It all depends on what you bought your board for and like anything else you can't generalise stuff like key feel / response.

That being said Bear with me whilst I generalise

I think I read somewhere (and it is certainly true in my case) that the most played 'voice' on any arranger, and by the majority of users, is the piano. Look at all the interest there was not long ago in comparing the piano sounds of many major boards.

I will conceed that if you bought your board as a sound module and sequencer then the keys will be of little interest to you anyway. But to take the argument to it's logical conclusion then to get the absolute best and authentic drum sound you need to buy something with a skin on it and hit it with a stick. To get the absolute best and authentic sax you need to buy a bendy pipe and blow in it. Likewise to get the best piano sound you need to buy an acoustic piano (and bang on it??). Electronic sampled sounds are going to be second best every time.

We expect our boards to be everything to everyone and sound like we paid tens of thousands of pounds for a studio full of instruments! Aint gonna happen really is it?

Having said all that ....in my own personal experience I have never played a keyboard that has inspired me to play (by sheer keyfeel alone) as much as the 9000pro. I know I am bound to say that as I only just bought it but it is true. The key feel is fantastic in my opinion.

Maybe my sax solo's dont fool no-one into looking over their shoulder to see where the guy with the bendy pipe is when I play. To be honest they never did anyway! I think everyone guessed it was me all along

Best wishes to all
Tony W