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#416022 - 02/04/16 09:21 AM S950 vs Bk9 revisited..
Dnj Offline
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What do YOU think?.......

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#416032 - 02/04/16 10:18 AM Re: S950 vs Bk9 revisited.. [Re: Dnj]
DonM Offline
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I had both. They are so different in the way they operate and sound that comparison is really hard.
PSR--open the box, plug it in and play.
BK9--open the box, spend two weeks setting things up and then play! Exception is piano and organ. BK9 sounds great there immediately.
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#416035 - 02/04/16 10:22 AM Re: S950 vs Bk9 revisited.. [Re: DonM]
Dnj Offline
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Originally Posted By: DonM
I had both. They are so different in the way they operate and sound that comparison is really hard.
PSR--open the box, plug it in and play.
BK9--open the box, spend two weeks setting things up and then play! Exception is piano and organ. BK9 sounds great there immediately.


I agree Don......the Bk5 was a bit longer to set up also and after that I wasn't that happy & sold it. It sounded ok but the navigation in live play was atrocious.

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#416085 - 02/05/16 08:20 AM Re: S950 vs Bk9 revisited.. [Re: Dnj]
Bill Lewis Offline
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Registered: 11/12/08
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I agree the Bk9 is still a work in progreess for me after countless hours of programming. This is after I spent a ton of time with the BK7M before I got the BK9. I would also love a quicker navigation route for live play eventually will experiment with using the IPad to change registrations.

BTW I was speaking to a salesperson at Sweetwater Sound about a recorder I bought and the conversation went around to Roland. They discontinued the PK6 bass pedals even though the VR09 live preformance keybaord has a proprieatary jack for it. DUMB ! The price if the PK6 was close to a grand so that explains the reason for its low sales.
Also the BK7M is discontinued and the BK5 and 9 are soon to follow.
Roland does this a lot and its annoying to me.
I was hot to buy one or two of the SA300 sound sytems a few years back. Never saw one and no stores knew anything about them. Yes they would order it but never a definate date on delivery so I moved on to JBL 515XTs Then shorty after the SA300 along with the really hard to find SA1000 amp was discontinued too.
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Bill in SC --- Roland BK9 (2) Roland BK7M, Roland PK5 Pedals, Roland FP90, Roland CM30 (2), JBL Eon Ones (2) JBL 610 Monitor, Behringer Sub, EV mics, Apple iPad (2) Behringer DJ mixer

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#416087 - 02/05/16 08:28 AM Re: S950 vs Bk9 revisited.. [Re: Bill Lewis]
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
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Originally Posted By: Bill Lewis
I agree the Bk9 is still a work in progreess for me after countless hours of programming. This is after I spent a ton of time with the BK7M before I got the BK9. I would also love a quicker navigation route for live play eventually will experiment with using the IPad to change registrations.

BTW I was speaking to a salesperson at Sweetwater Sound about a recorder I bought and the conversation went around to Roland. They discontinued the PK6 bass pedals even though the VR09 live preformance keybaord has a proprieatary jack for it. DUMB ! The price if the PK6 was close to a grand so that explains the reason for its low sales.
Also the BK7M is discontinued and the BK5 and 9 are soon to follow.
Roland does this a lot and its annoying to me.
I was hot to buy one or two of the SA300 sound sytems a few years back. Never saw one and no stores knew anything about them. Yes they would order it but never a definate date on delivery so I moved on to JBL 515XTs Then shorty after the SA300 along with the really hard to find SA1000 amp was discontinued too.


Bill I had them all switched to FBT and never looked back

http://fbtusa.com/

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