I've seen numerous posts about likes and dislikes about the keyfeel, and wishes for weighted keys on the PSR's.. Here's my take on this.. If you want weighted keys then buy a digital that has a graded keyboard.. When you get into todays keyboards that have large voice banks, weighted keys don't really work well into the equation and here's why... I don't care how well your fingers can move up and down a weighted keybed because there are voices like the sax, guitar, bass, and most importantly the drum kits, that do not work well with weighted keys.. Anyone ever try to fly on a sax solo with weighted keys?????? It doesn't work properly... It takes longer for the key to come back up thus limiting the solos possibilities... Also anyone ever try to crank out a drum beat on weighted keys... My take on that "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" I've played drum set for many years and there are things on the hi-hat, snare, bass, and toms that are impossible to do with a weighted keybed.. You have to be a pro at step recording to do these things, and when that's done the drums lose the natural feel, and sound like they were step recorded. A weighted keybed is nice, but I feel is only applicable to paino based instruments... If you want to rip out killer guitar solos, sax solos, and heart pounding drum beats the furthest I'd go is semi-weighted keys.. The best semi-weighted keyboard I've ever used for playing ALL instruments was the Roland XP-60.. That had a nice keybed. Yave to keep in mind that a weighted keyboard is designed to work best with piano based instruments. When you're playing other voices those weighted keys can get in the way and limit your music.. When I was up north in Erie PA I was at our local music store and I was playing on the new Yamaha Motif.. After years of practice I've been able to rip out drum beats recorded in realtime that sound great, and not recorded one part at at time like bass first, then overdub the snare over it.. I can Play the hi-hat, bass, and snare at the same time, I can also do fills at without overdubbing.. This took a lot of practice, but has really boosted my music.. After playing drums manually on the Motif, I had numerous sales reps, and shoppers come and ask me how in the hell did I do that.. One sales rep said "those are the best keyboard drums I've ever heard"... and said he's been playing for years and couldn't do this.. I asked him what he played on and he said a Kurzweil digital.... I told him that's the problem and explained the issue of weighted keys and how they affect specific instruments.. I then moved to a Digital piano they had in the store, I think it too was a Kurzweil, and then played the same drum beat on that, and EVERYONE heard the differnce.. With the weighed keys the beat was sluggish and didn't sound good. My point, weighted keys are nice, and I too love to use them, but only when playing voices that require weigted keys, but when I'm using voices that require a quick key return, I'd rather use non-weighted.... I know everyone hates using a lot of gear when performing, but a good 88 key controller can be hooked up to your keyboard, and they're not heavy at all.. This way you can have the 88 weighted keys you want, and you'll have the ability to use both in a performance.