From SimpsonDan@aol.com Tue Jan 22 10:11:49 2002
Subject:Re: XK2 vs. VK7 vs. CX3

In a message dated 1/21/02 11:07:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
dougb415@yahoo.com writes:

And I'm probably one of the few on this list who did
*not* like the CX-3, but I thought it sounded horrible
when I tried one, so shrill. Why would Korg engineer
something in such a way that causes most users to turn
the treble completely down? Doesn't make sense to me.

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I don't know whether it is relevant in this case, but I have fallen into a
trap on more than one occasion and want to at least mention something.

If you are testing any keyboard at a store, it helps a lot to (1) bring your
own headphones - ones whose sound you are familiar with, and (2) always turn
the unit off and then back on before testing. Keyboards that are on showroom
floors often get tweaked by people. The CX-3, for example, has hardware-EQ
on a knob, but it also has additional software EQ within the unit. If
someone messed with that before you got to it, you'd probably not know it.
Even saw the problem at the NAMM show on the new BX-3. Larry Goldings was
playing it and it sounded terrible (the sounds, not Larry's playing). After
re-initializing it, the sound was MUCH better.

As an additional note, if you are listening to a keyboard through speakers at
a store, you are adding a lot of other variables to the signal chain. The
variation in frequency response across different speaker models and brands
can be remarkably high. I'm not discounting Doug's observation that the CX-3
can be shrill to some, but it is not completely out of the question that the
perceived treble boost is not coming from the stock programs.

Just a thought.

Dan

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