You gotta love the KORG way of doing business...they go the extra mile to win and keep their customers. Last summer when I purchased my 500, my price was much less than $1499, and then Korg also gave me a $300 rebate, which put the final price comfortably below $1000. For me, it was the best price of any arranger I ever purchased - and this board is fantastic. So impressed was I that we purchased a 588 for our church a month later, and it's working out superbly for us.
Tim

Besides Sampling (40MB) and some Loops in reality does WAAAYYYY more then Audya!
For only 1000$...1/5 of the price.