I had the V3 Sonority and beg to differ. Yes the piano samples are very good and so are the accordeons and organs but with hindsight I much prefer my SD2 , also in view of how it truly compliments the PA1000.

thank you all for your comments and as you may have gathered from the demo on the outset of this thread I think I have quite a fantastic rig and as you Bill (abacus) pointed out I have the benefit of access to all Korg and Yamaha styles, pads, sounds etc. Inevitably I have to make concessions compared to some of the great sounds and styles of the Genos but all in all I have got a very versatile set up for a price no one would actually believe and which is more than enough to satisfy my arranger needs. And when I mentioned all of my gear ( forgot the guitars but don't worry they are a permanent fixture) I even forgot to mention my most favourite keys, a nearly 20 year old Yamaha P80 stage piano.I only started learning how to play the darn thing four years ago and would consider myself now to be an "advanced beginner " (haha) but like Zuki it feels great to sit behind it and start improvising. My missus loves it to bits and I even recorded a full instrumental album for her just playing the P80 which incidentally harbours the stunning amount of 21Mb ( that is right Mb and no Gb !!!!) of total samples.....
Thank you all the same to Donny and others who would not begrudge me getting a Genos for Xmas, but like I said:
"Ain't gonna happen" !!!!

regards
John

P.S. Sparky, I will make a recording one day soon using the blowsax or/and altosoft from the SD2.....