Hi All, thanks for the feedback: in no specific order:
I find the backings are more varied and realistic especially the type of music I play, 1920’s,/60’s, Latin and the like. The song bank, with 1,893 songs ready set up to go is worth it in itself, again I found these very, very realistic. My wife was taken with this, one of the reasons I bought it, and said she would play it, she is a pianist, some what rusty, and has never bothered with any other boards,( or organs) we have owned. I found it easy to understand, remember I only really had 2/3 hours at it. Sequencer I only use for Easy record, I had never used it at all until 20 for 1 came along, thanks Bill, so it is more than adequate for me. Storage options, well, I will buy a 41.2 GB hard drive for about £55, ( approx. 85/90$), I think that would cost more, much more, converted to SD Cards!!! While I will not use the vocaliser, we tried it with an average singer, and the results almost made me want to try, any settings can be stored in panel memories along with sounds etc. We compared this with a £200 (310$) external unit and the results were favourable, another plus. The coloured keys are a bit garish, but leave you in no doubt as to the state of the set up. I read about problems with the USB but I encountered this with the 7000, (there was a severe lack of reading)! But I don’t anticipate making a lot of use of it. A lot of people buying boards may not own a computer, so it is not a necessity.
I am sure there are more sound edit capabilities than I would need. I have not ordered the speakers; I use a Bang & Olufsen HI Fi System, which is vastly superior to any built in speakers on any board, or most amp. systems, so that was not an issue. I would think the learning curve is much steeper, but I have been reading for over 60 years, and still make a point of reading something every day to keep my hand in, so that is no problem!
A friend owns a 9000, he had an 8000 previously, and I would not have personally bought any of them, he is in the process of changing it for a Tyros.
I hear a world of difference between them, deaf as I am!!
Ensnareyou, you have obviously have heard/seen/played a Tyros, did you try the 9000 via the Tyros spkrs. or use a common denominator for comparison, I did.
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