Aside from Mega/Sas...... is there really a huge difference after listening to the PSR9000 of which I had two years ago...

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At 49lbs the 9k must weigh more then him .....
Nice Job start em young!! hey I started at 6yrs old myself!

I play a 9000 Pro fairly often, as it belongs to a good buddy (Glen Campbell's former piano player) who lives about a half hour from my place.

It still sounds very good (especially the piano), although, he also has a Tyros3 that he likes a bit more than the 9Kpro. He keeps the latter because of the great feeling 76-note keyboard (he is a piano player after all)

The PSR-9000 (with the on-board speakers) is pretty heavy, and the 9000 Pro is about the same...they have their own distinctive CD like Yamaha sound, but the SA/SA2 and mega voices in the Tyros models (especially the T4) really make the instruments come alive.

There are quite a few 9000's still in use, according to my client list...mostly home use.

Ian

New stuff pretty much still has the same old crappy drums.

I used to have 9000pro.The best key feel of any synth,arranger or workstation plus two PLG boards expanded.The keys come from my favorite Yamaha workstation that is worth mentioning, EX5.I used to have it and still miss it sometimes.
And I agree , still the same drums now and then.
But 9000pro was good arranger.I have to say you couldn't do much on keyboard itself if you wanted to do some in-depth editing.Too bad Tyros doesn't use keys from 9000pro.On that note 9000 keys are horrible.

The 9k was my first Yamaha arranger comin from a Korg & Technics.. ... I actually bought two one for backup at that time new paid around 2400.00 ea, ..
be nice if you could just take out and put in any keybed you wanted for your needs like a Fatar etc,.......but I agree the drums haven't changed at all up to & thru the T4. maybe T5 will show something different.

Sorry Donny, but that is simply flat out WRONG!
Having owned a Psr2000, Tyros 1, Tyros 2, and now Tyros 4,
I have heard drum sound improvement with each subsequent upgrade,
with the most significant upgrade in sound heard with the new "live drums"
implemented on Tyros 4.

I have also had & performed with the 9k,2k, 21,3k, 900,910,T1,T2, & have played a T4 & I'm still not convinced... the problem lies in the compression of the drums...which scrunches the overall "LIVE sound nuances" missed in all Yamaha arranger drums.....vs Korg, Roland, Ketron.

Actually, the FSX keybed on Tyros4, is much better feeling, to my fingers at least, than the 9000 Pro, and my friend with the latter agrees with me.

My other favorite action, was the 88 note, weighted actioned, Yamaha KX-88 Controller from way back around 1986 or so...the FSX is even better to me than that one.

As far as drums...I agree with Scott...the drums have steadily improved, and with the Tyros4's "live drums", are super to my ears.

I prefer Yamaha's drums to the competition, as they sound better fitted to the mix, and are smoother, more refined.

I like refined, especially when it also sounds "live".

Use what suits your needs best, I always say, and Yamaha works for me.

Ian