As much as I appreciate the convenience and features of electronic arranger keyboards (with sound coming out from speakers, even with fully weighted keys, this still can't even compare with the way sound (music) emunates into the room from an acoustic grand's soundboard, after pressing a key, triggering with the hammer to hit a string. I've said this before, but I'll NEVER ever give up my Steinway B Grand, not even for ALL the electronic arranger keyboards in the world.

On the subject of weighted/non-weighted action preferences. When playing acoustic piano sounds in full keyboard mode (traditional piano playing style), I definitely prefer the weighted feel, but for synth playing, and emulating other orchestral instruments, I prefer the lighter synth touch. For the sake of transportable gig convenience (and my back), I've adapted to using synth feel keys for all my arranger KB playing.

I too enjoy playing gigs on a decent sounding REAL acoustic piano, but only 'if' the house piano is BOTH 'in tune' and keys properly (evenly) regulated. Nothings worse than a piano out of tune or one with some keys broken, or where some keys take 10x the amount of force to play than the others.

Scott