Well John, I guess you are dealing with three things that are rolling around in your mind.

1 - You know you have the best when you play and hear the sounds and use it’s functions.

2 - You are worried or concerned about something that has not yet happened. You want to keep up with technology and are worried where you can now go to keep growing with it. Kind of fruitless, don’t you think? The other boards are still in the dark ages of technology. Mechanical memory. Hard drives that are mechanical devices of many parts that can give many problems in a portable type keyboard. Floppy disk drives with the same inherent unreliable qualities. The magnetic medium on the floppies that can be corrupted if laid near a speaker or phone. Clunky operating system and I could go on and on. Compare that with the solid state SD card. Solid state memory that has unlimited capacity and portability. Not only that but Secure Disk technology of the SD card is not only faster but is the epitome of all such technology to date. Only now the photography industry is starting to use these SD cards. Sometimes worry can become a hobby with some people

3 - Hate and loyalty! What a combination to fester a real downer. Hate in any form will never allow anyone to experience any kind of peace, contentment or genuine happiness in life. Hate is the root that if left to grow unchecked will spoil any garden of contentment. And Loyalty? Loyal to Technics? May I offer a suggestion John? I would say your loyalty is misplaced. Loyalty to a thing, a man or an organization is a sure formula for stagnation, hate, bitterness and disappointment. Loyalty to a principle or quality such as excellence, quality, goodness, truthfulness or the like will always produce a life of likeness. A life a cut above most.

So John, Old Grandpa taking the chance of being called critical or negative, will offer a bit of observation that I sincerely extend as a help in obtaining a well satisfied life on this earth.

When I discuss my KN, my car or even my Ruthie I always do so in terms of principle or quality and the rest will take care of itself. As an example if I may. I have had my Ruthie for a very long time. She is old, very old in comparison with my new great grand daughter. Because I have loyalty to principle and quality rather than wife, better appearing woman, age, new experience or any other of the many things divorce facilitates I have had an exceptionally rewarding life.

So in closing John, if your desire is to move on then move on. If to learn, than learn. If it is as you say to grow then by all means grow. Grow in understanding and learn in knowledge but if your desire is to move on without the understanding and knowledge of WHY, that of course is up to you. If your justification for moving on is to learn and grow then the question arises learn what and grow to what? Old technology? I love new technology. I will always learn and grow until the day I die. Yes guys, I have and still do buy things because I want to move on to something new. Something new is the motivation and needs no justification. My lust for something new is the reason and the justification. Please fellows, call a spade a spade. When something else surpasses the technology and performance of the KN then buy it for that reason as I will also do. Until that time guys, please don’t try to convince yourself, me or any one else that the KN is somehow falling behind in technology, quality or sound compared to other current offerings. Want a new toy then buy a new toy but don’t rename it as new technology or as some grandiose motive to grow in new technology.

Grandpa Doug, a big mouth but with a proven philosophy.