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#183659 - 04/01/01 03:24 AM new technics kn7000 ???
Alain Offline
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Registered: 02/28/99
Posts: 380
Loc: De Panne , Belgium
I heard that technics would release at the end off the year (september - october) a new keyboard the kn7000.
Is it a rumour or is it a fact.
They just released the kn6500...so what should we do...buy the kn6500 or just stick to the kn6000 and wait until the kn7000 arrives ?

Greetings from Belgium,
Alain

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#183660 - 04/01/01 09:24 AM Re: new technics kn7000 ???
Scottyee Offline
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Registered: 12/01/99
Posts: 10427
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US...
Alain,

My advice is to stick with your KN6000. The ONLY real difference between the KN6000 & KN6500 is the added expansion board which includes some new sounds specific to the KN6500. In my opinion: definitely not enough of a reason to upgrade to a new keyboard. Other than this, the KN6000 & KN6500 are identical. If adding new sounds is something you are after, purchase an EW01 expansion board for your KN6000 instead. There is also another 2nd expansion board available for your KN6000 (to be released this month by Technics). I was informed that this new one focus' on the more traditional orchestral instrument sounds where as the EW01 offers more pop oriented sounds (or was that vice versa?).

The KN7000 "end of the year" release date is pure speculation and rumour. Technics typically releases a new keyboard (in the Fall) every other year. This is the first year that Technics released an interim keyboard (KN6500) rather than the typical 2000, 3000, 5000, 6000 every other year models so it will be interesting to find out when the KN7000 actually is released.

Technics seems (from past experience) to release a ground breaking keyboard every other model release as demonstrated by the KN2000 and KN5000. If this trend continues I am expecting the KN7000 to be a trend setting board as well.

- Scott

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[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 04-01-2001).]
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