SL88 Studio : Good for the price

Disclaimer: I had to return the keyboard after 2 weeks of use because the D4# key started producing a strange mechanical noise and became flappy. Then 2 other keys started to have the same problem. This is possibly a defect in manufacturing; things like this happen from time to time, I guess, but anyways... I played for 2 weeks, 1-3 hours a day, so I had plenty of time to explore and experience the keyboard well enough. My thoughts - Very weighty keys (I like that!), with a lot of dynamic range, perhaps a bit too much, because I had to hit really hard to reach no more than a velocity of 100-110. This can be configured from the SL Editor software. I set all keys to +30%, and it became playable. Then I wonder why the default option is so unusable, which brings me to my second point - You have to spend quite some time fiddling around to set up everything in the SL editor. For instance, the default patch, for some unknown reason to me, outputs doubled MIDI notes. I had to reconfigure the template by removing the other 3 instruments, leaving just the first one. - After I did that, I had no more issues than the malfunctioning D4# key (I attribute that to a fabrication defect in that specific unit; it came like this) - Joysticks instead of pitch/mod wheels... Many manufacturers tried literally reinventing the wheel, but it simply doesn't work. The problem is these joysticks have very little travel distance, which makes them hard to operate. Also, they are very loose; I expected them to be more stiff. In theory, this is very flexible and I initially liked the idea, but as I said, nothing beats the good old wheel (for me) - Keep in mind this keyboard is around 2-3 times less expensive than the high-end NI and Arturia, so don't expect miracles; what you pay is what you'll get. Oh, and one more IMPORTANT thing. People here compare it to a "real piano" like there is only one piano in the world to compare to. There are thousands of "real pianos" that don't play anywhere near one to another. To say it doesn't feel like a "real piano" is not very accurate statement. So, try. That's the only way to tell whether you like it or not.