Hi ScottL. As you know, I auditioned (and at great length) both the Tyros & KN7000 and purchased the Tyros. Six months later, I'm STILL very happy with my decision.

The big deciding factor between the Tyros & KN7000 (for me) was that the Tyros' drum fills sound a lot more dynamic & realistic, propeling the rhythm (forward motion) into the next section like a 'real' drummer would. The KN7000's fills (on the other hand) unforunately emphasize orchestral voices (guitar, strings, etc) and less on the drum/percussion kit which is such an essential ingredient of pop, rock, r&b, country, and jazz music genres. This is sorelly missing on the KN7000. The other HUGE advantage of the Tyros is its impressive sounding built in vocalizer. Regretably, the vocalizer on the KN7000 sounds imo, totally unacceptable for pro performance.

I also own BOTH the Tyros & PSR2000 and have played & compared them 'side by side' and prefer playing the Tyros, by a wide margin. Particularly because of the Tyros' more realistic sounding acoustic piano sample, substantially more responsive keyboard feel (vs spongy on the PSR2000), & studier construction, hard drive option, and much better navigation (Color LCD, larger lighted buttons, direct reg bank access & 6 dedicated intro/ending buttons.

I now utilize the Tyros for ALL gigs (big and small alike) and just keep the 2000 as a backup spare. The PSR2100 is a great budget choice, but if you can at all afford the Tyros, it's well worth the price difference (imho).

If Summer NAMM brings no new keyboard offering surprises, the Tyros (imho) is still the keyboard to beat. Just my opinion of course.


Scott