I telephoned Casio today and was told the release date for the new arrangers is "October." I spoke to two reps and finally the dept supv. They all said the same thing...that they haven't been told anything at all about its release date other than October.

Even if that 7500 is NOT a TOTL-er, it doesn't mean it's not even worth considering. Diki said something a few weeks ago about buying or not buying the "latest and greatest" all the time (and "waste of time"). Since then I've been starting to think is a high end keyboard really worth it if all the bells & whistles are going to get in the way of me making my own music.

And then I'm also thinking reality thoughts. Most audiences wouldn't know (or even care) if you're playing the L&G (latest & greatest) or you're coaxing music out of an entry level Casio.

Lucky