Having played the Nord samples as well at NAMM, the cut and dried answer is: no, they don't compare. I think the Kurzweil samples were better than Nord. But then, my hearing them was amidst the cacophony of sound at NAMM and no ability to do a direct A/B comparison.
Frank 1
In a message dated 01/24/11 01:24:03 Pacific Standard Time, yahoo@duckbutt.org writes:
Anyone know if the Nord samples are the same source (or are identical) to the M4000D samples? Just curious how the two would compare. I'd like an M4000D, but that website sure isn't trying very hard to sell me one ..
guybrush