Hi Stevizard,

I concur that the KN6000 is great (the best) for jazz, standards, big band, ballroom and latin, but I do think the KN6000 also covers 70s & 80s rock, pop, country, disco and techno/rave/dance/trance very well too. With the new EW01 board, the KN6000's sounds now cover an even wider range of music genres.

From my 'limited' audition of the Solton X1, I found it best geared for rock because of its' 'live' sounding in your face drums. I would not personally recommend the X1 for more subtle styles such as cocktail jazz.

I'm still anxious to check out the Yamaha PSR9000 pro because currently only the Yamaha PSR9000 and Technics KN6000 and KN5000 support "rootless chord voicing" recognition which is essential for playing authentic sounding contemporary jazz-blues comping styles. Because of this, I would assume that the Yamaha PSR9000 would be well suited for playing jazz as well. I'd be interested in hearing comments from PSR9000 players on this.

- Scott