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I get it that there is a Bluetooth/WiFi capability omitted. Besides speakers and price points, any reason to get the FP-90 instead of this RD-2000?

Well there's no way to tell because they don't communicate on their tech at all.

V-Piano is supposed to be modeled, but the V-Piano in the latest is not customizable as the V-Piano, and then the SuperNatural is supposed to be based on modeling, but is in fact based on PCM and some modeling. And the PCM is basic sampling.

Roland claimed in the RD-800 the first piano was V-Piano tech, in fact it was sampled from the V-Piano, but wait, it was supernatural so how could it be sampled? Etc.

Here it's the same, it's labeled V-Piano on the box but it's the same audio engine they call Supernatural modeled on the LX series, which we know is based on samples, etc.

Roland makes great instruments, and the RD-2000 probably is, but they lie all the time about what's in there in reality. In most countries this is subject to law pursuits based on the fact you cannot advertise something that isn't really in the product. So Roland is at risk for such a class action yes, and it's only a matter of time when it will happen to them, because they do in all their products, for very long time. Imagine a generation of products from Roland is universally recognized as bad by the customers, what will they do in this age of social networking?

Roland knows it and that's why they don't communicate on the technical specs of their products, but reverse engineering these days can find it out easily, again, it's only a matter of time since someone is really pissed about that and works in a lab with a few tools to check it out.

Yamaha, Kawai, Casio, Nord, etc, they do communicate on the tech specs, and they can defend their innovation as much as Roland, who claims they have to remain secretive against the competition, when they actually try to avoid the type of industrial hazard a class action of abused customers would be.

The mechanism begins to show the bare rope on some other branches than the piano, if it's based on the same tech they claim is new and isn't, it will show in the piano dpt as well, and we're not done with this question of Roland fooling you with marketing scams, you'll see.

But the RD-2000 is certainly a nice piano though, in fact you already have pieces of it if you already have other Roland products, it's a pure mash up of various older or current devices, and its novelty claims, for the most part, is just not true - like in "Anaheim is the Capital City of the Moon" not true.

The 800 never seemed right to me, in particular the body seemed flimsy, in comparison to the 700.

What is the big significance of having both USB MIDI and USB audio?

SOmme synthesizer have both.

USB MIDI could be handy to record what you are playing. It can also be used to control virtual instruments on your PC.

USB Audio could be handy to record the sound of the piano. And it is a digital transmission (no noise).

Hi Jay

Did you play a pre production RD-2000 before you left by any chance?

No sir.

I did not even hear a whisper about it.

Jay

Okay, interesting. I just wondered because you have got yourself an FP-90 I think...it seems like a real sweet spot in the range and had that been obtained with knowledge of the RD-2000 it would make the FP an even more compelling option to consider if you'd chosen it over the RD. But seeing as you weren't aware of the RD then my point is, well, pointless!

Cheers,

Steve

The good news.....I have yet to pony up the dough for the FP-90. Although I likely still will. (It rates higher on the Wife acceptance factor) I will reserve opinion until I have a chance to play an RD-2000. My former boss at Roland told me I could do staff purchases for as long as I wanted. I guess that's the benefit of being a good company guy for a lot of years.

Jay

So for you the FP-90 is the better deal.