I forgive you KN_Fan..

I believe it all has to do with marketing KN_Fan. Someone who is a beginner and doesn't need all of the bells and whistles and wants the lower price of the KN2400 will buy it. But I would think Technics would rather people buy the KN2600 pricing it at a point where people would be willing to spend the extra cash for a more full featured Model with all of its advantages. And in doing so Technics makes more profit on the higher end model too.



Tom, it DOES NOT sound substantially inferior to the PSR 2000. It sounds VERY good. But I wanted to mention that some of the voices sound a little cheesy. But not REAL cheesy. Just a little to my ears. A LOT of the sounds are really good but to get the full benefit a person should probably run the sound through a good external sound system. Again let me state that there are many great sounds on the KN2600 and it is a very worthy Keyboard in my estimation. Plus you get the added benefit of SD Memory storage capability. And SD Memory is not like a Smart Media Card where the storage limit is 128Mb. SD Memory is up to 1Gig sized cards right now but I am not sure the KN2600 accepts Cards up to that size. From what I gathered from the salesperson it sounded like it could hold Cards beyond 128Mb's. The KN2600 might also use the Mini Secure Digital Cards which has a limit of 256Mb. Still that is 128Mb more than the largest Smart Media Card. I should have asked the salesperson if it uses the Mini Secure Digital Cards or the regular SD Cards. I guess it slipped my mind in all of the excitement.



Hi Scott,
As to your first question: I don't have the foggiest. I was wondering the same thing after I got home. There are 34 Drum Kits in both the KN2600 and KN2400 so that's not part of it. The 40 extra voices could be in the USER Voice category but I'm not sure.

I'll tell you what, if I get the chance this week I will call the store and ask a salesperson if he or she knows the answer to what exactly are those 40 extra voices. I might also be able to find that info by digging around on the Net.

Question number 2: The answer to that one is kinda hard. The sounds on the KN2600 were comparable in quality to the PSR 2000 imo. I think the KN2600 has a better Grand Piano sound but not by much. NOTE: The KN2600 has true FULL SIZED Keys on it like the Korg PA80 and several other non-Yamaha Arranger Keyboards have, which is a BIG Plus in my book. The Key feel was also much better on the KN2600 imo. None of that spongy feel that the PSR 2000 has. Also I didn't get to try ALL of the voices on the KN2600. If I did I probably would have ended up spending a few hours there and they were getting close to closing time so I couldn't have tested them all today any way. But I will hopefully get back there sometime in the near future to give it a more thorough going over. If they haven't sold out of their stock that is!

Question 3: Scott; to tell you the truth, if I had my druthers I would get an Arranger that is that REAL GOOD one your talking about, instead of one or 2 mid range ones. That is just my opinion of course but the High End Arrangers whether it be a Tyros or the KN7000 or the new Korg PA1-X/Pro just offer so much more in terms of features in addition to the better quality sounds. Plus High End Arrangers usually have a better build quality to them so they would tend to last longer imo. Plus another nice feature is the ability to upgrade the OS's which oftentimes is a good Future Proofing of your Keyboard, ie., it will keep its cutting edge longer before you would possibly consider upgrading to a new Keyboard again. But if a person is short on funds then the PSR 1100/2100 or the KN2400/2600 would be excellent choices imo for a good mid range Arranger Keyboard[s].

Best regards to all,
Mike