Yamaha PSR550 61-Key Keyboard with Disk Drive

Feature:
I bought it on sale and it was out of box as a demo, so not many extras came with it except they did give me the Yamaha Survival Kit, which is great and the manual and power sourch

Quality:
It's solid as a rock, well made, and I have carried it around with no problems. Still looks great, although I take care of it. I don't know any other product offers all the great features of the PSR550 at such a reasonable price. I may "upgrade" someday, but this one's a keeper...I won't sell it...it's my "good luck charm"!

Value:
One of Yamaha's best kept secrets.

Desirability:
It's sexy alright, with the colorful display that changes colors when you need a menu, or rotates the colors if you let it sit a while. It's easy to navigate I love the wheel, and black is my color. I would buy it again!

Sound:
In it's price range, I would have to say the best. I am mainly a guitar player who plays a little keyboard, and I bought this after hearing someone use it at an open mike. I couldn't believe this small keyboard made such big sounds. Realistic sounds, from rock, to country, even a bluegrass that blew me away. When I found out it had 16 track recording I knew I had to have it. You can't find that in this price range! This keyboard taught ME! It's intuitive, and when you're searching for the right sound it would "help me out" by blending just the right instrument. I love to write songs, and this has been the perfect keyboard for me without spending thousands of dollars.

Ease of Use:
As I said earlier, This machine IS intuitive, and I found it leading me to better and better sounds, which helped me to be more creative! It works great to jam with other musicians and everyone is impressed by what I've accomplished!

Support:
Never had a problem.

Overall:
I might supplement, but can't replace my "good luck charm"

I love this keyboard! I must say I am surprised at the keyboard vast operational system and features. Where else can you get 713 sounds, 14 drum kits, 16 track sequencer with quantize, punch in/out, mixer functions, 24 reverb variations, disk drive, create your own styles and drum rythyms, for $500, I just say enough. Voice realism varies from excellent to ok. This is the only reason I gave it a 3 on quality. Sounds are just not top notch compared to like a Yamaha Motif. But I don't expect that. Sounds are much better than average. Even better than some of the higher priced boards like from Korg and Roland. Excellent buy though. i will wnjoy this board for years to come.