Question for DonM and others who have owned both. Why do I get the feeling that the PA4x didn't require all of the 'customizing' to sound good 'out of the box' like the PA1000. Is that true (and if so, I wonder why - given the same manufacturer)?
chas
How about an observation from someone that didn't own a PA4x or PA1000... by choice

(I did play both).
But I am in position to compare another manufacturer's mid and high end models..
Roland E80 was much richer sound than the E60 .. I am sure the difference is the digital
converters.. Better quality (higher cost)..
In some cases the samples themselves are more detailed (same sounds are larger samples than the lesser model, and I think they are compressed more on the lower models.
Even today, I know the Roland G70 sounds better than the E-A7... for the same reasons I mentioned already.