I've owned my 9KPro for about 6 weeks and it is the most impressive keyboard I've ever seen much less owned. There are sounds in the 9000 Pro that are not in the PSR9000 so you should check the 9kPro out thoroughly. The PSR9000 is very cumbersome because of it's speakers and shape whereas the 9000 Pro is lighter and more streamlined. I love using the gooseneck lights on the 9kPro, which gives off a nice glow from the stage and is bright enough to illuminate my sheet music. You can get very deep with this keyboard and I am still spending a lot of time customizing the settings for my use and taste. And guys, can we lighten up on the fact that the 9000 Pro doesn't have speakers? Can anyone here imagine what a 76-key 9kPro with speakers would look like and weigh considering what the PSR9000 is like? I don't need another bulky 70 or 80lb keyboard! I use a pair of easily-transported powered JBL EON 10's that weigh 27lbs each and deliver up to 175 watts per cab of clean sound. They sit on the floor tilted up towards me and do the job, small or large, that no internal keyboard speakers could ever do. That's why Yamaha took the "PSR" label from the 9000 Pro, and I'm glad. They didn't call it the "9000 Semi-Pro" or the "9000 Advanced-Home-Instrument" for a reason.


One other thing: I realize that most people really love their keyboards (that's why they bought them) but I couldn't own a PSR2000 for the simple reason that 64 notes of polyphony is just not enough, at least for me, when using accompaniment or midi file playback along with live performance on the same instrument. The 9000's come with 128 note polyphony and even that seemed a little cramped, so I opted for the piano expansion card for my 9Kpro, which by itself has as much polyphony as the PSR2000 (64 notes). If you're going to go, might as well go-rilla!


And finally, another reason I chose the 9kPro for was intimidation, I admit it. I have to compete with other keyboardists in my area so I went with the mothership, and that's just what the 9000 Pro looks and performs like. There is a big oo-ah factor involved when the audience, my employers and my competitors see and hear the 9000 Pro. This doesn't look like something just anyone could just waltz in and play unlike most of the other PSR's. If you don't buy the best, you'll always wonder what you're missing and just how good your performance could have been. The 9000 Pro a 21st century instrument and those who master it are at the top of the game.