Sound
This was a big surprise to me. I am a professional musician playing jazz/rock in small clubs, house concerts with a dynamic drummer and acoustic (amplified) bassist. I see a lot of positive comments here about the looks--I think it looks like a toy, but that just made the great sound even more impressive to me. This pat week, I tried out (in my home with my Roland VR 760 cracnking away) a Motion Sound KP100S ($650), a Yamaha Stage P.A. ($545) and two powered Yamaha speakers (combined $750), trying to top the Fender. I would LOVE to find something that sounded like this but looked more expensive, but no such luck. THe bass on the Fender was much better than any of these systems--not earth-shattering, but clean and solid. And it really shines on the bell-like qualities of a good Rhodes sample. I promise you, I would have bought one of these other systems this week had they sounded as good as the Fender. They just didn't.

Features
The reverb is useless, just terrible. I'd also love to have direct outs so I run it to a house P.A., but you need to go up a model or two for that. On the plus side, the competing Yamaha P.A. has no panning! You can't run stereo keyboards into it and get the kind of dimension you get from the Fender. I'm telling you, if you're playing your stereo keyboards through a mono amp, you really can't hear what you're missing--but I've heard it, and it's a hoot! Leslie simulations sound… read more far more interesing and realistic in stereo, as do pianos and Rhodes and almost everything else. The Fender makes it easy.

Quality
I feel like the supplied speaker cable is pretty cheap, and as I said I wish it all looked less like Sony's "My First P.A. System!" But still--the sound, the stereo and the convenience beats the competitors.

Manufacturer Support
No idea.

The Wow Factor
This is a tough one, because I really don't like the way it looks. But...I still want it! ;)

Musical Background:
Producer, composer, performer

Musical Style:
Jazz, creative pop read less