Uncle Dave,

So you don't like Alesis.. any particular reason? I'll tell you what I want.. I want an 88-key, hammer or weighted action (isn't hammer action better?) keyboard that has full-size keys like a piano, and 64key polyphony; I need something suitable for performance and just messing around with midi some in the future. Give me your input.. Don't want to spend more than $1,500.. I can get an ALESIS QS8.1 for $1,399 and have seen used ones on ebay go for as low as $1,100 or so.. whatcha think??