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.