i agree sound is really really vital but..... the technology today is so accurate that you would have to have ears like "Lassie" to discern the real instrumnet from an electrically sampled and tweaked one. Especially in the mix of a full backing track/autoaccompaniment/orchestra. Pretty soon the human ear simply will not be able to tell the difference between a sampled and teaked steinway and the real thing.

But many of us will still want to buy the latest board ....Simply because its the latest, newest fastest. Look how many people own the lastest, fastest computer .......to process their home accounts on, or to send emails to a couple of friends !!!

I have decided the next board that i but has to be a step change to the one i have.