jojo wrote:Hey all!
I just thought I'd notify you all that I recently came across a NEW Kronos-X demo unit with 3-4 keys stuck in the highest octave.
While a couple of the keys were able to be "unstuck," at least one key remains stuck.
I know this isn't really anything but complaining, but...
Am I the only one who's seriously concerned about Korg's future because of management's apparent total disregard for product quality?
Though, it's not as if the key bed is an integral part of any keyboard, workstation or otherwise, right?
Anyway, all that said... a poll.
Well if you google etc for Kronos X problems you will be lucky to find more than 5 and one of them will be mine that was a very simple fix and is more than likely the same fix for this demo model
It's not uncommon to find demo models of any make with missing knobs, broken bits etc, especially in some music stores where parents let their kids run wild.
Could the chassis be built a bit stronger, sure, but if it was any more expensive, I could not have bought it,
My only concern is that due to the kronos width and the design of it, my quiklok z726L which is an extra wide stand to accommodate 88 note keyboards, the stand has a 44" gap between either end and 44" of Kronos unsupported right where I play most, it didn't actually bend as such, but I could see slight movement hence I put a huge thick piece of timber across the stand to support the Kronos properly.
I suspect that the type of stand you use with the 88 Kronos becomes quite important, and some of the modern stands with v shaped supports coming out from a middle column will support it much better than my stand without the timber.
The Kronos isn't a light keyboard and common sense says that a lot of unsupported weight isn't a sensible thing to have. That said, there's other 88 note DPs etc that are in such well constructed cases they wouldn't flex in the slightest.
I do think the chassis design could have been a bit better, especially the front bar, maybe with an extra support running from the bottom of the middle of the front bar to the rear of the case, to stop the give.
I don't like the way they do business in that I prefer a company that holds its hands up, admits there's a problem and keeps us up to date, rather than total silence for weeks, but that appears to be the Japanese way.
How many people have come onto this forum in the past 6 months with a problem with their 88 X, I think it's been one which wasn't anything to do with the keybed.
I played on a nord a few weeks ago and I found the keybed to be much noisier and clunky than my Kronos
The quality of anything electronic is not what it used to be, regardless of manufacture, that's modern living, business practices etc, you can get top quality but I couldn't afford it.
The Kronos is a superb instrument and I love the feel/action on my X88.
