Nice demo.....sounds alot like the BK5...good stuff!

Drums sounded very nice!

Andrea ... have you purchased one yet? ... can't wait to hear what you do with it ... I am still playing the CD you gave me in Rome on my iPOD ... LOVE IT !!! ...

Tony,
I am not planning to buy a BK9, but maybe the (improved) model that will follow it.
I am happy that you are still listening to my CD. I hope to record something new... sooner or later!
Ciao
Andrea

Hopefully much sooner !!! Can't wait ...

Lydia and I are hoping to visit Italy again this year (50th wedding anniversary) ... perhaps we can meet again ...

I've got a BK-9 coming in about 3 weeks. I really like the the 76 keys. It really lets me stretch out when playing the piano patches. I hope the feel of the keyboard is a little bit more robust than the BK-5 and BK-3. Not that they are bad but I could use a little more weight in the action.

I had a Yamaha PSR-S950 and a Korg PA-600 and got rid of them both. They had absolutely the worst keyboard action I have ever played on. Very cheap in my opinion. I'm a piano player and have gotten to prefer a heavier action while playing piano patches. 61 keys are also somewhat confining when it comes to really digging into an acoustic piano solo.

Are you just hoping?....What makes you think the BK9 is going to have better action then the BK5? 76 keys is not an indicator..

Bk9 has much better key action than bk5 or s950 or pa600.Bk5 has better keyboard than s950 or pa600

Hi..You know how it is in Canada.Everybody else , and than us (maybe).
I was in Europe for two weeks and I played it.Only for a short time, but the key feel is much better than on bk5.

I used to have bk5 And I loved Roland styles.I would get it if it was $1800, not for $2800.It is too much.

I think I'm hearing about street prices well under that $2800 figure. Shop around.

Many stores will pad a price until they start to get shipments in. Might as well get top dollar from those too impatient to wait until supply exceeds demand!

With an S950 (only a 61) street for just under $2000, a lighter 76, with audio loops that actually loop rather than one shot, a chord sequencer, and some seriously live sounding drums, around $2400 might not be a bad price point.

Diki, with the way Roland are now adopting their "World Pricing Policy" I would be surprised if the sell for anything less than c.25-2600. In the relative values of ones own currency units.

They are pricing items now for each countries Roland distributors to reflect the same price per unit worldwide. It is a pretty fine (as in tolerances) formula, and ergo leaves little room for dealers to drop pricing too much, as the $'s to Roland per unit are exactly the same world wide. The days of big margins are long gone!

Dennis