Tyros 3 vs Korg Pa2xPRO

It seems Yamaha is trying to compete Korg's PA2XPRO by introducing the TY3...

Lets try to take a look at the comparison chart here
On the other hand I have been told by my dealer a new Roland keyboard will be launched immediately after the introduction of the TY3.
Apparently Roland refuses to give any information ( not even to their dealers - so they say - ) for the time being : no pictures, no spec's at all.
If you could find out more in the USA, plse let us know. Thank you !

It will be very hard for Roland to beat Yamaha but you never can tell.
In my eyes the TY3 looks more to be a TY2 facelift but maybe I am completely wrong.
The TY3 will be more expensive than the TY2 so they say ( approx. U$ 750 list price ).
In 2002 the TY1 was a real revelation.
Actually the Mega Voices were a real revelation and they still are I believe.

Yes, my dealer tried the TY3 himself in Japan 4 weeks ago.
He says the TY3 sounds super and is really made for live performing musicians.
By implanting more samples with velocity changes ( similar to the Mega Voices concept ), the SA2 voices were born.
I agree with you it will be very hard to convert the SA2 voices.
Personally I think the invention of the Mega Voices was a very important step forward without critizising the SA- and SA2 voices.

Maybe Yamaha is focusing on the present TY1 -, KN6000/6500/7000 -, G70- and Korg's PA players ?
Maybe some TY2 players prefer to wait for the TY4 ( 2011 ) ?

We cannot ignore Yamaha already launched 3 different Tyros models during the period 2002 - 2008.
During that same period Yamaha also introduced the PSR1500,3000, CVP307,CVP407, S700, S900 and a few smaller models too.
As far as I know no other competitor has ever done that ( before ).

Is this marketing approach Yamaha's newest strategy to beat competition and to stay on top of the market ?
Are Yamaha's ( potential ) customers ready to follow this trend ?
Why is Yamaha presently not updating existing models instead of launching new models ?
Will smaller manufacturers like Ketron, Gem, Korg and others survive this model invasion strategy ?
What will happen to them ? Will they all die or will they be taken over by Yamaha ?
How will Roland's sales strategy look like in the near future ?
Will Roland become Yamaha's strongest competitor or will Roland's keyboard division taken
over by Yamaha ? If so will the Roland's brand name be kept ?
Until early 2000 Technics was still one of the market leaders.
A couple of years later Panasonic stopped the production and distribution of all their Technics keyboards, why ?
Hard to answer all these questions now ... time will tell.