Also don’t forget the current low value of the US Dollar.

Thru the years, I've owned and performed with 4 Ketron KB Products....X1, XD9, Midjay, SD1+, never had a problem.....always great sound.

MS60, MS100 , X1, and SD1..same results never a problem...Of course I was a Ketron dealer for the first three..


Forgot the TS-4..

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 08-21-2007).]

Doesn't that affect ALL arrangers? Not too many built in the US, these days...

If you’re a big company you can take a hit on profits to keep prices down, knowing that you will make it back when the Dollar improves.
Smaller companies don’t have the luxury of these vast amounts of reserves, and so their prices have to follow the market.

I have always loved ketron products and is a hardcore ketron user and many of my friends. but I can't help but feel ketron raised the bar with the ms50/100 then the x1, that other keyboard companies couldn't reach. but now it's like korg & yamaha, (i'm guessing roland also, haven't tried the g70 yet) have just raced by ketron waving goodbye. I think SD5 is a wonderful keyboard most likley the best sounding keyboard in the ketron line. but a big disappointment with the missing features that a $1500 keyboard has. no usb, or flash card, $400 for a hard drive, still using floppy drive. Also I purchased the SD2 and no usb. I guessing with the audya will incorporate all of the missing features but at what price.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think Yamaha has touched on a very good thing. Making a very good keyboard that is a baby tyros at a under 2k price tag and they didn't skip out on very good features. There will always be big ticket flagship keyboards but what i come to realize that you don't need to bankroll a keyboard anymore to get a good keyboard. (and yes still a diehard ketron user for now)!!

Also the problem that I had was with the SD1, too many updates and the XD9 the bass and the acomp. would drop out when I would use certain instruments.

[This message has been edited by mc (edited 08-22-2007).]