SX900 Returned

Putting return labels on as we speak,...out it goes..

I tried my best to like the SX900 but in the end not enough
for me to say it's for me ...yes I am disappointed to a point
but knew it was 50/50 not in my favor,.....so at this point I am on way back to FEDEX and going to go out for a nice
Japanese Sushi Hibachi dinner.....
come home and watch the World Series....



Whats next you ask?....to be continued

What a pity. You gave it a shot and if you're not happy then it has to go back.

What next you ask? Only Genos left now isn't it? Unless you wait for a Pa5x that may still take months or years to arrive.... Or maybe even the Genos 2?

Good luck in your next acquisition.

Yes indeed, the saga continues.

Buy Pauls (my) i30HD. That'll hold you over till your aneurysm heals.

WAIT!!!
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Do I hove to post that my above comments were in jest?!?!?!?
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I'm kidding!!!!!!!!!
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... but the i30 really would be good for you as a studio controller)
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sorry Dave I had a KORG i30 25 years ago.....




New ????? is on the way

accordion?

So why on earth are you not happy with any of todays instruments?

Bachus read my reviews and listen to demos

Then why on earth would you buy it/them?

I'm not trying to give you a hard time, Donny, but from the time of your 'Casio' comment, what made you think you'd like it? Just curious; does it hurt your credibility with a store (Sweetwater?) if you keep buying and then returning high-end merchandise? I'm not being facetious, just putting myself in the merchants place. Do they 'Red Flag' buyers for any reason? Personally, I don't think they should; that's the cost of doing business on the internet. For a high volume dealer it probably doesn't matter to them anyway but could be a problem for the small business owner trying to compete. Anyhow, hope you find something soon; we're all so mesmerized by your spellbinding quest. Maybe next time you could wait until you've kept something for a couple of weeks before you unveil your new purchase. Just an idea. Group hug?

chas

Probably I don't appreciate enough the fact that I live 1.5 hours away from Moscow and usually I can try most of keyboards at a store. So it seems a bit unusual to me to order something just to try it. Although it's getting really popular here to order clothes just to try them on, but it is usually delivered to a local "office" (don't know the right term in English). Mostly here people prefer to pick up things in some "agency" nearby rather than to wait for a courier to come home. Additionally, we live in a city like in an anthill, so it's more rational this way.

I'm saying it because I can imagine this feeling about whether it's right one or not when you're actually trying it personally. In the same time under a pressure sometimes it's easy to decline everything just for a sake of being on a safe side.

Given that recently you had PA4X and now you gave SX900 a chance, I'm not really sure that the industry of arranger keyboards has a lot more to offer.

Now it's been nearly 2 months since I got Juno DS, I can say that I have some complains, but generally I feel that I need this keyboard and it helps me to do what I can't do without it, but what I want to say is that even after this amount of time I'm still getting used to it, it still feels new to me.

I can't really see what I actually can learn within a day; even two weeks, trying to cover everything, is just stressful and surely not enough.

Meanwhile, thinking about upgrading my PSR-S950, I was repeatedly coming to a dissapointment for two reasons: it would involve significant expenses, and all the alternatives didn't seem to offer a big improvement, sometimes it even seemed as a regression. Even when I listen to demos of SX900 I hear a lot of familiar stuff.

My PSR-S950 in a service now and they called me and said that I had used it so much that they would have to replace a pitch bend and some buttons. So I hope that I will play it for some time and then with some luck I'll get a new SX900 or something, in that case such an upgrade will be justified on a ground of a physical conditions.

So far I have to play my old PSR-3000, while voices are quite dated, there's still something to work with, but it is having them both (Juno DS with 76 keys and an arranger) is what keeping me enthused.

Coincidentally, Zuki also had some dissapointments when he was trying to get a newer arranger and then he just added Yamaha MX61 to his old one and it seemed to work well for him.

Basically, some recent PSR like S970, or Korg PA700/1000 are already TOTL instruments in many terms, and it's hard to go higher when you're already close to a top, and it leaves you to move in different directions.

It's similar to what scientists say about money. Till a certain level more money can mean more "happiness", but after a certain point it just stops working. And it leaves a person to look for a happiness in other things, mostly in building relationships with other people.

That's what I have been wondering.

Or even a couple days. On the bright side, I know where somebody can get a good deal on an open box unit in a few days. They even carry a two year warranty.

I believe that he's had a higher-end Ketron and I know he had an E-A7 which is the defacto TOTL for Roland. That only leaves the Genos if he is going to stay with arrangers. Where's that guy that had the fake photo of everyone playing a Genos when you need him?

Donny, not that you need suggestions from me, but while waiting for whatever is next,why not think of the last board you were happy with until something newer came along ... Go back to THAT board and dig into it and see what you can make it sound like ...

Tony Bingo you hit it right on the head buddy...

It's on the way here..

Take care paisan

S975?

No Steve sorry..

No problem Donny it was just a guess

If he told you Steve, there'd be no drama. And isn't that the point.

GRIN!

It would seem so.

Comon' guys! He already said it! EA7!!!!!!!!
Comprende????

PS - sorry Donny the board did not float your boat!

Hi Randy,
any news on one for yourself?

Rikki - I am still pacing the "Widow's Walk" searching the horizon for my SX900 ship to come in.... But I will welcome it when it makes port!!

Hopefully soon Randy.

Rikki - as a Yammie fan, I am confident I will be happy with the new acquisition. Thinking back to the DX7 days.... Yes, I will enjoy the latest upgrades for sure.

From what I'm told my ship isn't due in port until mid November.

Technics Kn5000

Steve - "Fair winds and a following sea" for your shipment!

Your post has made me see the flaw in my logic. I assumed that since he had an E-A7 that was out of the mix. But he had 3 PA4xs so...

That is a great board if he does go that way.

keep watching my logo..
Just sayin..

And the suspense thickens!

I just remembered that Fran still has an E-A7 I believe. Maybe he'll even throw in some candy.

New Logo


Jerryghr

This is like watching the old Apprentice Shows.
Donald used to say “You’re fired”.
Donny just sends them back from whence they came.
Winner this time: FedEx
Can't wait for the next episode.
Eddie

Although it's an odd thing to say, but in my case the best decision I made thinking about equipment was to give up coffein altogether. I developed a habit to drink a lot of tea and coffee while I was doing some boring work for several years, then that work was finished but my habbit stayed, and I was so nervous all the time, sometimes close having a panic attack, and giving up these drinks actually worked like a charm. It was easy to give up, but I guess it took a lot of time to acknowledge that that could be the problem (denial is a powerful thing after all).

The reason I'm saying it is that just like keyboards none of us is perfect, the way we perceive the reality is highly affected by all the other factors. Although I am a reasonably young and healthy person, I have to pay a lot of attention to how well I eat, sleep, exercise (just walking), and so on, otherwise I can't see things clearly no matter how hard I try.

Ironically, it's easy to loose control on all those things when the things are fine or getting better, it usually takes some crisis (at least in economy) in order to take control of these small things, because it becomes more sensitive.

Although everyone here has a different situation, and I don't know who's drinking coffee or not, I thought it wouldn't hurt to share it. It's my experience, not Donny's or anybody else's, no specific recommendations from me. As for me, I got more pragmatic about my set-up, and about a job generally - as I figured, in order to stay in the business is should not be about being a hero, because heros can't do the same thing repeatedly, so it's about finding the best way to enjoy every little thing about it.

In the same time it's hard to ignore that we are becoming more and more digitalized, and a lot can be done online, even live performances (while collecting donations), as long as we are alive, there will be a demand to change.

Kabinopus as I sit here drinking my second morning Starbucks
cafe macchiato I can realize your thinking,
....hope it is working for you.

Good luck with your music....hope to hear more from you soon.

So Donny, is it a EA7 on the way since your logo has changed into Roland?
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Gunnar you win a Cigar...!

"Gratulerer"

Donny - I don't smoke, but will accept an "Honorable mention" for my guess! How's that song go....

"Roland, Roland...Roland on the River"!

WOW,
I'm usually a loser when it comes to lottery and such things.
Takker så mye for premien, and best of luck with the EA7

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