I sincerely believe that Deane, like many of us, enjoys a wide variety of styles such as those that are available with Yamaha. Many styles that relate perfectly to the type of music that many, many of us perform, often more than once a day.

Granted, there are some forum members that feel very comfortable with a dozen style files, but there is also an overwhelming number of players that want more diversity in their musical performances. Deane is in the latter group.

Just yesterday, I talked with a PSR-950 owner that wanted my Music Finder Directory (MFD) for his keyboard. I walked him through the process of loading a new MFD into the keyboard, then asked if he had set the EQs. He had not and didn't really know how to set a User EQ and save the information as default. I walked him through that process as well and he was happy as a clam. He was hearing sounds he had never heard from the keyboard since he purchased it a few months ago.

The entire process took less than 5 minutes. Now, I have no experience with the PA600, and the only Korg I've owned was a decade ago. I really never liked the style selection and the right hand voices were mediocre at best, even after tweaking and tuning. I'm confident that much of this has changed since my experience, but from some of the statements I've read in recent weeks, it doesn't seem to have changed significantly. I really don't want to spend endless hours tweaking and tuning each style, each voice, each drum kit, etc...

I guess I'm easier to satisfy than some other forum members when it comes to styles and sounds, but maybe it's the keyboard's I've selected over the years. During the past decade, Yamaha's PSR and Tyros series, right out of the box, have sounded damned good, at least to my aging ears. And, after five minutes of tuning the global EQ settings, they sounded great, IMO.

This is my opinion, and my observations, and is by no means a reflection upon anyone elses opinions or experiences. As CLint Eastwood once said "Opinions vary."

Cheers from the tropics,

Gary