From PHILLH@TOWERS.COM Thu May 02 11:50:05 2002
Subject:Re: Sam Ash was Vk-8 vs. M-3 Help please!

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "Simone Ghetti" wrote:
> >
> >I A/B'ed this against the Electro and the CX-3 a month ago in Sam
Ash
> >NYC.
>
> Sam Ash NYC!!! How did you ever A/B two keyboards in there...that
place is a
> zoo?! I was up there two or three weeks ago. I over heard a
potential
> customer asking one of the sales people if you could plug a Leslie
into the
> VK-77...the sales guy didn't even know what a Leslie was! I ended
up
> stepping in and helping the guy out...and trying to steer him
towards the
> Voce V5:)
>

I got there early and was prepared to take advantage of the nearest
thing to silence that I could. Plus, the salesmen, even though they
knew nothing about the pieces in question, tried to keep the kids out
of my way because they could see I was going to buy something.

It's hard to judge the sound of keyboards accurately because the
sound is so dependent on the reproduction system. I ended up trying
PA speakers, crappy speakers, and headphones, with more reliance on
the first than the last. Of course, ideally I'd rather check things
out with a good direct box and amp going into Genelecs, but they
didn't give me the opportunity. But I played with the things for 2
hours or so and I'm confident I picked the unit that *I* like best.

So - nobody else has mentioned double bounce on the VK-8. Maybe the
unit I tried was the only problematic one?