Hi Don, I hope you're feeling better, it's great to see you posting again

Great mini experience of each of the boards you owned. I must ask though, I thought the PA80 had 4 variations as I owned one also and I am pretty sure it had 4, as did the i30 before it.

I agree about the X1 but my one kept breaking down all the time, I think there wasn't a part of it that wasn't at fault. I actually swapped the X1 for a PA80 that's why I remember the Korg having 4 variations. My dad still has the PA60 (which is pretty much identical to the PA80 apart from it being a darker grey and also having to install a bracket for the HD) and that has 4 variations also. I know when Korg discontinued the PA60 they released the PA50 which I've never seen, that may be the model with only 2 variations? I've never owned Korg's prior to the i30 but I always remember them ones I had and tried always having 4.

I agree with your take on the PSR8000 as well, I really miss the Virtual Arranger feature which actually compensated for it only have two variations, that feature really made the styles sound alive. Why they took it out in subsequent models I will never know!

I've had a few GEMs too, WX2, WK6 & WK8se, again not the best in reliability but sure sounded pretty good, especially the Latin styles as I thought they were some of the best styles around. Drums were very good on the GEM's as well.