15 Jul
2008
15 Jul
'08
5:35 a.m.
Hmm trying to find the start of the thread and can't so I will go off what I
have.
When starting to learn Piano some time ago I ended up buying a M-Audio
Prokeys 88 when it first came out. I personally think it was a great buy,
and they now have the SX series which is even less money. The keys are
hammer weighted and feel very good to me, though I am not really all that
much of a pianist myself. It has some decent sounds on board, and basic
effects(Reverb, Chorus, etc.) with midi input and output. Only catch is no
onboard amp, but that isn't really a problem for me as I run it through my
monitors anyways. At any rate, I would suggest giving it a try if you only
have so much to spend.
Seablade
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <eric(a)zhevny.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 09:43:37PM +0800, Ray Rashif
wrote:
Yamaha does wonders in this area..DGX620.
Weighted 88 keys, fun to
play; a
piano with effects but uhh..not a piano. On
the higher side of the
dollar
scale is the P series, though the P-140 is
quite a jump from P70 which
may
be around the cost of the DGX..arghhh I
can't remember really. What I
can
remember is that P-140's sound is superb,
I mean you can actually play
and
tell that what you're playing on is
something of quality - like you
know
it's good wine, the real deal, the shiat.
Look - I am no pianist. If I
could tell the difference, it really means something.
So looking at Yamaha's offerings, I'd pick the DGX because it's the
most
versatile of the lot (well, weighted is about
the only feature of a
piano
it has). You get quality from the Ps, but not
the functions of a
keyboard
(dunno about the 70 but 140 does have MIDI
out). Well, good luck.
I've long wanted to get a yamaha cp300. Of all those I've played it
feels really, really good to me and sounds great. But, it was more than
I wanted to spend so I settled for the casio px-310 (now replaced by
px-320). The casio feels pretty good for the price compared to other
stuff in that price range. The sound is also pretty good. But, having
played and heard something better (the cp300) I'm always a little
disappointed when I sit down in front of it.
-Eric Rz.
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