Im with you on the sounds and styles MC. Again remember though that the two most subjective areas of an arranger keyboard are the sounds and styles. Some prefer CD quality styles like what you find on Yamaha, and some prefer the more live feel from Roland, Korg, and Ketron.

However I wouldn't say the XD9 (base model) at any rate blew away it's competition though. The Ketron's (lately) have been nothing but "sounds and styles" and (as mentioned in the past) Ketron is offering less for the songwriter (onboard).

Strip it all away and you're paying a huge chunk of money just for the sounds and styles alone. Hell the XD9 was still using floppy. My old Roland RS-70 (even though it has a floppy has a USB midi interface and a great software editor.., and I paid less for it brand spanking new than what the SD4 costs)

I think all these keyboard makes have a thing or two that set them apart from the others, but Ketron's pricing for these differences is out of touch IMO. Even the average buyer can barely afford their lower line.



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 12-29-2008).]