Best of luck, dennis...

One would seriously hope you are getting a lot more arranger. Doesn't the PA800 cost well over a grand US more than the lowly E50?

Shame, if that kind of money was available, that you didn't get to try the G70 first. You might have felt there was a lot less lacking in that one, and it is cost-wise more of an equivalent to the PA800...

But post back as soon as you get it. It will be interesting to hear your review. So far several SZ members got PA800's, and bailed shortly thereafter. But coming from a PA1XPro background, you are probably more aware of what you are likely to be getting.

I still find it disturbing how tight a rein on supply the arranger manufacturers are keeping. So many of you buying sight unseen because the dealer won't stock them (or so he says!). Good for the dealer (that re-stocking fee is pure profit), bad for the consumer. Seems that some of them do this so much, they might as well be renting, rather than selling arrangers!

I know you are in Australia, dennis, but trust me, things are nearly as bad in the US, especially Roland. Why, if these dealers are given an area-wide exclusive on an arranger are the dealers not forced to carry them in stock? They benefit from the exclusivity, why should that entail no responsibility...? I can't see the point in any corporation taking this from their dealers. If they don't stock 'em, they can't sell 'em... Give the franchise to someone who WILL, or put it on the internet and discount it (no showroom, no costs). Sales will go up either way...