the subject says it all. I have had the pleasure of owning a GEM WK2 Oriental in 1999 and sold it sometime in 2015. I then purchased a Korg PA900, I enjoyed it a lot then sold it and bought a PA4X to find out that it had the same styles, somewhat dull sounds and sold that too. I later decided to switch to Yamaha, and ended up purchasing a MODX. I realized later that although it has great sounds, it was not an arranger so I ended up getting the PSR A5000, which I enjoy but if I could afford a Genos I would have done that instead
For a long time I have enjoyed visiting this website. Comparing Korg to Yamaha, I think Yamaha wins hands down when it comes to an online community such as yours that is large, supportive and truly wonder little online oasis filled with goodies and wonderful people who love to contribute and help each other. I enjoy mostly western style music, latin jazz and bossa nova. I got the PSR A5000 since I thought I could get the best of both worlds, some great sounding middle eastern sounds and styles and also western sounds/styles.
I am a little disappointed at this time to find out that many of the western type expansion packs offered by Yamaha were made for the SX600,700,900, Genos, S970, ... and Tyros 5 and those same expansion packs are not offered for the PSR A5000 which is almost the same as the SX700 or 900!
I have contacted Yamaha inquiring about the Greetings From Italy v2 expansion pack since I am very much interested in the styles that comes with it and some of the sounds and found that they don't offer it.
I don't understand why not, a style file is basically midi notes, so I feel that I am limited with what I can use from Yamaha's own expansion packs at this time.
This website has offered me a good selection and I hope to learn a lot and enjoy this community for many years to come!