Yes Don wrote a response to using the mike through the keyboard as:

"That's why I bought the PSR8000 about 3 or 4 years ago! Guess what, I'm back to using it again. It outperforms the 2000 in many, maybe most, ways. It has aftertouch, hard drive, and THE KARAOKE GIRL AND MOUSE WORK CORRECTLY.
Don"

When I did my comparison I decided the biggest "bang" for the buck was the 2000. I am very pleased with it.

I don't know if Don was referring to Speedy Mouse but I would like to be able to turn off my voice and just hear the mouse.

There is a feature list of the PSR series and when I went through it the features I wanted were covered with the 2000. If I wanted to go the next set of features it would be the 9000 (probably PRO) over the 8000.

- Brian