I have to agree with jamman. For $1000 you could get a Korg PA-50 or a Yamaha PSR-1500. You could even get a Korg Triton LE for that price.

Squeak

But none of these have 76 keys and
Timo1 says he wants 76 keys. Only the EXR7, for under $1000.00 and 3 lower priced Yamaha keyboards have the 76 keys and the right price range.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

Timo1,
If possible try it out with an external sound system or headphones. I think it would sound great with a 50 - 100 watts 2.1 sound system. The accoustic piano on the Roland has more volume then the Yamaha's. Where as the Yamaha's need to be cranked to half-way, the Roland would be at a quarter for the same volume level. I find the EXR-7 is brighter then Yamaha pianos.
Painkiller,
Did you ever try your EXR-7 with an external soundsystem.

this stuff is a new revelation to me. I watched a demo on the English roland
site of the exr7... then checked again here and boom a light went on! Arranger keyboards ah!

Ive been using a casio wk 1800 and still luv it because it saves my preset sounds in banks for performance, has a intro/a/b/ and ending with drums/orch...easily splits, can adjust volume on the fly quickly, just easy to use live and sounds pretty good through an amp...

My impression the few times when I went to look at keyboards over the last few years.. expensive ones like was was hmm $1500-$2500? no registration banks? no drums? on orchestrated sounds??? I like my cheap casio or yamaha better for what I need live ... Until...couple days ago..and through these boards I realized... wohoo same features as cheaper yamahaa and casio but done better.. much better... wohooo!

2-4 intros/ 4 a sections/ multiple endings hehe sweet!

I spent about 3 hours last night on the demos, I was going to post that the pa 50 sounds kinda blew me away until I went and listened to the yamaha 3000, which knocked me over..why dont they make a 76 key version of these!!

the exr sounded very good but i would agree with most the sounds on the others were better... for me I like real sounding instruments which with the yamaha, it blew me away ...(horns and nylon guitar expecially) but still $1500, also I know the skill of person creating the demo etc plays into this. I need to try these out extensively and keep reading here before making any decision.. alhoto it sounds like one only ones with 76 keys are the exr or one of the less expensive yamaha dbx's.

but thanks synth zone board members nice to know what arranger boards are now ... hehe kinda of turbo charged department store casio or yamahas...luv it!