35lbs!!! Come on. Did you not read Frans post? It already has a lighter metal body. Why in the world would any maker take a keyboard this size and one that requires a power source designed for computers and change that to a wall wart adapter?? That makes no sense.

Why should Dom pull what's clearly a TOP NOTCH keybed and replace that with a cheaper non-weighted keybed? You people seem to keep forgetting is that the MS is also a COMPUTER. It has parts that other arrangers don't have, so of course the weight is going up a bit.

Dom has built these units with top quality parts, and many issues with the weight were unavoidable (as Dom clearly pointed out). Yet people still find something to bitch about. Am I the only one that thinks this issue with weight (considering what the MediaStation is and what it's made of) to not be a serious issue? You can't ask for a keyboard to be built like a tank and then bitch and moan when "top quality" parts add a bit of weight.


I just think people bitch too much about keyboard weight on this forum. You want the thing to be light as a feather yet "durable". Our synths weigh more than the arrangers and you don't see synth players making such a big deal about it. We know the weight is due the units being built solid. I don't know, maybe the weight issue is really more of a concern to arranger players because of the market arrangers are intended for and geared towards.

Geez I remember when I was gigging and my set up at one time included a Yamaha DX-7, Korg Trinity, and my buddies classic Juno. Anyone who knows the DX-7 knows that board was rock solid, as well as the Juno's. I didn't give a crap about the weight. I gigged all week long with a setup like that. I could have cared less about the weight.