I think maybe I'm a bit surprised, perhaps maybe even a little bit disappointed that a topic like this.. which I think perhaps started out well intended, draws 100+ responses, and a major portion of that becomes yet another pissing contest. I say well intended based on my believing that it isn't paramount that we all have the most expensive hi tech board. It's more what we do with it or what can we do with it that matters, at least to me.

Yet at the same time we see the occasional mention of things like improving our chops, or maybe some technical questions or discussions about the inner workings of our arrangers, or perhaps what we can do to customize and personalize the equipment we already have, whether it be modifying the styles or adding new ones, working with the multipads, making new voices or editing old ones, adding accessories, etc... but the responses seem to be minimal in comparison to this type of thread, and they don't appear to evoke very much passion in comparison.

I picked the Tyros 2 for a few reasons. I like the key feel, the way it's laid out, the way it sounds, the multipads and I especially like all the stuff ( software, styles, tutorials, websites, etc ) that several very generous users have provided for us at no cost over the years. The latter is one of the reasons I came back to the Yamaha fold.

Of course, there is also one more reason... that I could afford it in the first place. There were lots of times in the not so distant past that this was not the case for me, and if that were still my situation, and I still wanted most of the functionality of the T2, I would have saved my pennies and gotten a 3000, and I would not have regretted it at all. In fact, right up until the last minute, after having been so impressed by the 1500, the 3k was in strong contention to be my next board.

The real issue though is that it really shouldn't matter to anyone else what I or the next person chose. It's a personal matter, and we choose what ( hopefully ) will work best for us. That's why I don't get it I guess. I simply don't care any more if the next person thinks the T2 or the 3000 or anything else I have is the biggest piece of trash on the planet, because in the end, it has no effect on my musical journey, whatsoever.

AJ




[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 08-23-2006).]