No question the PSR1500 is hands down better then the EXR-7. In Canada the EXR-7 is a liitle less then PSR1500, but the PSR1500 has way more functionality. The EXR-7 has some buttons for styles, ex. Full Band, Bass & drums, drums only, or something like that. Nice feature, but I presume that there are no functions for removing individual style parts. My PSR550 has that function, as you know, with a button below every part. I assume the PSR1500 can do this as well.
No style creation on the Roland either.
No organ flutes.
The only thing it has over the PSR1500 is the 76 keys. Roland is not even trying to compete with Yamaha.
Roland has some good voices, but few voices could go head to head with the Yamaha sweet voices.
Whenever I see things like that, it makes the conspirator syndrome come out in me. Are Roland and Yamaha in this together. Ex. The Roland is just a marketing throw away (like a loss leader in a grocery store) to make people buy the Yamaha. Maybe not. Just me.
Starkeeper

[This message has been edited by Starkeeper (edited 12-14-2004).]