Korg EK-50

I was into music & coming from classical piano when young but for the last 25 years I completely stopped. Better late than never I decided to start again and I was looking for the right keyboard to start again but also to have the right characteristics for the future. Extensive personal research & comparisons on the internet convinced me that the Korg EK-50 is the right choice. Also, Thomann seemed to be the right place to order it online.
Both choices were perfect! Thomann from price, order to delivery was flawless and speedy. Got my Korg much earlier than expected! As far as the keyboard... extremely satisfied! very nice build quality, excellent and more sounds than you will ever need. Styles that are beautifully made and everything easy to access. Buttons, screens and general interface soooo easy to understand and use it. For someone that was out for over 20 years, I was initially intimated by all the buttons but is so easy to use and understand how they work that I did not even used the manual.
Happy and rediscovering the beauty of playing music

I was really looking forward to my EK 50,but unfortunately somewhat disappointed. Firstly the Grand Piano needs to be turned right up and backing tracks right down for it to compete,and its sound is a long way from grand. My ancient Korg M1 is much better. Secondly in this day and age of sampled sounds why can't harmonicas, trumpets etc actually sound like them ,rather than some fake synthesized sound. Lastly it may have numerous sounds,but the majority you would never ever use.And after an hour I turned off the backing band who sound like a bunch of bored musicians on their day off. Ok I suppose I was expecting too much from a budget keyboard,and the competition is probably not much better,but I wish I had saved my money and purchased a piano,I mean a real piano. Was it worth it ? only just.

As a beginner, I don’t really have much to say about the features and other stuffs but one thing that is certain is that it is a very good keyboard with an amazing great voices and everything a beginner and or intermediate players need and it was properly handled in transit. It delayed a bit but that’s no big deal as it eventually arrived. The customer care and the tracking department did very well by responding promptly to my mails and concerns especially Mr. Christopher Mellin, He is good at what he does and deserve a raise.
Overall, I would recommend this keyboard for solo players who want to receive great sounds at a reasonable price.

I bought it because it is light, has very good sounds ( more than I expected by pressing the shift button for editing) and sounds good and loud through its speakers. I wasn’t expecting so many sounds and so good touch on the keyboard (considering its a synth). And the pianos are great. I have it long time with mooving it around a lot and hitting it and there is no problems. Very easy for use right on the stage. There is only two thing I don’t like. You can’t use the sustain pedal for the lower voice and when unpressing the pedal slowly the sound stops instead of degrease the sustain of the sound slowly . Excellent entertainment keyboard with excellent price.