Very well said Rob. I frequent some hardware keyboard forums and people continually say I have this 4 year old Korg, Roland, Kurzweil whatever and wow, the new one is so cool it can do this, and this and this etc. I will post do you know your current board will do that and that and that but it's true, the new one does have this? Is it worth it to spend another two grand just for that?

Same point. Don't even think about upgrading until you can write a book about and start posting on these forms as an expert on what you already have. Sometimes I'll post a Youtube link of a famous keyboard player like Herbie Hancock and it's several years old so he's playing on maybe a 10 year old keyboard. Does he sound like crap? Of course not. One of my favorites is him with Pat Matheny doing Canteloupe Island and Herbie has a DX7 sitting on top of that old Roland/Rhodes hybrid thing from 20 years ago and this is a fairly recent concert.

I admit it's fun throwing your money around and playing with new stuff but is it really necessary for what you do?

Bob

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