Don't know Frank's situation but I see waiting lists at Sweetwater, Guitar Center and Musiciansfriend. ETA after April 1st...best guess.

The PA4X was announced some time ago.

Thoughts?

Mostly curious.

O/S updates probably holding things up as they did before last Xmas.

Either that, or Korg is shipping the majorrity of units to Asia..

Actually they are getting them in from time to time, but have lots of orders waiting for them.
It's probably true that the vast majority are sold in countries other than the U.S too.

The longer they take the more Yamaha's are sold.

Not really, people buying a pa4x change to it from another keyboard, they dont need their new keyboard right now... Unless they sold their old one before buying a new one..

I cant think of a reason to buy a Yamaha if you want a pa4x

People on the fence could go either way....
especially when you want something "new" and can't wait.

I have PA4x-76 in stock, just waiting on some more PA4x-61s, should be in shortly. I"ve been pretty lucky, I usually get them before the big guys do. I should also have the new HK Nano 608i, HK asked me to do a review aobut them

Most be some very happy customers that have you near by
Did you ever consider to open a filial in the area where i live?

just got a shipment of 61s today

Please don't anyone else get a PA4X. We don't want to run Yamaha completely out of business!
Did I mention that I LOVE my 4X?

Why? Everyone that wants a Tyros5 owns one by now...
And this year Yamaha is pushing the Montage...

Still hoping that one day Korg will combine the Kronos with the pa4x, which would be a homerun... Still think its to bad that the pa4x does not support the ssd streaming feature of the Kronos..

I was joking, you know.

I have both Kronos and PA4x on display at my store, and I got to tell you , other than the very complex and out there synth sounds, the PA4x sounds more musical to me than the Kronos, I get this very digital sterile sound from the Kronos, where the PA4x is just "lo-fi" enough to make it more warm to me?

Not sure if that makes sense to anyone

That's the exact conclusion I came to just by listening to many YouTube videos. I imagine the effect is even more pronounced live.

There's something very realistic-sounding about the Pa4X, even compared to the Tyros 5. Yes, the Tyros has some very realistic, polished and precise solo sounds, but as you said, the Pa4X is a little "Lo-Fi", and I believe this may be the reason it sounds so good. In real life, acoustic instruments aren't as polished, hence sterile, as the voices in the Tyros, and I've always considered Yamaha the best, so this is quite an admission. The Pa4X's styles also sound less robotic. This has to do with timing. Maybe, future Yamaha models can have a knob that allows for a slightly irregular beat, just the way a person keeps time. I know that the Tyros 5 has this for its Ensemble feature, but it would be nice to also have it for its styles.

Of course, if I had the money, I'd get both!