Originally Posted By: john smies

Incidentally, I also happen to concur with his opinion on the
PA800, which should come to no surprise to those who know me by now.

regards,
John


And I concur with you both, finally having a chance to play the PA-500 and the PA-800 on my last trip to the big city...HUGE difference, in my opinion, the latter being a far more powerful and richer sounding instrument, especially with DNC voices.

Of course, if the entertainer mainly plays SMF and rarely, if ever, does solos over them, or rarely (again, if ever) uses arranger style play, the difference would be less important, and the PA-500 would probably suffice.

Ian
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