I gave it a lot of thought John, when I saw the KN6000 and the absurd situation with Keysoft Service's progress on the Tech Manager software as well as the price of the hard drive. But, decided to stay with the KN5000 and wait for the KN7000. We will see after more information is available on the KN7000. The KN7000 seems to be headed in the right direction, although I think the panel layout could be better and playing controls could be easier to reach. Seems like I have been playing Technics products forever. . . Whatever keyboard I buy will probably be my last. Soon I'll be too old to try anything new.