I'm going with Ian on this one, I don't like dry sound - it's just not natural. When you're performing with a band in a large hall, the sound bounces around like a ping-pong ball, thus the walls, ceiling, floors windows, naturally all produce some reverb, echo and delay. So why would you want your arranger keyboard to sound as if you were in a soundproof room - it would not be natural at all. Even when performing outdoors, there is some echo, reverberation and delay, sound bouncing from objects near and far.
Gary
To me this doesn't sound logical. The 'natural' reverb comes from the room (or outdoor environment) you are in - exactly as you describe for the band situation. So, if you play the arranger, you also have the natural reverb created by the room. Why add additional reverb from the sound processor? It wouldn't sound like a soundproof, sterile room anyway. It's different with recording via cable: THEN you really need reverb to simulate a room.
The whole thing also depends on whether the individual sample already has some reverb included or not.
It's also a difference if you have a small or large instrumentaion. For symphony orchestra, you expect it to play in a large hall, then of course it's adequate to simulate a bigger hall than the one you're playing in (but to me that's already an artificial effect).
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