First off, $7000.00 list? Sounds like our local Yamaha dealer where I live. I bought a KN-6000 for my wife. No hard drive. $2895.00 shipping was included.

The sensitivity of the keys aren't as drastic as stated previously, so maybe quality control sucked on unit you played.

I am an amateur, so the chord recognition problem doesn't affect me. I, personally, do not care for most of the styles, which as an amateur, I look hard at, but in the case of the 6000, bought it unheard except demos as my wife wanted a Technics, as their is no dealer in our area.

The touch and after response did not have the sensitivity of the X1, which I own, love and also bought unheard but based on user comments due to no local dealer. The instrumentation was, for the most part tinnier and had less of the instrument nuances. All this being said, my wife loves it, but the "proof in the pudding" will be a few months down the road whether the attraction will be there.