Steven, whilst I recognise that you are entitled to express your own opinion, I think you will find that all present owners of the KN7000 will disagree with your comment that the "sounds are the same as the KN6500". I can assure you that they are not! We have been informed by Technics that all the sounds have been re-sampled and there are many brand new sounds as well. You could certainly hear the difference if you had been able to carry out a side by side comparison of the two keyboards. I still have my KN6000 as well as the KN7000 and have carried out many comparisons of the sounds. I can assure you that there are significant improvements, not only in the amplification and speaker system but in the actual sounds themselves.
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Willum
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Willum
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music.
Aldous Huxley
( especially when the music is played on a KN7000....)