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Casio gained its first reputation by making low priced keyboards. They were sold at Sams and Kmart and were always a very good value. Casio did not intend their products to compete with instruments costing ten times as much. Some people who bought the expensive brands looked down on Casios and gave Casio a 'sucky' reputation.

I have been told that the latest models of Casio move completely out of the 'budget' mold, as the posters here have confirmed. But their early reputaton remains, at least in some people's minds.

For that matter, some keyboard snobs will tell you that ALL arranger keyboards 'suck.'
Tell that to the people who use arranger keyboards to make a very nice living and they will tell you the snobs are just wrong.

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