Hi Pete.

nice post. First thing to do is seek out people who actually own one now and ideally are currently using one professionally. Many people were holding the hammer and nails for Audya's coffin even before it was introduced and because of that you end up with a distorted truths and here-say, so try and avoid opinions based on little more than hot air. There are a few owners here that use Audya regularly. Nightlife, Henni, Sokratis, Leezone and others are all audya owners, some - like Henni and Jim (nightlife) use the Audya to the extreme!

There are also a number of lurkers that use them professionally, but not so many as most of the owners I know are out with their instruments 6 or 7 nights a week.

Reviews - you wont find any professionally written reviews as there are hardly any magazines worth reading, plus they wont want to cover the instrument again even after a significant upgrade (like the version 3 update). Generally these just cover specifications anyway

Ask questions and be prepared to filter through all the trash answers - over in the General Arranger Forum you will not get a fair assessment because there are always two or three people that will hijack a topic to slate an instrument they have never owned or played. For some, this topic seems to be a religious experience The reported problems...the same ancient made up and minor issues have been talked over, shouted about and taken on an almost mythological fame at every possible opportunity, whether the topic is relevant or not. ...I can tell you I have never in my life known an instrument get such bad publicity over problems that never existed in the first place or could be sorted simply.

I will be happy to answer any questions you have, as I am sure will other owners here in the SZ Ketron Forum.