Lightweight 88-key digital piano with simple sequencer and great sounds. (Speakers not included.)
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I am a poor graduate student, with a profound love for the creation of music. I have been saving for years for "a" professional digital piano under the $1000 mark, and as a result, I have had the opportunity to try out just about every make and model on the market. When it finally became possible for me to comfortably afford one, this became my instrument. Anyone with this same desire should make it your instrument as well. Roland, Korg, Kurzweil, General Music, all make competitors that are, I feel, quality instruments. Yamaha has introduced other models (120 and 200) that are nice as well. But this is the gold standard. The Bach Strad of trumpets; the Taylor 310 of guitars (can you tell what other instruments I play)? This instrument is not for MIDI junkies, "phat" DJ's, or anyone else desiring lots of fun sounds, rhythms, and loops. I doubt my MIDI connections will ever be used. This instrument is for piano enthusiasts with a discriminating ear who need portability without sacrificing quality. This isn't a keyboard, it's a piano. It feels like a piano, it responds to touch like a piano, and man, does it sound like a piano. Go to Mars, or Guitar Center, try the Grand with the brightness setting just below the half notch, and reverb on Hall2. See if you aren't convinced. But please, please, do not give your money to them. One online retailer is practically giving these things away right now for $850, no tax, & free shipping...but I probably shouldn't mention who. Do some internet research, you'll find them. If you are in the market for a more expensive instrument, buy this one instead, and take your family on a nice vacation with the leftovers. You deserve this piano, they deserve a vacation. I give "features" a 3 because it could include a nice vibe sound, and the rock piano, and harpsicord are weak. I could care less truthfully. Doubt the voice setting will ever leave the Grand Piano (though I do like to hammer out some blues with the Jazz Piano voice). Hey, and the acoustic bass is fun too. One last thing, if anyone could reccommend a great pair of high-quality headphones (50-150$ range), please do so in your subsequent reviews of this product. This is by far the best way to appreciate this piano on a limited budget (until I can afford my near-field studio monitors). However, a nice set of cambridge soundworks digital computer speakers aren't bad in a pinch.
Submitted: 5/7/2002
Style of Music: Every Kind
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Actually, this is the piano owned by our church, but that wasn't one of the choices. I play this piano several times a week, since I'm the lead keyboard player at our church, and I am looking to buy the same model for myself to use at home. It doesn't have all the MIDI features of a synth, but because we already have a workstation-type synth and a wind controller at church, we really didn't need to duplicate them. Instead, we needed a solid, 88-key keyboard that closely matched the feel AND sound of a high-quality acoustic piano, and that's what the Yamaha P80 does for us. The 64-note polyphony ensures that there's no dropout when I'm really jammin', and the touch is sensitive enough for tender, quiet moments. There is no voice distortion in the upper or lower ends; those sound just as authentic as the mid-range. I'm a huge fan of this piano. I teach piano lessons at home as well, and I only have an old Clavinova, but I'm longing for the day when I can chunk that old thing and buy myself a P80.
Submitted: 4/3/2002
Style of Music: Contemporary worship music (wide-ranging styles)
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