So, will you keep the Casio after you get the PA3X?

You must be anxious as the time gets closer.

Ian

Yes Ian the Casio stays for sure.
Only a little bit

Frans I was very surprised that Casio CTK 7000 has a very nice sound...thanx for the comparison....gives you something to think about.

Yes Donny and the Casio is very compact too make it an ideal KB for behind the computer.

I wonder if this is what things are to come, quality sounding arrangers at 1/10th the cost of Totl units today......just like only a few years ago computers cost so much money and today you can get a great Pc or Laptop for so much less......times are changing in technology I believe in the next 5 years Totl arrangers will cost somewhere around $1000.00

Let's hope so. I think at the moment most arrangers are overpriced.

they should be HALF the price IMO now!

Yes especially the Audya. Oh Oh

I have to agree. And all this comparing of arrangers gets very boring to me. A great player can make any arranger including the cheaper Casio models sound just fantastic. Don't forget it is all about musicianship. I don't take much notice of SMF playback comparisons. SMF files always sound best on the sound source they were developed on. They can be tweaked to bring out the best of any keyboard.

And I like the value that Casio have always provided. As they continue to get better it makes it harder for the manufacturers of TOTL arrangers to keep asking over the top prices.

I also like how Casio are making their mark with weighted actions on their portable digital pianos at a weight that a human can actually easily carry around. Never underestimate Casio.

Casio certainly has the clout to make an awesome TOTL arranger, if they wished.

Back in the day, they briefly got into the pro keyboard market...I had a couple of their instruments, a CZ-1, and a VZ-1, Phase Distortion (or PD) digital synthesizers, and an FZ-1 sampler...all were very competitively priced, and sounded incredible. Their CZ-5000 PD synth sported a pair of SZ-1 digital sequencers...and this was 1985!

These instruments were all pro quality, both in terms of sound and build construction.

They also had one of the first velocity sensitive arranger keyboards (1984), the CT-6000.

There was a strong rumor going around only a year or so ago that they were planning on a mid-range or perhaps a top of the line, arranger, but so far nothing has materialized, but, I wouldn't count them out...not for a second.

Ian