Thanks Guys for your feedback. Experienced members here are very helpful I find. In the end I'll probably go for the PX-S5, but not until Xmas, so I have to time to think about it. I see now there are midi note recording possibilities, so that's one more plus for the S5. Having 88 keys and authentic piano key emulation is the other big plus. My budget is around 1000 Euros this year, so the S5 hits that sweet spot as well. Not getting it till Xmas, so I'll be learning about it as much as I can before then, downloading the manual and watching the excellent tutorial videos by Mike Martin. I've heard the bread and butter piano, Rhodes and clavinet sounds on various YouTube videos, but not so much the other supporting sounds. How do the strings, brass, woodwind, orchestra, etc sounds stack up? Until now I've been using mainly VST instruments, mainly for synthesizer sounds. I do have the Vienna Grand by Native Instruments, which sounds extremely realistic. I also use most the Arturia classic synth emulators and various NI synthesizers like Razor and Skanner. I have only a mediocre keyboard controller, so I look forward to using the S5 as a controller with some decent expression for those as well. But it will also be nice to finally have a decent standalone instrument rather than having to rely on a PC for all my sounds, tied to it like an umbilical cord!