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Kim · Full Member Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 106

I'm euphoric, I'm ecstatic. Words can't describe my feelings at the moment! To my knowledge, this is the first Kronos 88 delivered to Finland, and I'm the lucky one! Smile

Actually they were about to sell it to Russia, but the customer got his elsewhere.

Anyway, I'm picking it up tomorrow and then starting a serious testing period. If anyone is interested, I'll share my first impressions tomorrow. Just hope that everything is ok with the keybed and that the fan noise won't make me grind my teeth. I have enough trouble with my noisy neighbours as it is Very Happy

Oh, and sorry for wasting a thread for my personal outburst of exitement. I'm making it up by writing some more information about my findings. Smile

runningman67 · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:15 am Post subject:

Cool.
It's good to share your positive energy !
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michelkeijzers · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:18 am Post subject:

Congratulations!
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mercede1 · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:12 pm Post subject:

You will sure LOVE IT!!!! Very Happy

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PianoManChuck · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject:

Congratulations!! We're always looking forward to hearing new user reports!

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Kim · Full Member Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 106

Thanks for the kind words, people!

I couldn't wait till tomorrow so I picked up the instrument today. I even tried it out for half an hour.

Initial impressions:

I got to try out a Kronos 2 months ago, so I knew what to expect looks and sound wise.

The RH3-keybed had some uneven spaces, but I could live with that. The machine booted up normally and the OS and display seemed to work fine.

BUT: the fan makes a very weird noise. The low pitched hum (from the airflow) is ok but it makes this weird high pitched sound as well. I'm not even sure if the fan is the cause because it is less audible above the left side of the keyboard. It's really audible on the right side and from the point where I play. It's kind of modulating as well, and resembles of my laptop when it reached 2 years of age. I suspect this isn't normal?

AND another very big problem. I started playing the German Grand without a sustain pedal. I noticed very quickly, that the Kronos cuts off notes. Even with chords with only 5 notes. I've read that someone else had the same problem here?

I'm really disappointed at this stage. I think this thing is going back. The fan and the cut off notes are a deal breaker for me.

Any opinions about should I get this board repaired or just send it back?

qayqaywsx · Junior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2009 Posts: 81

Hi Kim,
I post not very often here, but reading everyday.

The new OS will be there within the next days (hopefully)
Im a 61 owner without any trouble (ok the fan but i will replace it )

The sounds and posiibilities of this Workstation are so overwhelming that i would suggest you to do following :
kontact your dealer/korg and tell him the trouble you have.
As i have a bit of electriically understanding the note cut offs can be from the keyboard matrix system which (under circumstances) may be solved 100% by software.
In your case i would wait until 1.5 and if it is not solved demand an exchange or cancel the buy.

Im sorry to hear those problems because i know what it means to wait for such a thing and then problems .

Only my opinion Wink

best luck
Max

sparkie · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject:

Return it!! Here is the link to the problems with the keybed. http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=65292

.. this isnt good.... Alesis Fusion is starting to come to mind!

outjet · Joined: 30 Aug 2011 Posts: 26

I counted at least 17 Kronos with this exact problem reported in the last month

sparkie · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:29 am Post subject:

Kim · Full Member Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 106

Had a sleepless night. I was wondering, how Korg could let this one slip through their quality control.

What wonders me most is the low serial number of my Kronos: 00308. I would have expected to have a fresher model by now. And I was thinking: what happens to all those Kroni which get returned? Are they repaired somewhere and then put back on the market? Perhaps they don't even bother to repair some of them, if they think a loud fan and cut off notes isn't an issue in their book?

I'm mad at Korg now. Especially since they made me hunger for this machine for so long. The reality is, there is NO substitute in the market at the moment. Buying a Motif or Jupiter 80 is NOT an option for me, since none of the competition offer the same amount of features and open architecture. On paper, the Kronos is THE workstation to own. Shame, that off paper it seems like a game of luck if you get a working version or not.

I'll record some of the fan noise today just to give an example what it sounds like. Perhaps I'll even throw in a video of the cut note problem as well. Just to illustrate it and send a message to Korg that some of us DO care about quality.

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