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I am just a beginner to keyboards, age 70 but with some experience reading music from way, way back in 1960s High School band. I have both the CT-K6250 and CT-X5000. I bought the CT-K6250 on the basis of features for money, even though it was a three year old sound system. I bought the newer CT-X5000 because I heard a lot on YouTube about the great AiX sound, plus I wanted the 30w x 30w speakers on the CT-X5000 to fill my 30'x40' man cave. But comparing the two, I like the Organ tones on the CT-K6250 much more than the Organ tones on the CT-X5000. Actually, I am very disappointed with the Organ Tones on the CT-X5000. There are other Tone areas in which I am more in favor of the older CT-K6250, like Guitar, some PIano tones, etc. I was actually thinking of returing the CT-X5000 today, with the intent of buying some other brand or model, but only after I found some place to sample the tones of those models. However, the high price of return shipping has deterred me from any return. Has anyone else noticed the difference between the CT-K6250 and CT-X5000, especially in Organ tones? I am even wondering if maybe my CT-X5000 is defective in some manner.

Brad has done a great service by providing sounds, instructions, and just overall assistance. As a new keyboard player I appreciate your efforts very much. For a slightly slower and more repetitive set of video lessons, suitable teaching for beginners like me, search for "Stewart Wallace" on Youtube. He has posted 30+ video lessons. He models his on the CT-X3000, and AFAIK they also describe the 5000 model.

I know you did this work some time ago, but I just got a CTX5000 and found your conversion to xlsx. I certainly appreciate the hours of labor you donated for the benefit of Casio users. That file is a big help, especially compared to the thin and oversized sheet that came with the keyboard. Imagine if Casio had been thoughtful enough to offer a spiral bound A4 size book on heavy paper. A carefully formatted file that interested users could have been printed, bound or laminated however they choose would have cost Casio only a bit of employee labor. So far I am impressed by members here, and people on Youtube, who freely give of their time and effort to fill in the blanks that Casio left, well, blank.

I feel sure you already made a choice. If not, I recommend the several Youtube content creators who post on this type of subject. Start your search with "Jeremy See" a guy who reviews a lot of keyboards very well. After that YT will suggest similar videos. I have the Casio CT-K 6250 and CT-X 5000. The top line CT-K and top CT-X models are too complex for a beginner, but they have great sound and, to me, very good key action, so they would be fine for someone who just wants to use play the keys and switch off between their favorite tones, and save learning their more advanced features for another day. The entry level CT-X model should satisfy any beginner, and it has their latest AiX soundcard which has been given great reviews (though the one-generation older CT-K sound is perfectly acceptable). I am expecting some new under-$500 series from Casio, because their innovative CT-X series is now aging past 3 years old, and they don't want their competitors to show them up. But none of my inquiries have given me hard info about any available upgrade. It is good to check reviews from people with experience and lots of keyboards to compare, because the various manufacturers do not always put a good feature set into their less expensive models. As for CT-K and CT-X from Casio, one would have to spend over $1000 to equal their feature set when they were first introduced, but competitors have been playing catch-up since then. ps - there is a brouhaha about a Casio keyboard on YT from Pianoforever. As best I can tell, his concern may be valid for someone with at least semi-pro concert-level skill, but for the rest of us it may not matter at all.