Scottyee Yes you are right but I guess I'm seeing almost the best of both worlds with the korg. Always liked Yamahas out of the box polished CD quality sound but the korg is so tweakable.moreover the Indian styles and drums on the korg which I'm sure will be very helpful in my country are much higher quality as compared to the Yamaha. To be honest the s series Yamahas were getting a bit boring and the pa1000 is a nice refreshing change. I havent even skimmed the surface on this monster yet. And yes the speakers sound wayyy better than the Yamaha which was decisive for me since the s950 and the 970 both had boxy sounding speakers.