Well, my Pa2XPro arrived safely on Friday, and I have been playing it as much as my wife will allow me. I bought it from Frank (Audioworks)who gave me the promised special price for Synthzone member. I liked the way he took time to talk things through with me, was only to happy to answer questions and did exactly what he said he was going to do. I had auditioned the PA800 in the past and have been waiting for the Pa2XPro to give me the 76 key capability.

It's heavier than the Tyros, but just under the 40 pound limit my doctor suggested as a maximum for me (after inguinal hernia surgery 2 years ago). And indeed it felt fine (so far).

Firstly the look is excellent, very compact for a 76 note keyboard. The key feel is superb. Not as hard as a piano, but very sensitive. I realize that my years of playing Tyros has made my technique sloppy, so I'll be working on that for sure.

The operating system is going to take some work to understand, particularly how to save what, when and where. It seems so complete, it looks like you could do just about anything (if you knew how).

The sounds are superb, although I find the default volumes are not right for me, so I've been playing with how to create the balance that suits my style. I've heard mixed reviews of Korg piano but I really like the Grand Piano RX. The pipe organ sounds are far superior to Tyros. Haven't found a guitar sound I like as much as the Tyros ConcertGuitar, but I suspect it is a question of settings.

I really like the styles, very nice unplugged styles, soft ballad, soft 8 Beat, Brazilian Samba. I already know I'm going to miss some of the Tyros 2 styles, but Rikki and Donny have already helped me (thanks guys). But so far I have been able to find styles that work with all the pieces I have played, at least to start with, and I'm hoping the pads will allow me to enhance them more.

Happy days, I'm exhausted from concentrating so hard for too long, but thrilled with this new board.

Graham