, I was going to go for the PSR9000pro at the time (as I was a little dissapointed with my GEM WK8) but the PSR9000pro didn't sound amazingly different to the PSR8000 and the X1's demo's blew me away, especially the percussions and some of the acoustic sounds were authentic compared to anything at the time, I think many would agree here too, however, I had to go through many X1's before I finally found one that worked, I think I went through 4 of them, in the end I think the stockists had to "create" a fully working one by taking apart all the faulty ones which really put me off Ketron, I was hoping it was an isolated case but unfortunately I read most people had a bad experience with the X1, eg, failing HD, speaker only working on once side, dispay was flickering and so on.

When I first heard the Audya, I was very impressed but then I was instantly taken back to the memories of the X1, I know they are different keyboards but that's the resons why I don't own a GEM or Ketron because each time I've had one they've broken down, the WK8 just completed died on me and required the entire motherboard to be replaced which would cost a fortune, in the end I had to part exchange it towards a PA80.

Hearing the Tyros 3, I think it has the potential the sound as good as the Audya and hearing it live sounded incredible however I didn't make the choice then, I wanted to be absolutely sure. Also, I am a bit rusty since I've not played properly for a long time and I think the support Yammys have is amazing.

So yes, experience is a good thing to have and I've spent so much money on these beauties, each offering something lovely but also some annoyances but if I had to be fair, the best "fun" I've had with keyboards has been with the Yammys and my PSR8000 never broke down once, the same can be said for my PA1X, I bought that from the day of it's release and I still have it in perfect condition and it's never crashed on me so that's important too.

It would be great to hear a mini review by someone who's got both and have good experience of both. Either way I don't think you can go wrong.

Oh and I agree with you about Korg, the first Korg I owned was a PA60 (which I gave to my dad when upgrading to a PA80) and to be honest you can certainly tell that the PA60 and PA1x are related! Any of the PA's that are available now don't sound any different to my PA1x, not a bad thing, just I think they've kind of hit a brick wall, something Yamaha did with the PSR series. No doubt Korg will throw something incredible soon enough!

Take Care
Danny