What makes you say that, it's a sweeping statement,
A sweeping statement with no
actual proof Tony...when someone shows me
actual sales figures for both companies, then I'll believe it; other than that, it's pure
conjecture.
But, I am very glad I bought the Yamaha Tyros4...there does seem to be a plethora of videos of it on YouTube, so that could indicate it's great popularity (certainly the majority of member's uploads here on SZ are done on Tyros4) and it is a very
intuitive instrument to play with tons of factory (and third party) support.
All I can say, if my clinics/demos are any indication, the Tyros4 is still selling quite well in my territory...I don't have any info about other places. The salespeople I work with tell me that only a few PA3X's were sold since it's introduction, but that may have a lot to do with differences in promotion policies, as they (Korg) don't do any follow-ups or in-store clinics in my area.
Bottom line? What brand arranger we buy will usually depend on what sounds and styles we want to hear coming from our speakers, what we want in an operating system, the quality of support, portability (if we gig) plus, of course, our budget.
The "best" arranger, in my opinion, is the one that "works best for the player"...both Korg and Yamaha make excellent instruments, so saying that one company is going to be "the future" is just plain silly...it's like predicting what football or baseball team will win next year, although we all hope our "favorite team" will win.
Donny is a Korg user (PA-500) and fan, so it's very predictable that he hopes they will win.
I say
we are all winners, because the intense
competition between these companies has given us better instruments, and features we could only dream of several years ago.
Ian