I agree with others the psr9000 or 9000 pro styles(drums) sound good to me ...especially with new styles I added and using multipad drums to spice it up.

And I agree with you that the relatively cheaper psr's don't sound as good... that's why I passed on them ... and I remember BEBOP commenting the same way ... when he bought his PSR9000... he had thought that Yamaha only made the lower end models that were like casio and sold in dept stores.

I feel for you man, having responsibilites and not being able to afford the keyboard of your dreams!

Maybe you can buy a used keyboard you like ...or buy a djx and midi it together since you like the djx drum sounds... you can pick one up really cheap on ebay.

Just like you like the sd1, I love the psr9000! Hope you can buy the keyboard of you dreams (sd1).