You are entitled to you opinion, Diki, even though it is clearly wrong to those of us who actually use an S900.

You are right in part...the S900 is in a league of it's own, and I'm sure Roland would love to have had half the success with the E-50 as Yamaha has with their little gem.

The case is made of plastic...so what...it's very strong, and very light, and probably less expensive to manufacture, so the instrument has a lower price....more affordable....ch ching!

Ya think that Roland would catch on to this concept.but, no, they haven't, and it shows in their sales.

I remember when the E-20 came out...plastic body...lightweight keys around $2500 Cdn...but it smoked everyone else because of it's incredibly warm LA sound and very well done styles....I bought one, and so did a lot of others, and for several years, Roland was on top...no one cared if it was plastic...it could have been made out of pie dough for all anyone cared...Roland's arrangers had raised the bar.

Then Yamaha made the PSR-910/1700/2700 and finally caught up, and with their PSR-8000, they were easily the equal, if not superior to Roland.

The S900 is one of those products that sets another standard, not quite the same way the E-20 did, but it sure is giving everyone else fits when it comes to "bang for the buck".

Plastic schmastic...who cares...the instrument is clearly a winner.

Ian