let's be honest what do you think of these demos vs TYROS 4 or 5 or S950/S970 for that matter Ketron Audya or SD7?

Imho better than Tyros..more realistic..

Especially Drums better than Tyros series

The piano is from Kronos, lightyears ahead of Tyros. Some other spectacular voices like Flugelhorn, with behavior modeling.

It sort of has that Roland G1000 look to it ..

If nothing else, it addresses two very important drawbacks from the PA3X, the ability to read directly from USB and the ability to save Chord Sequences! I heard some great sounds in the demos.
Anybody wanta buy a PA3X?

Love the Chicago Blues style.
Eddie

There's a good chance there will be more than one for sale

From what I have heard so far, most of the styles are quite good, however there are some which are no better than Yamaha (Which in my opinion (Comparing with live bands) are the most unrealistic styles out there) which I find disappointing.

As to sounds they have really cracked it this time and it is a worthy upgrade from the PA2x (While the PA3x sounded good initially after further listening I found in most departments it fell short of the PA2x)

Overall if the demos are what it sounds like in real play (Not artificially processed) then it’s the new number 1, with the T5 falling right off the ladder. (Although the T5 Ensemble feature is still quite good)

As usual until I can try it for myself I will reserve final judgment.

Bill

Overall from what demos I heard, overall features, and specs, the new Korg PA4X falls somewhere between a Tyros 4 and 5. Has some nice new features, and the black is cool, but a pain with dust and scratches over time.

I'll have to check it out in the store. Like Yamaha and other brands, improvements seem to be in baby steps, and sometimes requiring an owner skipping a new model or two before upgrading. In the case of my Tyros 5, I'm good for a couple more years. I'll have to see if the next Tyros model with be worth the upgrade for me. Was interesting what Korg brought to the table this time around; another real nice TOLT arranger option to contemplate.

Marcus