Since I'm not in the market for any Kbd at these weights and prices, I have no prejudices or ego listening to the samples.

I am, however, so much more influenced by what the music says than any sonic qualities, that what sounds "better" to me is in the music. Although I can hear the thinness of the Korg piano tone v. the Audya, and the more "live" quality of the Audya drums, that doesn't mean enough to me in comparing the samples:

EVERY one of which (including the salsa- which was disparaged earlier) sounds, to me,
MILES better on the KORG samples. Whether that's due to the machine or due to the virtuosity of the samples programmer I know not, but the Audya samples all sound to me like a decent commercial Holiday Inn band, and the Korg samples to me sound like really
superb professional work, w/MUCH better arrangements.

It's like saying..which sounds better..the Charlie Parker tapes where Dean used a deck in the bathroom and one mic in the room--
and Bird played a borrowed leaky old horn,
or Kenny G playing a new Selmer in a great studio? Or Enrico Caruso on an old 78 rpm or
your local tenor in your community opera company recorded in a beautiful concert hall? It's an extreme example, certainly the Korg isn't a world away sonically from the Audya, it's about "fuller" piano or "more
live-sounding drums". Ok, but then what?

I'll take Bird and Caruso anytime, hands down-
Would they sound even better with modern recording technology? no doubt. But no amount of technology is going to make Kenny G sound like a great jazz musician or your local opera star sing like a Caruso.

Maybe I'd like the Audya better if i was just going to use the sounds, and maybe add
some drums. Maybe not. But if i was going to use the full arrangements, I'd want to hear something like these Korg samples behind me, not the Audya ones.

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Miami Mo