Thank you Gary, Lukitoh, Donny for your advice and opinions. It is exactly what I am after. I know that I ultimately will make my own decision and I will try to make it as educated a decision as I can.

You are of course right that the sounds and feel preferences are subjective and ones needs/wants from a keyboard are most important. So, I will explain what my future hopes/plans are.

Sounds/feel aside, I am looking for not only a good board but one that will hopefully be the most compatible with other equipment I may someday own. For instance, will a tyros work well along with a kn 7000 or with a korg perhaps?
My future plan is to perform not as a single but with my mate as a duo. Both of us having our own rig while we both alternate using other instruments as well. I play guitar ('87 Strat+ bought new) through a digitech rp400 processor which has it's own stereo keyboard and lo-z mic inputs. Any guitarists may be familiar with it. I also double on sax and harp (blues harp/harmonica) while my fiance will play some keys and some accoustic rhythm guitar. We both sing but a harmonizer in a keyboard will be a nice plus for us.
Eventually I will have the 2 seperate rigs for us but in the beginning there will be just the one so preferably the keyboard will be user friendly for my fiance is pretty much a beginner at midi sequencing/arrangers
while I have at least like a mid-level knowledge and abilities.

Does any of this help explain my needs/wants?

Also having a nice screen with score/lyric would be kind of nice.

I would like to eventually use the arranger as primary music back-up but initially will be using a lot of midi files.

I really think I will wind up with a tyros but just dont want to feel like I am rushing into it (though I can hardly wait for the thing ya know? lol)

One of the disheartening things about tyros that I think I just recently read somewhere here is that the mega-voices are arranger accessable only? That they are not playable like a panel voice. Is this correct?

Well, that's it for now. I know there will be more comments and questions as this post goes on.
I also want to thank you ahead of time for using your time in helping me out. I can not wait until I will be able to help others out as well.
Also I want to add that, it will be a couple months perhaps before I will be making any purchase as we must get our taxes filed and returns recieved first. So there is no immediate rush and I will be reading all the archives I can in the meantime also.

Oh, and what about comparison between 9000 pro, tyros, psr3000.

And do the psr2000 and psr2100 both have harmonizer? what other commonalities/differences between these 2?
Peace and health to you,


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The old Newb

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