Going by the on-line Tyros5 demos vs my own Tyros4 experience, I find the latter has a warmer more mellow sound...which I prefer.

I will get an opportunity to play a Tyros5-76 in a week or so, as I'm doing an in-home clinic/tutorial with a new owner. He has the same speaker system I use, which is a pair of Yamaha MS-60S powered monitors, so the comparison should be fair. I will duplicate master EQ settings as well, as part of the comparison.

I'm not much of a fan of dry sound...I love reverbs, delays and chorus on most of my sounds, but with an ear towards restraint on some of them. Synth sounds, especially solo mini-Moog types, really perk up a lot with effects.

Even the old Leslie 147RV's I used years ago were bought because of the on-board reverb.

One big advantage of the Tyros5 is that those who don't want any (or very little) effects are sure to be pleased, and you can always add what you want...with the T4 you can only remove so much.

Ian