Digital Piano- Technics vs Yamaha

[Esweter]

I am planning to purchasee a digital piano. We move too much to have a real one
and I know it is a compromise. I have been looking at different brands like
Technics PX-224 and Yamaha CLP series. They seem pretty much the same, but I
wondered if anyone know of any important differences betwwen these two brands.
Thanks.

Eric
Esw...@aol.com

[Bob Cardone]

esw...@aol.com (Esweter) wrote:

Yamaha is much better than the Technics in my opinion. Also try the
Roland Line, they sound great.

http://www.rolandus.com

Bob Cardone

[Linda Mearns]

I've decided a digital keyboard makes sense for my first piano. I'm
wondering if anyone has done a comparison between the Korg C-350 and the
Kurzweil RD200. The latter is being phased out, but I'm looking at a
store demo model on sale.

Here's my concern: how good is the weighted action on either brand? Do
they break, fall apart, keep on going?

Any knowledge of the plusses and minuses of either brand in any area
would be welcome.

[Bob Cardone]

Linda Mearns <lin...@ucar.edu> wrote:

I would stay away from both those brands. Kurzweils, per my
experience, do not hold up well and Korg pianos generally don't sound
to well. I would confine my shopping to Roland or Yamaha. I have a
Roland RD-600 which I love, it sounds great and has a hammer action
which is really good. Roland just came out with a new model , the
RD-100 which has the same action but much lower price. Yamaha also
makes some pretty good Digitals.

http://www.rolandus.com
http://www.yamaha.com

Bob Cardone

[wallace.e...@lmco.com]

In article <19990420191335...@ng54.aol.com>,

esw...@aol.com (Esweter) wrote:
> I am planning to purchasee a digital piano. We move too much to have a real
one
> and I know it is a compromise. I have been looking at different brands like
> Technics PX-224 and Yamaha CLP series. They seem pretty much the same, but I
> wondered if anyone know of any important differences betwwen these two brands.
> Thanks.
>
> Eric
> Esw...@aol.com
>

I know you're not looking at the Yamaha CVP-series digital pianos, but the CVP
Users Group FAQ has some information that compares the Technics and Yamaha
keyboards. You might want to read over the FAQ for relevant information. The
FAQ can be accessed from the CVPUG Home Page at
www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/4933.

Wally

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[J. B. Wood]

In article <371e2ee7....@news.mindspring.com>,

cardone!@!mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Yamaha is much better than the Technics in my opinion. Also try the
> Roland Line, they sound great.
>
> http://www.rolandus.com
>
>
> Bob Cardone

I'll have to disagree. IMHO I believe that Matsushita Electronics for
olmost ten years has been, and still is, ahead of the pack in the design
of their Technics digital piano product line. Please note that my
comments are in the context of a digital piano (integrated keyboard,
amplifier, speakers, pedals). Technics (and Roland) were the first to
offer totally sampled grand piano sound (as opposed to either
all-synthesized or a combined synthesized/sampled approach) and have
provided improvements over the years, capturing the subtle nuances of the
sound of an acoustic grand. Technics samples a Steinway concert grand for
that mode on their digital pianos. (I wonder what brand of acoustic piano
Yamaha uses? ;-) My apologies if you are a Yamaha grand fan.) Again, IMHO,
Technics emulates the feel of an acoustic piano keyboard better than any
of their competition. OTOH, Yamaha has traditionally been out front in
developing software to turn their instruments into player pianos, among
other things. To sum up, if you are in the market for a digital piano as
opposed to a portable keyboard, and keyboard feel and audio quality are of
prime importance, I'd go with Technics.

John Wood e-mail: wo...@itd.nrl.navy.mil
Code 5551
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

[pTooner]

If I remember correctly, the RD200 is a black metal thing with about 4
voices? If it is the one I have in mind, I thought it had an excellent
piano action for the price. It doesn't sound anything like a piano, but
then neither do the other Kurzweil's. It did have their excellent slow
strings layer I believe. If it is cheap enough it should make an excellent
practice piano. I am not familiar with the Korg, but their home pianos that
I have seen have been miserable.

Gerry

[davism...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Esweter wrote:
> I am planning to purchasee a digital piano. We move too much to have a real one
> and I know it is a compromise. I have been looking at different brands like
> Technics PX-224 and Yamaha CLP series. They seem pretty much the same, but I
> wondered if anyone know of any important differences betwwen these two brands.
> Thanks.
>
> Eric
> Esw...@aol.com

Did you buy a digital piano. If you are in Manhattan, go to Craigslist link http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/msg/4980830198.html