Hi all

Now I'm confuse to actually choose which brand and model?

I actually got a deal to buy 1 month old Casio Privia PX-300 at RM1800 (with 1 year warranty). Comes with wooden bench and sustain pad only. Outside sell at RM2399 with added headphone.

But when I go to music shop, Yamaha P60 sounded more like a piano to me. PX-300 sound a bit fake. Is it setting problem with PX-300?

Then, I go another shop and found Casio Privia PX-700. It sound very piano like too. Maybe better than P60 or same.

Price for PX-700 is RM3500 while P60 is RM2600.

And I found Yamaha Clavinova CLP230 is priced at RM4100.

And Casio Celviano AP-33 priced at RM3200.

I know the polyphonic is important:
a)PX-300 (32 poly)
b)PX-700 (32 poly)
c)AP-33 (64 poly)
d)P60 (32 poly)
e)CLP230 (64 poly)

So the cheapest 64 poly is AP-33 but the sound I haven't able to hear yet.

The nicest sound comes from PX-700 and P60 but both lack of keyboard feature.

PX-300 is not as good as PX-700 sound, but a lot more feature and priced at RM1800, its good deal to me.....

So guys, please help to decide which one I should get??

I just started to learn piano. Should I pay RM3500 for a piano?

From my research in this forum:
http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimate...p?/forum/6.html

Most people prefer Yamaha. Yamaha Clavinova own 40% of digital piano market. So if you have the budget, Clavinova is the best long term digital piano.

But if you're tight in budget, then you have to get old model Casio such as PX100 or PX300. The sound won't be as good but good enough for beginner.

As for me, I've got myself a second have PX-300 at RM1750. The price is expensive for second hand. But its only used for 1 month and still have 1 year warranty.

Normally, digital piano have 0 resale value compare to acoustic one. So spend wisely.

By the way, Casio Privia line is good for people who have small space in their home. Else, can also consider Yamaha P70. Yamaha is better because service center is abundance.

Hi gogo2,

Can you list the stores' name you have visited as I am interested to check out those too? Address too if is possible. Thanks a lot.

Each brand's sound, touch and feel are different and differ from each person's preference, the most common comparison brands are Yamaha, Roland, Kawai and Korg. You'll find different opinions and debates/preference over one another.

I wouldn't say 0 resale value but low resale value compared to Acoustic Piano, well, of course if you think about it, it's digital and technology changes/updates very fast, in almost no time, your digital piano is out of date, newer models with better more interesting features are available... So, when you're buying for long-term, I would suggest to get at least a decent one, cause it's probably worth very little when you plan to change, so at least get one which can last you for long time.

Before buying, it's always good to survey for all the brands, well, you don't want to regret after you buy (e.g. you saw another brand/model at your friend's place and go "oh... dem").

Go check the websites for each brand for more infos, videos, etc instead of reading reviews. Usually you'll have to check the US website for more information. Roland has a good set of demos/videos, other brands have demos on the sounds less/hardly any videos.

There's discussion on digital piano / keyboards in the Keyboardist Shrine thread, I've also provided links to some videos and explanation:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/292794/+40


This post has been edited by Andy214: Mar 12 2007, 11:59 AM

Thanks. I have read some of your postings and found it is quite informative. I will read again, probably I have missed out the store name as I would like to make some visits.

Is a Casio CDP100 good for a begineer? I love to play a piano, but I have some space constraints, so a digital piano work well for me?

It's actually a very very simple digital piano... Well, it's enough for beginners and if you don't need all other functions/features and pacthes/tones... How much is it? If it's around RM2k, you might want to have a look at the Yamaha P series (e.g. P60, P70, etc...), or maybe the Casio Privia series,... or second hand maybe?

Maybe you should "get to know" more about digital piano and it's capabilities before deciding, you might change your mind, it's better that you don't regret later after you found out/learned later about all the functions/features/etc and you have bought yours...

Anyway, whatever you decision, good luck and all the best!

Yes, and that's why I'll be talking to my aural lessons teacher (he's so kind enough to explain about piano!) and let me try the piano for a few while.

Is there any weighted-keys digital piano that costs less than 2k ringgit?

I think there's a few but usually at the price it will be very limited function/features or none at all and only have less than 10 patches/tones. I think the Yamaha P60 or P70 was around RM2K, go check it out, if it cost a little more, you could always bargain... It was quite good for a simple model since it supports Half-Damper Pedal.

Maybe you can opt for installment plan if you're keen on getting a better ones and are tight on budget, but anyway, before you do, decide well, good luck and all the best on whatever your choice!

Edited:
Just notice the price for P60 was mentioned, around RM2600, but I think it's quite an old model, so perhaps you could persuade for higher discount or something. Or, you could also opt for second hand model, like gogo2, he bought a second hand (1 month used) Casio PX-300 for RM1.7k.


This post has been edited by Andy214: Mar 28 2007, 09:19 PM