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#417272 - 02/23/16 04:09 PM ROLAND E A7
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#417277 - 02/23/16 05:47 PM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: Dnj]
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As I said, the brass sounds are compressed when compared to the BK-9!
The keybed is much worse, there are no supernatural sounds (SN-A piano and trumpet are nice in the BK-9!), and there is no chord sequencer.

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#417287 - 02/23/16 07:07 PM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: ]
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Originally Posted By: rosetree
As I said, the brass sounds are compressed when compared to the BK-9!
The keybed is much worse, there are no supernatural sounds (SN-A piano and trumpet are nice in the BK-9!), and there is no chord sequencer.


You should compare it to the bk-5... At best..
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#417288 - 02/23/16 08:16 PM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: Dnj]
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Or maybe compared to Casio Mz X500?

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#417299 - 02/24/16 04:14 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: Dnj]
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#417303 - 02/24/16 07:24 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: mirza]
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#417309 - 02/24/16 07:40 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: Dnj]
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These sound quite good!
As do some piano and strings demos.
Comparing it with a Casio is an insult. I think Roland put in very mixed quality here, and as they squeezed in such a vast number of sounds, they obviously chose to compress some of them like brass, but not all.
I guess all in all it is better and more versatile than the BK-5 (and it costs much more than the BK-5), but as I said you can't compare it with the BK-9.

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#417311 - 02/24/16 07:50 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: ]
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Originally Posted By: rosetree
These sound quite good!
As do some piano and strings demos.
Comparing it with a Casio is an insult. I think Roland put in very mixed quality here, and as they squeezed in such a vast number of sounds, they obviously chose to compress some of them like brass, but not all.
I guess all in all it is better and more versatile than the BK-5 (and it costs much more than the BK-5), but as I said you can't compare it with the BK-9.


I dont think the E A7 was made in Italy?

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#417313 - 02/24/16 08:01 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: Dnj]
rosetree
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Of course not, Roland Europe doesn't exist any more, there are no Roland factories in Europe. Just sales subsidiaries.
But the BK models except BK-9 were already manufactured in China. My BK-7m packaging says "designed in Italy, made in China".

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#417314 - 02/24/16 08:03 AM Re: ROLAND E A7 [Re: ]
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Originally Posted By: rosetree
Of course not, Roland Europe doesn't exist any more, there are no Roland factories in Europe. Just sales subsidiaries.
But the BK models except BK-9 were already manufactured in China. My BK-7m packaging says "designed in Italy, made in China".


That's good to know....at a $1299.00 us price rand you cant go wrong...it sounds terriffic especially the organs and with speakers buttons, sliders, etc, galore!


Edited by Dnj (02/24/16 09:19 AM)

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