I tried a Korg Krome out recently at my local Guitar Center. The sounds were great, I liked them a lot. But what scared me off was that 2 keys had already gone dead. It worried me that it may not be up to long term gigging if it starts to fail as a store demo.

I also had the same impression on the keybed. I thought it was very cheaply made. And the Kranos has had lot of keybed problems esp in there 76 or 73 keyed versions it a shame because the sounds are very nice .

My 88 X KRONOS has one of the best keybeds ever made and no problems so far..

I believe you. But the 88 weighted keybeds are totally different to the unweighted 61 keybeds.

Yes, and it has to be said that the Kronos X (much more expensive than the "regular" Kronos) had no problems even with the 73 and 88 keys versions.

Big difference between Krome and Kronos...

I played a 61 Krome that a friend has. Felt so light, it wouldn't stay put on the stand..! I'm not the heaviest handed of guys, but I do play strong enough to get a decent 127 out of the things when I get frisky, but that thing would move around on the stand with MUCH lower force.

TBH, I was not all that impressed. Didn't seem all that live band friendly (nice if you have your presets ready to go, not so good at creating splits and layers on the spot) and felt pretty cheap.

The Krome 61 is only 16 lbs...your BK-9 weighs approx 21 lbs.

I'd say, in this case, the seemingly slight difference of 5 lbs is enough to make the Krome noticeably less stable.

Since the BK-9 is still quite light, do you need anything grippy under it to keep from slipping?

My demo PSR-S910, at 24 lbs, was pretty good, but it was just the right size (front to back) to be resting on all four rubber end sleeves on my double braced X-stand.

Ian