It pays to call around before pulling the trigger on gear

I was shopping around for an EV ZXA-1 powered speaker to use as a keyboard monitor on stage.
I went through the usual suspects and was gonna go an AMS 8 payment thing $512 in 8 payments.
 
I was on Proaudiostars webpage and an automated chat box came up asking if I needed help. SO I said why not, and replied that i was interested in one. He shot back with a price 100 bucks cheaper,  new in box, free shipping.
 
I placed the order.
 
I guess though its to karma me back for an Amazon deal I did last week. I purchased a Yamaha MOX8 keyboard for 1699 and its case for 124, this week I see an Amazon merchant had both pruducts for 1699!!
 
I pondered returning the mox and case and trying to purchase the combo, but shipping would have been on me and ate into the savings...
 
win some lose some..

I like it, Reese, the graded action is not like the CP series of DPs but still enough resistance to give me an acoustic feel.

Yes I understand the polyphony issue, I am using it live with layers and splits and havent heard any apreciable note robbing yet.Remember a "voice"can have up to 8 elements, like the acoustic piano, BUT they are velocity switched, so its not a lot unless you grab a two handed chord with 10 fingers, .

The organs are passable, but when I feel like I am in purist mode I drag my Nord Stage 2 along and am happy.I think the organs dont contain that many velocity switched waves..''
killer brass and woodwinds, I programmed a tenor sax patch that had the patrons looking for a sax player in the group.

If you can swing the extra bread the XS8 does sampling and audiorecording, if thats important, but has I think the same 355 mb of samples..

you might want to look at the new Privia PX5 supposed to hit the streets around mid april with a MAP of 995.Graded action 88 keys, 9 sliders for drawbar organ, plus nice EPS and synth sounds
a sixty page thread on it here at keyboard forum