Feature:
Very Good editing features, screen is great, however under certain light conditions is not that readable, comparing with screen color found in psr-s900. usb to device feature is great(welcome pen drives), my PA500 doesn't have one and cost 50% more. LAN connector is an amazing feature, you can even hook up a wireless adapter on it. Multipads are pretty good,
Quality:
looks and seems plastic, and it's plastic, however keybed is great. much better than my other keyboards. yamaha is highly reliable. very lightweight.
Value:
I think this should be cheaper. I ended buying the PSR-s900(big mistake) which did cost me 700 hundred more, not worth it, I have a wonderful voice, don't really need any harmony function. just a few voices extra and a few SA voices for 7 hundred, come on yamaha.
PSR-S700 is overpriced as PSR-S900 is overpriced as well. Competition is the key to success. My PA500 blows up both in every aspect but piano sounds and USB to device feature.
Desirability:
Looks stylish and good looking, hard to handle it for gigging sessions.
Sound:
Great sounds, megavoices are great, unfortunately very limited selection of live and sweet voices, just a few voices within each category, styles are good, but after purchasing my korg PA500, I think won't be using styles on my psr-s700 anymore. Do I need to say more?. Piano sounds(acoustic and EP) are as usual great much better than my other keyboards PA500 and GW-8 for example. no SA(super articulation) voices as psr-s900 has some.
Ease of Use:
Pretty easy to use, large screen helps a lot, buttons all around the screen couldn't be easier. easy to tweak voices and add effects.
Support:
yamaha arranges have the best support in industry.and lot of fan sites support psr styles. Easy to find commercial and free styles for it.
Overall:
I'm satisfied, I wish yamaha follow korg pa series steps, korg continuously release updates to their OS and instruments(voices) as well. With yamaha you better get use to it with what you got, because this is all you see(updates from factory) for their lifecycle. yamaha mostly only support their high end line. these PSR-S700/S900 should be definitely cheaper.
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