I have to say, I am amazed that no one seems to notice (or appreciate) the huge difference between the one dimensional sound in S950 and the full, nicely spread in stereo sound of Pa900!

To me, that one detail says it all. Of course, the fundamental sound is perceived subjectively and to my ears too the samples are not earth to sky apart, I agree with you, but the way that sound is... sounding, it's very different.

Some will say it is just the patch effects. But I don't believe that, as also in the previous comparison I noticed the same - the sound in Yamaha is not delivering the same overall sensation of realism and depth. And I am not talking about SA vs DNC.

Anyway, doing Diki's blind test only revealed this more strongly to me. It's worth nothing, but I was able to tell them apart easily! I even transformed the downloaded YT into a mp3 and analysed it in the editor. Korg is just better.

But of course you should trust your ears. I trust mine - otherwise we'd go crazy with so many opinions!