For the price the sound is fantastic. Keep in mind that it's a $300 keyboard and is not comparable to a $3000 keyboard. But, the sound will blow you away when you play it. The onboard speakers are by far the best I've heard in a portable keyboard.

The features are definitely the best of any keyboard in this price range. The synthesizer feature is awesome and is not found in any other product like this. The smart media is very useful.

The only drawback to this keyboard is the construction of it's housing. It's too "plasticy" for my tastes. Similar priced Yamahas are made much better. Key action on Casio is adequate, not fantastic, but plenty good enough for me. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for the road.

Fantastic for the money - I'm very satisfied

Haven't had to deal with company support

I would give this keyboard mediocre "sex appeal" by it's appearance and feel. There's nothing wrong with it, it plays very well. The modulation button and pitch bend wheel are definitely pluses. However, the color and plastic construction don't do much for me. Similar priced Yamaha's look less "cheap", but the Casio plays just as well. Sound and feature-wise, the Casio definitlely makes me lust for it - that's why I bought it even though I don't like it's appearance.

former active musician, now hobbyist

instrumental dance

This keyboard sounds very good. I was really surprised when I first played it. The piano, drawbar organ, brass, reed and synth sounds are the best. It has it's own built in effects processor (DSP) so you can add different modulation and reverb effects to the tones. This board is great if you're playing classical, hip hop, jazz, techno, industrial metal, R&B, soul or just wanting to play around. The drum set sounds are pretty good except for the cymbals. The hi hats sound pretty authentic, though. The speakers sound very good. They can get very loud with no distortion whatsoever at max volume.

This board is equipped with a 3.3V card slot which can store your user created tones, rhythms and songs... A major plus if you ask me. Also, you can hook it up to your PC and transfer downloaded patches/tones to the keyboard via MIDI cables... Very useful!!! In fact, I would reccomend that you have or buy MIDI cables to use this feature. It comes with its own power supply and a music stand that slides into a slot on the top of the board. The stand is pretty useless but the power supply is neccessary unless you want to use 6 D batteries! The touch sensitivity is top notch! It comes in three settings and it makes it feel as though you're actually playing a piano.

It's made out of plastic. But what did you expect for $300? Definitely a stay at home board. With proper care, this board could last you a lifetime... But, don't quote me on that.

Absolutely amazing! It's the best! 'Nuf said!

I haven't had to deal with them... I guess that's a good thing.

Is it big? Is it sexy? YES!!! This is a huge board! Don't expect a toy when you order this... This thing means business! It's silver and very good looking. It had blue and green lights all over it! It's wonderful... If I wasn't married already, I would... You know.

Active Musician, Recording Engineer, Band Director

Alternative-Industrial Rock

I was mainly looking for a good piano sound on a portable, yet pretty good sized keyboard. This one has it!! The piano voices are wonderful!! There are other good voices also.... and some that I have to say are about typical... but for what I was wanting it for... it seems to be top of the line

Although I havent had much time to learn about everything that this keyboard will do, I believe from what I already know that it is highly worth the money that I payed for it.

cosmeticly nice,and also workable. The only think that I think I would have done different is the volume knob.. it's a little cheap. But if it does it's job, I have no beef.

VERY much worth the money that I paid for it

I havent dealt with support yet

I must tell you that my first pick would be a roland that I saw... but it was 5000.00, so, I couldn't really see myself getting that and not feeling guilty and being in debt. I saw this keyboard as a realistic buy, but yet when I played it at a store, I found it suprisingly well made for the price. Afterwards, I really wanted to take this one home.

Christian

The sound is very awsome I was amazed to find that it has many sounds comparable to the Korg Triton and Yamaha S90 workstations. I really love to closeness of the Hammond B3 sond to the actuall classic organ. I put this next to the Hammond B3 in my church and it blew the pastor away when he heard this keyboard with a leslie setup. He wants it on the road now for our services away from our church.

This thing is well featured for a unit that I bought for only $219 on the internet. The Instrument comes well balenced with the right features that a novice or even a pro such as my self would come to love. I do wish that the board was in a metal case because with the sound and the quality of whats under the hood really makes this thing the best pro board Casio has ever produced and I hope to see more of this from Casio.

Very good build quality have not had any problems with it. Just want a true metal case for casio's next generation WK3000 series. Please Casio please come out with another great keyboard like this.

I got this for a steal at only $219 I would definately pay $1,000 for it. This thing is well worth it for the features, sound and ease of use.

Customer and online support are very helpful when I order the sustain pedal they send it next day and it was nice to speak with someone who loves music just like I do. We talked for about 1 hour after my problem was resolved and she gave me some more tricks to make this keyboard even more fun.

Nice matalic style case very pro looking, but I really prefer a true alluminum case. It does help with packing it up and traveling with it though.

Music Minister

Gospel

The advanced tones sound fantastic! Really good brass & wind, which is hard to get on a keyboard for this price, drawbar organ sounds are great as well

Synth, 100 effects, split/layer function...the list goes on...again, for this price it has alot.

I wouldn't really want to take it out gigging every night, but for home use, I don't see a problem with the way it's made.

Excellent value for your money...it looks good, sounds great, does a huge amount of stuff, if you ask it nicely, I wouldn't be surprised if it could make you coffee!

Never dealt with Casio before.

It's a beauty alright!

Little bit of everything

Professional performer and song writer

Rock, blues, pop

one of the best sounding piano voices ever. The sound wheel organs and buildables mean I can sell my Voce unit as no longer needed. Extra features ie on screen notation, ultra EQ, recording, etc are simply wonderful especially when considering the price.

came with a free x stand

Have not road tested but am building case first.

I compared a lot of keyboards within several hundred $ and my choice is still the Casio

have not needed support

feels good, plain and simple. Good action, great sound and clarity, huge voice possibles, features I haven't tried yet. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

small regional clubs for 20 years

rock, funk, jazz, romanian polkas if it pays well

The rithyms are so-so The Piano and Organ samples are the shining star of this instrument.

The product did not come with a sustain or foot volume. The unit lacks true wave synthesis and needs a more robust set of input/output jacks. Also, the system does not tell you which media card it is compatible with. Sure it says smartmedia, but what size? The slot looks to be about an inch or so across. The keys could be a little heavier too.

seems sturdy enough, I havent tried out the portable battery powered feature of this yet.

I bought this for 480$ with a stand - now that I see it listed for $299, I'm thinking I got screwed

nope wont deal with them

Better user interface for advanced features like sequencing.

Active Musician, Recording Enthusiast

Blues, Rock, Jazz, Techno, D&B

It

Christian

There is a bad deley in switching the registration banks win playing, this can happen with low power, but the power is ok. this is not good, my old wk-1600 works great there is no delay. im using a 1.5-amp 12-voil ac-power, ad. if i up the ac adptore to 2-amp it works better, just got it frum radio shack, it may have been used.

great

there is a delay in the bank registration switching, this makes it hard to use more than one bank regisration setting in a song. help??

wood be the best if i can get it fixed or what ever. only paid $268 wood be a great if no delay was in reg. banks.

had some things missing and dents on key board wk-1600 1630 or md-1700 but works great. thay wood do nothing, for dents on keyboard, i have yet to find out

it is not bad

musician and hobbyist

Sounds are very realistic - especially impressed with Hammond sounds. Piano sounds are really great!

Does not come with sustain pedal.

It does require a brief learning curve if you're like me - computer illiterate - but the manual really helps alot. I like the touch sensitive keyboard.

Workmanship and overall quality is first class. A sturdy case would probably be a good idea for any serious road work.

I received it as a gift, so I don't know what it cost.

Haven't had to use support until now - I left the power supply in a hotel room on the road and went online to get the part number for the power supply.

The silver appearance looks fantastic and the speakers perform well without distortion.

formerly active; now home studio hobbyist

soft rock

Sounds really good, I just wish volume was a little louder.. so I just plug it into my stereo.

I won't be taking on the road. If anyone wanted to, I don't think it'd handle very well.

Very nice looking board. The blue light is cool and the color of the keyboard itself is attractive.

downtempo electronic

nice for built in speakers

track layering, no loop sequencing though

This keyboard features some of the most realistic instrument sounds among any keyboards under $1k. Piano sounds are very impressive, so are those of woodwind and brass. You will get slightly better sounds from a Yamaha (DGX), but only if you have good external amplifier and not use the built in amp and speakers. The touch response of the keys are good but not great (no after touch for more expressive non-purcussion instrument sound, though modulation is available).

More bells and whistles than I can use now. But an educational utility (a la Yamaha) would be nice for beginners.

This keyboard is great value considering all the alternatives outs there. Yamaha GDX202 is similarly priced but has less features and the built in sound delivery system is terrible. (DGX500 has 88 semi-weighted keys and sports marginally better sound, but it costs almost twice as much.)

Given CASIO WK series' track record, I will buy this (or the next iteration) again if need arises.

Classical