My first Technics keyboard was a KN800 and it had it's share of quirks, but my next Technics was a KN1000 (stil have and use it), wasa giant step forward and great improvement. Then I bought the KN2000 (still have and use) and I thought that was everything I could want. As newer models became available, I kept thinking that every two years or so there would be a newer / improved model. Then the KN7000 and I waited until last April and could not resist the desire to have that incredible giant step forward in all that it had to offer and especially the SD card. It will probably take the rest of my life to exhaust my use and uses for this fantastic sounding instrument. It won't wear out ( my others did't) and it will challenge my playing and creative juices for as long as I live.

I would appreciate it if someone could respond with the actual historical lineage of the keyboards from the KN600 - 800 up to the KN7000. Year intruoduced with model number. What a story of advancement in a short number of years. Hats off to the people who worked in the MusicalInstrument Division of Technics/Panasonic.