The whole point about home players is they do it for fun, enjoyment, relaxation and a sense of personal achievement. They do not need to earn a living playing, because perhaps using their talents to earn a lot of money in other areas of endeavour, thus allowing them to buy the same boards that the pros use? After all if my job was easy then everyone would do it. Please don't take this as a negative comment about pro players, it's NOT.

I just see no difference whatsoever in an expert player selecting that machine which suits his 'feel' and needs and which helps in producing the most relaxed and best in performance, and the home player selecting the best auto board to do exactly the same for their own particular needs.

My point was simply that if we just had pianos and scales, you would surely have a great many less kids learning anything about music at all in the days of computer games, dvds, etc etc etc.