I very much doubt the genos will be replaced any time soon. I DO get that we who play arrangers would seem a dwindling market here in the US, but this thing is still pretty fresh. I'd be a lot less surprised to find the PA4x replaced. It sure seems to be nearing the end of it's run, and a lot of refurbs are showing up in different places.

AS far as the workstation label goes... absolutely meaningless to me. Knowing the history of Yamaha arrangers, I didn't expect advanced voice editing features in the Genos on par with their workstations. That has never been a feature in their arrangers, and frankly for the average player I would think it doesn't need to be. Korgs and even higher end Casio's allow for more edit power for those who want those features on an arranger. As far as other workstation features ? Styles vs step sequencing pre-made or user patterns.. deeper sampling in most workstations.. etc etc. Not important for me personally.

I see the Genos for a substantially better price than we've seen "advertised" out there, and I can afford it. I guess I'll decide if it's worth spending the money for what is essentially a pleasure board and great jamming tool.

I really want to love the PA4x too. It's a superb machine, as was the PSR S975 and T5 when I sampled them. Just not sure I love any of them more than then Genos. I'm already rather happy with the assortment of hardware and virtual instruments I already have. The reason for all this I guess was that I was simply quite surprised at how far Yamaha seems to have progressed from the Tyros 2 I still have to where they are now.

I was also surprised that the PA4x didn't "grab me" so to speak, at least on my initial comparison. Perhaps it's because I'm a different player than I was 10 or 20 years ago, with zero need or desire to play for a living. Or maybe I don't see enough difference between the PA3x and 4x. Really, I think it's likely because as I recall, I did a good deal of editing including EQ and effects as well as other parameters while making custom combis in the PA3x before I was happy with it, whereas the Genos feels more "plug and play". Perhaps as I've aged and struggled at times with a few medical issues, the latter is a pretty good thing.