

I believe the CASIO PRIVIA PX digital piano series can give the YPG-625 a tougher competition.


If you must compare a YPG-625 digital piano, compare it with another digital piano not with cheap keyboards that can easily be called "crap". Getting a cheap keyboard may rob you of any inspiration or motivation to play/practice if you don't like the feel of the keys and sound of the instrument. So much the better if you can get more.like a 128-note polyphony digital piano (e.g.
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If you're going to buy a portable digital piano nowadays, I'd suggest getting AT LEAST a digital piano that has 64-NOTE polyphony. As you progress in your piano/music playing, as your skills develop and as your needs and music repertoire expand.you're eventually going to out-grow the 32-note polyphony and might begin seeing it as a "limitation" or a restricting factor in your music playing (especially in playing with layered tones). Of particular importance is the polyphony. If you can try playing and listening to the piano sound of other digital pianos when you drop by a near by music store, you may want to take note which hammer-action/weighted feel you like and which piano sound you like best.then you decide if you still want to get the YPG-625. Try checking out the following links (click any): While waiting for the price of the YPG-625 to go down, it's probably wise and worth while to try out other portable digital pianos by Kawai, Roland or Casio that are priced near the YPG-625. Obviously, you get what you pay for in cheap keyboards. I would suggest trying out any of the Casio Privia digital piano series and hearing the piano sound (by dropping by any music store that offer a variety of digital pianos by different manufacturers like Roland, Yamaha, Casio, Kawai) INSTEAD of trying cheap, 100-150 range Casio keyboards. The PX-310 may give the YPG-625 a good competition in terms of hammer-action keys, piano sound, connectivity. You should have, at the very least, compared the YPG-625 to a CASIO PX-310 (because both have the same 32-note polyphony, more built-in instrument tones and hammer-action/weighted 88 keys). I can't help but say, however, that it's a lopsided comparison when you compare a beginner Casio keyboard with no hammer-weighted keys to the touch/feel of a portable DIGITAL piano like the Yamaha YPG-625. I'm a bit curious what Casio keyboards you tried out.and since these keyboards are within the 100-150 range (I assume this range is a currency range of either US dollar or someother currency).you can't really expect hammer-action/weighted keys within this price range. All of your input was very helpful last time. I would really love to teach myself piano (pop/love songs, no classical) but it's getting started that's becoming such a burden for me. It's only 3-4 months away and I'd hate to have regrets after such a large purchase.

I may hold off my 'final' decision until June. I didn't expect amazing sound and feel, but it's like this once I already tested out the 625, everything that's downgraded from that pretty much feels like crap. However, I tested 2 Casio's today (100-150 range) and the keys felt very cheap and were not weighted at all(not too suprising). Is this worth it in the end for the money I'm paying? Buying a secondary, cheaper keyboard would allow me to bring it to college. Afterwards, I will only be able to practice when I come home for breaks, which is every couple of months. If I buy the 625, I'll only be able to play with it on a daily basis for about 1 year. I will be leaving for college in about a year. I already posted the majority of my reasons for holding off in my first topic, so I won't ramble on and on about it again. I'm still having trouble deciding on weather to purchase it or not. I posted a topic awhile ago titled 'Piano Buying Delima" regarding my decision on which and when to buy a new keyboard.Īfter the Yamaha YPG635 is released in June this year, do you think the price of the 625 go down? Or will sellers stop stocking/selling it and replace it with the 635 right away? The best bet for me would be if dealers sold the 625 at a reduced price in order to take them out of stock.
