Certainly the audience can't A/B the sounds..."close" to our ears is "awesome" to theirs.

I still believe reliability and service are major factors to consider, especially if you intend to gig with the instrument.

Unless we go entirely on the on-line demos, the only way we are going to be able to A/B them for ourselves is to actually play them side by side. There's more to the instrument than just the sound...there's the key response, feel of the buttons and switches, touch screen reaction etc..

Perhaps, at the very least, someone will do a comparison video when the instrument gets in the stores.

I think Korg's PA-900 and Yamaha's S950 are very competitive sound wise...just go back and listen to their demos to refresh your ears.


Ian