Hi John,
Interesting reading, but I have to pull you up on your statement about the Audya because its incorrect.
Overpriced: When the 76 note Audya was released, The Tyros 3 was £200 more. But you should not compare the Pro 76 note Audya with a Tyros anyway..like for like the Audya 5 is Ketrons equivalent to the Tyros 4 (both 61 note arranger designed for home but often used on stage)
Reliability: Granted, their have been a handful of problems just as with any electronic device, however poor reliability of the Audya is a total myth stirred up for the most part on this very forum by a few anti-audya members even before the keyboard hit the shops..plus a minority of users that did not get the product or simply enjoyed the conflicts! Genuine faults have been minimal and mostly due to ignorance because of the very different technology used. In fact, if someone can be bothered to go back through the archives and search for all these so called problems posting them in a separate thread I am fairly certain I can respond to almost all of them.