burningbusch wrote:
*SNIP*
The Kronos main panel is brushed aluminum with plastic endcaps. If I have any bitch about the Kronos it's the dial which should have a better feel.
With the continued pushed to cheaper, lighter and more plastic models I would be surprised if in a few years the Kronos is viewed as much higher build quality than what will be sold at that time.
Busch.
Agreed. Because I can't deal with a 61, the 73 was my only choice and the Kronos is the first weighted keyboard I felt was "giggable" to lug around.
To be honest, I'd like to take it a step further with the Kronos. I'd like to get rid of that HEAVY piece of partical board on the bottom! Assuming it was just for cost and doesn't really have to do with the action, I'd LOVE to replace it with am internally braced featherweight piece of plastic. Would make 2AM so much nicer on my weekends!
burningbusch wrote:
Chasing the next and greatest digital piano is throwing away money, IMO. Buy the Kawai and in three months the Kurzweil Forte will be the hot one. In a year it will be something else. I see guys swapping this stuff out every 6-12 months. If you're home-based, look at software pianos where you can get a lot better bang for the buck.
I've got something like 25 fully sampled acoustic pianos in my Kronos. Why would I want a different keyboard?
Busch.
Also right on the money! Before Kronos, you had to always get the "next big thing" for the best sounds. Now, just dial up your favorite VST (Which let's face it, generally leaps and bounds beyond ANYTHING in hardware these days) dial it in and sample the hell out of it and load it into the Kronos. We even have tools now (like ESC) that make this a minimal effort. It's like getting a new synth! I have yet to run out of polyphony and with a 240gb SSD I have in there I'm set for awhile. Eventually when I run out of room, I'll replace the original 30GB with a 1TB SSD. The Streaming makes the 4GB of RAM incredibly efficient and as close to a live VST (Receptor's getting good, but not there yet IMO) you can get with all the benefits of hardware. Do all your sequence work in a DAW and then just transfer to the Kronos if you need for live.
Aside from getting new modeling engines (If they never become available on Kronos) it's hard to justify a new synth!
SanderXpander wrote:Only my opinion, of course. Just like other online opinions, it means very little except to guide you into which things to try for yourself.
I quite liked the Nord keybed, more than my RH3 at least.
Be glad it's not a Motif. Holy Mush Batman for an unweighted keyboard! No snap to it whatsoever.
