I agree!, and in this case both of them were played in the same environment! We went to the same store our church bought their piano from, The piano store had the same Roland my wife plays at church as well as the Technics. Which made it very easy to compare the sounds, she could go back and forth on both instruments. Which brings me back to trying a number of instruments, with your added point of hopefully in the same environment, so you can make a adequate judement for yourself!

There are a number of great instruments out there, Roland makes a very fine product, but it is a matter of taste, and for us, Technics has a much better sound!

Indy