In my case the Tyros4's 15 S.Articulation2! Voices (SA2), 164 S.Articulation Voices (SA), were well chosen, and I'm not especially yearning for anything else. I prefer to only use the same basic and familiar sounds, like Piano, Sax, Strings, Guitars, Harmonica, Trumpet to name a few.

Being able to to do basic edits on board and more extensive ones on PC certainly provides lots of options, plus there is the 1 Gig expansion card I have installed for even more variety.

I mean, how many sounds does one actually need?

Even the SA Voices are extremely expressive and responsive and cover a very wide and useful sound spectrum.

The real plus, for me in particular, was being able to use Tyros4's SA/SA2 in the styles...Tyros3 didn't have that feature.

If I was the owner of a Tyros3, I would consider the Tyros5 a very strong temptation, maybe even a "must have".

And yes, Dreamer, a second hand (or new leftover) Tyros4 would be a super acquisition.

Ian

PS...Yamaha (and Korg-to a lesser extent) doing steps instead of leaps, can also be viewed as a plus rather than just as a minus.