Hard to fault no harmony at its price point. Likewise the non-touch screens. Remember, this is a sub-$1500 arranger....

But the multipad and sampler blunders were unforgivable. 128MB samplers died in the 90’s. And a multipad system with next to no content and no MIDI import is close to useless.

It was such a half-hearted last fling. Me, I’d have been happier with an improved BK-9, it didn’t need so much to be amazing. I guess if you are the kind of player that makes your own samples, loops, styles etc., the EA7 is a really good inexpensive starting place. But on the whole, players that do create their own content tend to gravitate towards more upper end keyboards.

So close, and yet so far. The EA7... a swing and a bunt!