https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZqLD7qNWAw&list=PLCih1_ZwwSqnCh7GdeCwoG4AVTqqk1SeN


These are ALL S950 vs Pa900 demos ....
when one ends the next one AUTOMATICALLY starts
enjoy....very well done...

They both sound excellent to my ears...I'd say it would come down to a personal (and subjective) choice on which one will fill your needs best.

I'd be happy to gig with either one.

Ian

The one thing I did notice is the depth of the speaker housing looking at it from the side which on the S-950 is much deeper. These demos show that in today's market with arranger KB's from all manufacturers Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Ketron, etc, it's more of a personal preference, navigation & features more then sound and styles which are very close indeed on all.

All true. Still MUCH prefer Korg bass lines, drum sounds, vocal harmonizer and ability to edit and/or replace ALL factory styles. Plus the Songbook feature is GREAT.
Yamaha lead instruments, particularly guitars, ROCK! You can find good ones for Korg but sometimes have to edit or look outside the factory stuff.

You can make Yamaha styles just sound like korg styles, .... Its just a matter of putting in the effort..

Yamaha acoustic and natural instruments sound much better the korg.. korg synth sounds however sound better then yamaha...

But Korg gives you much more controll, both for real time arranging as in controll over your sounds, as in edditing... Which might be a pro for the pro users. Also the vocal harmony is better then Yamaha

Yamaha designs its top line arrangers to make them fun to play, every new feature they added breathes fun... Last week i was in a lms out of time spending time between 2 buiseness appointments, playing around with the T5's ensemble feature... It just couldnt stop, lost track of time and was half an hour late for the 2 nd appointment.


Its not just the sound that differs, its the whole feeling, Korg is designed with pro musicians in mind, Yamaha is designed with home users in mind, yet fits most pro users still very well.

Excellent assessment.

Thanks for sharing these vids, I have seen some of these already but it's lovely to see them again. I am lucky enough to be blessed with owning these two fantastic boards, I couldn't be any happier. I think I said somewhere else that for me to upgrade from any of the boards I have would have to be a pretty significant jump and I am not sure how or what that will be.