and for a little bit more you can get a used S970 just sayin...

I think Fran said he thinks the ea7 sounds better then the S970, so why would he then consider an S970..

To each his own I guess..

I'm guessing the Roland arranger is a good one.

But I wonder how user friendly it is?

Many moons ago I bought a recording deck...a Roland VS 2480...light years ahead of its time technology wise...still a good deck.

However, the one thing it was not is user friendly....very complicated to use.

From reviews and videos it seems its quite userfriendly, and has a lot of direct access buttons just like pa4x on the panel... A German reviewer named the ea7 the pa4x for the poor....

I don't think it looks like a toy, in fact the opposite is true. Maybe it is so light that it feels not a 'pro' arranger for some people. It now became my main keyboard when I need an all in one keyboard. When I travel, then it's the MidJay Pro.

Isn't the EA7 close in price to the Casio Mz X500?
I would say better bang for the buck you can't go wrong...
although personally at this time I'd be interested in a
Hammond SK1-73

Looks indeed that the ea7 outperforms the mzx500 where it comes to sound quallity, by quite a margin.. Tough the. Mzx might still have an advantage when it comes to features and interface.


The hammond SK1 is an incredible fun formfactor... But not an arranger, unless you add the Ketron SD40 (2 kgs) to it.... But then performance instruments like the SK1, or Nord stage make a perfect arranger base in combination with the SD40...

Nice review Fran! I have to disagree on the quality of buttons - rather cheap and Yamaha like. You are correct, the sound- samples are shorter and sound more compressed than on the BK9. Another shortcoming is the MFX section - lacking 2 MFX blocks for the upper tones. However, to me it's worth it the price simply because of the accordion sounds. All in all, I love the little toyish looking thing.

Fran the Roland is cool and sounds pretty good but to compair it to T5 well that is a strech but for price range it a nice little unit

i could mess around with it and hsave fun but not play a pro gig with it well if that is all i had i could but not my first choice

but I stll love the G70 and always will.