Uncle Dave and I spent the afternoon with the KN7000. We had it side by side the KN6500. Here are my impressions, I am sure Dave will post after his party..First the keyboard looks much better live than photos.It's best feature is the sound system, loud and clear enough to use by itself in smaller areas and house parties.Next best feature...Drawbar organs..followed by a decent piano...After that, sorry KN fans,get around just does not work for me. Could't find a quick way to go to manual bass, especially in pianist mode.. The drums are identical sounding to the 6500,which I did not like[garage band sounding]...SMF playing and live play combination and switching, nearly impossible to work quickly and smoothly..It appears that live edits are too complicated in realtime play..There are many nice sounds on this board[they seem identical to the6500], but I still prefer the sounds on Roland VA's, even though it suffers with it's work around..Bass and drums ,, don't A,B the KN to the Ketron..the XD outclasses the KN7000 in this area as does the Roland VA...Technic guys and gals will continue to love this board, as long as you don't side by side with Ketron and Roland..I do think the sounds on the KN7000 are much better on average then what you will find on the PA-80 or PSR's[ sorry Donny , that includes the 9000]...We never did get the Mic and harmonizer up and running[so this has to remain incomplete till another try],The mic sounded okay, but what a bummer, NO eq for the mic[and how much does this board cost?]Engineers are taking too many coffee breaks[Is that what happens , Mario?]..Overall it is a nice board[although it also seems to be a repackage]...not for everyone, and surely not for the hard to please guys[UD]..For me..I'm still waiting for the "real" next Roland entry..Till then I'll still play the best[G1000]. what it does,it does best..Fran