At $349 for a 1 gig sd card compared to the price of a hard drive...and with much more space on it the thing can make as much noise as it wants to! Nay it can sing the Hallelujah chorus.....I'll just play louder Not to give the option of a hard drive at least until sd prices fall is just like technics.

To be fair it is nice to see technics embracing new technology but as a past and once loyal owner of technics boards it has always been a case of paying over the odds for goodies to beef it up.

I find it amusing that people (technics owners?) are so offended at the criticism of the crappy harmoniser. Get real....THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT OFF! As it stands it is an insult. I bought the 6000 when it came out because it was an awesome board at the time....however I and many many owners like me were insensed with the harmoniser that was after all advertised as a pro quality on board harmoniser. The KN6000 forum (remember that!) was full of peeps who felt cheated. There were other probs with the board as well but we won't go into that!

You would have thought that Technics would have learned from that but they left it on the 6500 and as far as I am aware it is exactly the same unit on the 7000?

There has been an adequate harmoniser on Yammie boards since the 8000 and how long ago was that? I have a 9000pro now and to be fair never use the harmoniser but at least I know that should I want to it will function as a harmoniser should.

Don't give me all that twaddle about not buying a board for the harmoniser either cos that is not my beef. I have air conditioning in my car. I don't use it often because I live in cold dark England but should we have a warm day I don't expect to press the button to find that it don't work properly. If the manufacturer says it is there then it better had be when I try it.

Whew....feel better now
In Harmony
Tony W