Generally high end arrangers are all excellent in their own right. What some do well others do not and vice versa.

With each subsequent release of a new arranger we have expectations of what a manufacturer should or should not include. Seems no arranger will ever reach the expectations of everyone all the time. We've seen it with Audya and now with Tyros4. Great boards, but missing something for each potential buyer depending on what a buyer is looking for.

There's a theory taught in Economics 101 called the "Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility" Using an example of a buffet at a restaurant is probably the best way to describe it


Here it is:

This is the premise on which buffet-style restaurants operate. They entice you with "all you can eat," all the while knowing each additional plate of food provides less utility than the one before. And despite their enticement, most people will eat only until the utility they derive from additional food is slightly lower than the original.

For example, say you go to a buffet and the first plate of food you eat is very good. On a scale of ten you would give it a ten. Now your hunger has been somewhat tamed, but you get another full plate of food. Since you're not as hungry, your enjoyment rates at a seven at best. Most people would stop before their utility drops even more, but say you go back to eat a third full plate of food and your utility drops even more to a three. If you kept eating, you would eventually reach a point at which your eating makes you sick, providing dissatisfaction, or 'dis-utility'.

Doesn't work any different for keyboards or any other consumer product.

Well said Steve...a terrific analogy.

Ian

WOW...This explains why i kept changing wives.

That many wives has resulted to your username?

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LOL . Yea applies to wives and girlfriends too!

A man isn't a man if your wife Rules Your Wallet...especially when buying gear

I've never met a buffet I couldn't tame. I even like Jimmy "Buffet" songs; you know, about cheeseburgers, margaritas, etc.
Back to the subject, there are many reasons to buy new gear, not the least of which it is fully tax deductible for pros. Might as well spend it as give it to the government, especially the one we have now.
DonM

I second that motion...

motion acceptet, benno

All in favor say Aye! The Aye's have it--the motion carries. Court's adjourned!

Gary