From davidjj@hotmail.com Sun Feb 18 12:10:02 2001
Subject:Re: New Korg CX3

The Keyboard is my biggest complaint also. I am waiting until they do better
in that regard...

The real question seems to be: is it worth $500 more than the XK2? I don't
think so...

I would have bought one too if the keyboard was decent.

>From: "m pituch"
>Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [CWSG] Re: New Korg CX3
>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:11:25 -0000
>
>Hello all:
>
>On Friday I was able to spend about 1/2 hour with the new CX3. My very
>uninformed opinion is: It sounds real good, seems to have an excellent user
>interface (Drawbars are very smooth, presets responsive) and the
>workmanship
>appears to be quite good. Nice wood cabinet too.
>
>On the downside, the keyboard is atrocious,(very wobbly and the action
>seems
>to trigger the sound much too quickly. It was difficult to play fast single
>note "bursts" accurately. Also, forget smears and glissandi. This may have
>been a problem with the unit I played but I doubt it. Too bad because the
>sound is quite good. The biggest disappointment is the price. CDN $2600.00
>before tax. (15% in Canada) The would bring the price up over $3000.00. In
>my opinion this machine is way overpriced.
>
>As I said, I only played the unit for a short time, so this is not the
>definitive review. Am I being unreasonable regarding the price? If this
>thing was a grand cheaper and had a playable keyboard, I would have bought
>it on the spot.
>
>MP
>
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