You are right George. I got the price mixed up with the WK-3800. The WK-3800 is $399.

George I did play probably a hundred or so of the voices going from one to the next. I think one of the best voices is the Grand Piano voice. I also didn't do any EQ'ing or customizing of any of the voices. It was just the stock factory settings so I suppose layering and adjusting the EQ could really enhance some of the sounds. But to be truthful I finally had to stop playing after going through about 100 of the sounds. I lost interest because the sounds to me were mediocre at best and I became disenchanted. I guess I've been spoiled with my Tyros but some people might find the sounds on the Wk-8000 to be adequate for them.

There was a few bright spots like a few of the Organs and also a few of the Pianos and Electric Pianos but overall I was disappointed.

PS: The only way a person can know for sure if the Casio WK-8000 suits them is to personally demo one themselves. What is one man's trash is another man's treasure as they say.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 10-21-2006).]