The Pa3 would make a great keyboard for a new Korg user, or one with a PA500, or a PA1X...Not really for PA2x owners I don't think..

Got to lay out too much cash. The going second hand price for a PA2x (76) in Oz at the moment is from $2400 to $2800 (and they have to be in excellent condition as well)...So with those prices PA2x owners will need to stump up some serious $'s

For me, the Kronos + Roland MK7 module, or the MO XS/XF + Roland Module, or even the Groove XR + vArranger software and a 76 piano are looking more attractive, AND much cheaper

Dennis

I'd really wait till you actually hear the styles on the new Roland Module before you jump the gun..if they are not up to par with teh TOTl arrangers on the market today whats the sense?

With these prices also not for a PA500 owner Dennis

Yes Donny I will wait to hear some demo's, styles and sounds before I decide.

Korg should really release the actual prices of the PA3X and release some demo's by now. I really don't know why they are waiting so long.

I have

You have hear the BK 7m Dennis?

I just have visit sweetwater.com and they sell the PA3x 61 for $3699 that is in Euros 2675. That sound more believable and for that price I will buy one.

Amazed, no utterly dumbfounded I am by all that has been said about the new Korg so far.
If you were to read the comments on the German Korg forum by co-programmer Jurgen Satorius you should know by now that all is pretty much conjecture, both about the capabilities of the new Korg as well as about the pricing. The presentation at NAMM was a laugh and a big mistake....

I have followed Korg's progress in arranger keyboard land since the introduction of the renowned i3 way back when, and I think it would be silly to expect Korg to come up with a PA-3X with only marginal improvements on its predecessor. But as pointed out on the German site there will NOT be any worthwile quality demos, details etc.etc. until Frankfurt, early April.

As far as pricing is concerned, the latest quote from Frans which he obtained from the Sweetwater site is a lot nearer the mark in my view. I would venture to predict that the officical prices for the the two models and the amp system will be approx.
3500, 3000, 500 euros. (I am not talking about streetprices mind you). But again, it is only my opinion for what it is worth......

greetings,
John Smies
Holland

they are all great instruments, but they are all ridicolously expensive.

A new PA800 is £ 1600....that's what I would expect to pay for a new top of the line arranger. A bit more if it has semiweighted keys, no more than £ 250 more. Hey they can be bought for £ 200, why don't arranger manufacturers buy M-audio semiweighted keyboards and slap them on their arrangeres).

But paying £ 3999 ? 3500 ? 2900 ? get out of here...

2900 would be reasonable for an arranger that's seriously upgradable with REASONABLY CHEAP upgrades, none of that £ 200 to expand the video out stuff ! That's ridicolous....

In Oz, the best advertised price for a Tyros 4 is around $5299 without wheeling and dealing, plus around $299.99 for the 1GB of flash ROM, that I can find. I doubt the initial pricing on the Korg will be any better. More likely to be higher, and on top of that you have the speaker system (if you want that) - it sucks!

Either way, no one knows for sure, as it is all conjecture and guessing what the price will be; especially for me , as I need to upgrade big time.



Allan

US prices seem well established between $3699 to 3999. Shipping dates are quoted as March 14, although I thought I saw one as March 4th.