It has ALWAYS been the player primarily.

Bad players and demonstrators have managed to make every single arranger, including the TOTL Tyros4, PA3X and Audya's sound absolutely terrible..! On the other hand, we have also heard great demonstrators and players make them sound amazing.

If that doesn't illustrate my first point, I don't know what does!
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An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!