I like the color of the Yamaha more..

Very nice comparison.
This is very good keyboards, both of them, and to me it boils down to my personal liking.
Out of this demo, again I think Yamaha is more CD'ish and not as warm and soft EQ'ed as Korg.
Looking forward to the day I have both brands 'big brothers' in the rack......

Anyway, to me Genos is the best sounding arranger made by Yamaha so far.

I say enjoy what you have, it's down to personal taste and what you the player feel comfortable with. And at least we have a choice.

Actually once you have the PA1000 at home the colour combination is quite "chique " to say the least. Better than what you see on the pictures. the only thing not well thought off is the black buttons on the black background even if all buttons have a led light in it. To me as a home musician this is no problem but for gigging artists this may be an issue.

Both the PSR 975 and the PA1000 are superb keyboards each in his own right. If you can afford both I guess I would personally rather do so than being able to buy (only) either the PA4X or the Genos. Of course the only thing to beat these two is owing the PA4X and the Genos

As regards drums: I would say that 99 out of 100 would definitely say the drums on the PA1000 are far superior to those on the yamaha.
As regards the overall sounds and samples I keep on saying that the Korg requires much more in-depth tweaking out-of-the-box.
Hence I keep on programming on my new set of Resources.....

regards,
John

He doesn't mention if this demo is OOTB with NO EQ or not either..

I have an impression that Korg sometimes makes it too obvious that there’re “keyboard” guitars in the backing. Also, when he played “Love Story” the style sounded to me like a third-party one. I know that it’s personal, but, in my opinion, Yamaha managed to engineer a certain quality of their certain voices, like piano, guitar, saxophone, which gives you (me) a feeling “wow, this is beautiful”, which is not the same as “wow, this is realistic”.

As for design, I’m going to seem biased again. I’m concerned that buttons on Korg do not visually appear to be in different groups.

It seems like Korg is more attractive for those who prefer things to be a little bit more geeky, when you can sit at your keyboard with a cup of coffee and work with it as you work with a computer.

Also, positioning of knobs seems to be less practical than on Yamaha. Although I think that if it wasn’t for Korg, Yamaha would never have knobs on PSR, saving them for non-arranger line.

My impression is that while Korg finds its support among professionals and semi-professionals, Yamaha offers a comparable level of quality, but designed in a way which also would be attractive for amateurs, even when it comes to Tyros and Genos.

In the end, if Korg still has a problem with smoothness of the accompaniment, which is much talked about, that’d be a deal breaker.

Again, I’m just trying to look at it as if I’m to invest some money into one of these companies and I have to decide who of them has more chances to win. So far Korg seems to sound and to look more aggressive, while Yamaha tries to appear less light-headedly. Well… I’m not an expert. We just share opinions.

You are right, we share opinions, and together, hopefully, come to a consensus. Your opinions, in particular, are well thought out.

Bernie, do you notice any of the glitches when changing patterns on the 4X that are clearly evident on the 1000? I think it’s sample 3 or 4 on the demo...slow rock ballad.

I just tried on the Roland Ea7 and it's a perfect transition...

It’s the “Rockstar” style on the Korg. Very glitchy...