That's a round trip of 1200 miles to demo something, Don! Would YOU drive that far to hear a BK-9? LOL

And sorry, but unless you totally banjax the recording, yes, what is on a demo is EXACTLY what you'll hear out of the speakers in the store... We have come a LONG way from the old 96kbps MP3 web demo days. Stuff I post usually is at 256kbps, and almost indistinguishable from a CD. Let us also not kid ourselves... the basic output of most arrangers isn't significantly better than CD quality and the dynamic range is considerably less.

And my beef with the Audya has NEVER been about its audio quality or realism. My objections have ALWAYS been about editing ease and capability. It's an absolutely fabulous sounding arranger (how many times I got to say this, dammit?!), but it is simply not what I want. Too expensive, also... I tend to want a backup (I have two G70 at the moment), and at $5000 a pop, that's well out of my league.

Look, I'm not beating everyone over the head that don't like Roland's, nor suggesting they drive 1200 freakin' miles to play one..! If you've got a legitimate reason to not want one, fair enough... I don't see why the Audya camp is so insecure.

For the last flippin' time... THE AUDYA IS A GREAT ARRANGER. IT SOUNDS AMAZING. IT DOES THINGS NO OTHER ARRANGER DOES.

Better now?