Years ago, late 60's, a friend bought a Gibson Les Paul 1959 STD. guitar. Paid close to $2,500 for that guitar...unheard of price at the time..at least for me.

A few years later, he sold that guitar to a collector who paid $6,500 for it. In the past few years, that same guitar sold at auction for close to six figures...according to my friend.

Thing is, what made that Les Paul sound good had something to do with how it's built. But, on stage, what made that Les Paul sound good(IMHO)had to do much more so with the way my friend wired his Marshall amps/speakers to get the sound out that the Les Paul could produce.

With keyboards there can be a huge price difference...but is there always a big sound difference for the more expensive keyboards..especially with PA systems involved?

Perhaps keyboards, like my friends 1959 Les Paul, sound better more based on the PA system used than the keyboard itself?

One other thing:

I'm primarily an acoustic guitar player. I hear huge differences in sound with my acoustic guitars..and I can(I think)reproduce those different sounds of my guitars using the same mike...provided the mike is good. The better the guitar, the better the sound.

But I'm beginning to think that keyboards, like my friends Les Paul, are more dependent on PA/Sound reproduction than the keyboard itself to give the best sound.

That said, I play our Tyros 4 in public, more so than our S950, due to keyboard controls and options the T4 provides over the S950.

Thoughts?