The Casio XW-P1 and the Kurzweil Artis 7 are other moderately priced 9-slider boards with built-in sounds.
I went for the Artis 7 as i was looking for 76 keys with better keyed. The VR09 looked a bit toy-ish to me and its big brother the vR730 was twice the price for the exact same sound engine and controls and although light, quite bulky. The Artis 7 seemed a reasonable compromise, i.e a bit cheaper, more compact, but still offering all organ controls and decent pianos and organ sounds. Good built quality too.
Roland V-Combo VR-09
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I went for the Artis 7 as i was looking for 76 keys with better keyed. The VR09 looked a bit toy-ish to me and its big brother the vR730 was twice the price for the exact same sound engine and controls and although light, quite bulky. The Artis 7 seemed a reasonable compromise, i.e a bit cheaper, more compact, but still offering all organ controls and decent pianos and organ sounds. Good built quality too.