[QUOTE]Originally posted by dazart:
[B]I think it could be just a biased opinion because if you go on the arranger keyboard forum they speak very highly of the Tyros compared to the Kn 7000 and when you consider the 47000 posts as compared to the 12000 posts here im still not convinced.

I have played Technics keyboards prefessionally over ten years. From time to time I brought home a Yamaha, one of my first keyboards was a Yamaha psr55, then a psr6300. After reading the arranger forum for six months, I decided to buy a Tyros. It is one fine keyboard. Un-skilled ears have told me---John, that Tyros has more excitment when you play it, but the KN7000 sounds much better.

There is no biased opinion here. For love songs and slow ballads I love to use the grand piano and the trumpet. I have created over seven types of trumpets on my K7. I use the grand piano as is.

When I tried to play the same type of ballads on the Tyros, it fell short. I tried to create a better trumpet, but the Tyros editing system was limited. I do know a good trumpet after playing one professionally for years. The Tyros piano also fell short.

I own both instruments---if you want drive, the Tyros---if you want ballads, love songs, A fine waltz, great big band, jazz, it is the KN7000. If you want to edit sounds, or create a greate sequence, it's the Kn7 by far. Here there is no contest.
I thought of making an Mp3 recording of both instruments playing the same song with the same arrangment---maybe.
I bought a Tyros,brought it to my home and played it for over 2 months to reach this opinion.

I use both forums, I have both of the keyboards, My opinion comes with hands on, not something I heard about, or by sitting at a keyboard in a store, then forming an opinion. I was really hoping the Tyros would be better, that's why I spent all that money.

IMHO---You must sit with both instruments, there is no other way to make a selection of YOUR CHOICE.

John C.