Alas, with all the hype and excitement about the new KN7000, I fear that those of us who retain our wonderful 5000, 6000 and 6500 keyboards(probably other earlier ones, too) are going to get lost in the shuffle. I anticipate that future dowbnloads, etc. will probably be geared for the 7000 and we will be left with no new things to share. Now that there is a 7000 site up and running, maybe we who are not in that category need a 5000/6000/6500 site strictly for us! Any ideas on this? What I fear most is that the guys who offer the great music ZIP files, etc. will now prepare them for the 7000 and they then won't be compatible with the earlier keyboards. It is my understanding that styles, etc. can move upward (i.e. from the 5000 to the 6000/6500, or from the earlier keyboards up to the 5000/6000/6500/7000) but NOT downward (making 7000 files, etc. incompatible with the 5000/6000/6500 keyboards). I will be interested int he feedback my comments get and thank you all for listening. I'm sure I am not the only Technics lover who is not yet ready, willing or able to move up to the new 7000!

Ted Rose
KN6500 enthusiast

the 65 (and any other keyboard) remains exactly the same the day after the 7k was launched as it was the day before the 7k was launched. Just because something better comes along changes its position not one iota in absolute terms, only in relative terms, and that open to individual opinion. That's progress.

Styles made for 6000 were not playable on 5000 so nothing has changed there either, you were lucky to have a 6 when 6 files were sent out. They were no use to 5000 people either...

Ted and all,

Seventy six years on this planet has taught me one thing - That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

I had an employee in the office. For years he was faithful, very good at what he did and an excellent all around man. Could not ask for a better man. Fifteen years ago I made a decision to computerize the office. I made that decision not because I had to at the moment but because I looked into the future. I could have found many excuses not to, such as not enough money at the moment, too long of a learning curve and even Ruthie chimed in suggesting I didn’t even know how to spell computer. Anyway I did it. One of the things I found was life in the business world was so much more enjoyable. Downside? Yes! Every three to four years I had to upgrade the computers, upgrade the software, upgrade, upgrade and upgrade. But I would never go back for a minute. Poor old Al, my faithful employee, who was not yet ready, willing or able to move up to the new, was very unhappy. Could never understand what was wrong with the old way. I had to give him an office and give him menial jobs to do for the next few years until he retired. He missed so much out of life because of his attitude. Poor old Al! But that is the way the cookie crumbles.

Yes I know, some cannot afford the move some have a wife that don’t see things like we do and some are just plain cheap. A few just like to complain or sing, ‘woe is me’. But then again that’s the way the cookie crumbles. Life is not fair and life is not easy. Learning how to be satisfied with what one has is a priceless virtue and one to strive after. Ruthie has a hard time with that principle when it comes to living with me but I tell her, ‘that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Grandpa Doug

GJ