Speaking of sound, can the PA-900 sound like this?

Can it play MP3's or wave files, and make you think the arranger is doing the singing? I guess so!

What a terrible demo... is he actually playing anything? LOL

Might as well get a laptop...

Sorry, but you didn't answer my question: can the PA-900 (or the BK-9 for that matter) achieve that sound quality? (I am talking of crispness, fullness, clarity and so on here).
If they did, I would buy one in a heartbeat, but from all the demo's I have heard so far (no matter how wonderfully played), I have strong doubts.

of course not the Pa3x costs so much more..

^^^ That IS the bottom line!

Yes, and the Pa3X costs more because it uses better components (digital/analog converters, filters, effect section, etc) and of course this reflects on the price.
I wish that a manufacturer could make the miracle happen, and come out with a keyboard that combines top sound quality, reasonable price and maybe low weight, but so far this kind of miracle -as far as I know- has happened only for the digital pianos, with the Casio PA5-XS.
We all have our priorities: it's only a matter of knowing what they are.

That actually happened before!
Korg Pa50 in it's time.

If you are not fussy about your vocals, the PA900 is actually a wonderful piece of gear. Sounds, styles, construction, feel .... it's among the best I've had from a sound point.
It has the smallest footprint of any of the competitors at the moment too.

All subjective.One can say,

Superior
------------


Bk9 is superior for light weight /76 keys/maybe drawbars /org sounds and good drums piano sound/CS

But inferior for lack of dynamics in style writing (nothing to do with dynamic arranger),no after touch for more than $2000 KB ,bad display, 3 way only joy stick,no multi pads ( I know audio key) etc

PA 900 has superior for detail and deep sound/seq editing (yes more than Yammy and Roland),large touch screen, good punchy sound,4 way joystick/song book/sample reader/CS

But inferior for lack of style support (korg owners are always bagging for conversions 3 months after they bought the KB and found out that busy styles don't really work in the real world and muting is not the answer because busy patterns/bass lines are the problem ,good when you play as solo but problems start when you start to sing on those styles /most will only use drum pattern and use piano/strings and sing on top of it
/too synthy and not so great acoustic sounds for some


S750 is superior for SA sounds guitars acoustic sounds /reed /woodwinds (yes both Roland and Korg 's TOTL models can't touch it ( they still have a long way to go) and mega style support (much more than all other manufactures combined) including simple non busy styles perfect for vocals,easy song creation since most 3rd party styles are avail for free,true backward style compatibility (try that on Korg)
Same hardware and efx like upper model (950) minus VH and other obvious differences ofcourse
Remember , there are already converted styles from most arrangers (korg/Roland/ketron/technics) for Yamaha,not the other way around (Due to hard to convert Mega voiced style format of Yamaha)/ SMF with style drum play


Inferior in hardware/bad quality on mod /pitch wheels (even $500 MX49 has better wheels),not so great key feel ,less punchy drums/no CS/

Actually I'm quite happy with what I have, PA3X. It may be my last keyboard, who knows. It is certainly good enough to be.
I remember saying that about an organ, back in about 1978 though.
DonM