DonM,
WOW, You have certainly owned quite an impressive collection of keyboards. The Technics KN2000 certainly was a landmark arranger keyboard and remains a classic. I particularly love Technics "ease of use navigation", especially for live performance. Don, could you possibly point out again the differences (pluses and minuses) between the PSR9000 and Technics arranger boards?

JCKeeys,
The listed prices for Technics keyboards at Piano/home organ stores are typically extremely inflated. Even if they were to sell the keyboard at half their list price, they would still be making a healthy profit. My current 'personal favorite' arranger keyboard still are the Technics KN6000 and KN5000 (both have great sounds, styles and are especially easy to operate). You can now pick up a brand new KN5000 for £999 (approx $1,468 USD). Current price for a brand new KN6000 is around £1,499 (approx. $2,200 USD). Seems like a lot of bang for the buck to me. I found these prices on the internet at:
http://www.whitleybayorgans.co.uk/pr01.htm

A US Technics dealer who has a repuation for great prices is Keppler's music in West Seneca, NY.
http://www.kepplermusic.com/


You might even be able to find cheaper prices elsewhere, I don't know. The price for these boards may be higher than the Roland G1000 but I really think you get a lot more for your money in both styles/sounds and most importantly, the Technics keyboard's ease of use. I found the Roland RA800 arranger much less intuitive than the KN5000 which is so well designed that you can be up and running (gigging) with it almost immediately. On the contrary, it took quite a while to master the Roland arranger.

Though I continue to love and perform with the KN5000 regularly, I am also looking for another arranger board to augment the KN5000. Yamaha PSR9000 pro, Solton X1, General Music WK8 SE, Korg PA80 or?

Can anyone out there tell me what the current street price for a brand new Solton X1 (both with and without a hard drive) is? Also, what are the current street prices for the GM WK8 and Yamaha PSR9000, and projected street prices of the upcoming Yamaha PSR9000 pro and Korg PA80?

Scott