I tried casio wk3700 one year ago and ended buying a yammy dgx-505 when I was just starting. I read good reviews about wk8000 predecesor on keybord player and other magazines. After 1 hour testing I realized it wasn't for me, sounded cheesy,thin and overall lack of realism on most sounds including piano sounds which was my main goal, construction wasn't good either and some buttons look the same as $50 casio keybards. I agree it packs a lot of stuff for the price but sometimes less is better. In my opinion not for the stage and definitely not a professional keyboard.

I tried wk8000 past week and seemed to me didn't have enough improvements over the wk3700 regarding sound quality and piano sounds. Also for $499 it's not particularly cheap either.

A casio privia px310 would be a better bet unfortunaly has only 32 poly. I hooked it up to an Keyboard amp on GC and sounded acceptable for me.

Currently a motif ES7 w/ Steinway D sample loaded and a yamaha s80 w/plg150AP board give me all the purity on piano sounds I expect from a gigging keyboard. just my 2 cents.


[This message has been edited by superpowter77 (edited 10-27-2006).]