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i put my money where my mouth is!!! (re: https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01JBXQS2VBA5Q92G4SW3BNHMNH) but also i've been lusting after this forever and finally had an excuse. Yamaha PSS-A50 let's go

‪you can't really see it in the photo and i can't take more photos rn but i have to say i am really impressed by how shiny and nice the packaging is, especially for something that costs this little. they really want to sell you on it. better than on more expensive yamaha products!‬

Yamaha CBX-K1XG (1995)
Yamaha PSS-A50 (2020)

product packaging

Yamaha CBX-K1XG (1995)
Yamaha PSS-A50 (2020)

the things as they are

‪oh man the build quality of this thing is so much more premium despite having a price something like three to five times less even without adjusting for inflation. and the keys are so much easier to play…‬

YAMAHA DEFAULT GRAND PIANO TONE MY BELOVED 🥺

the keys feel soft. lush. gentle. premium more than anything

yeah they really made the right sacrifices to meet that price tag because i would gladly have paid twice as much for something this nice

I LOVE THE ELECTRIC PIANO ARE THEY TRYING TO HOOK ME AND MAKE ME WANT A REFACE CP BECAUSE it's working oh my god (the reface cp has the same keybed but is a dedicated high-quality e-piano mini-keyboard!!)

i am really not surprised that that jazz pianist/keyboardist i follow on youtube likes this thing so much it is so nice

(you should subscribe to Masataka Kono's youtube channel he is so lovely)

seriously how is this, which is by far the cheapest (at original MSRP) dedicated keyboard i own, the one with the best keybed. i know, i have refused to buy a modern midi controller and almost all the other stuff i own is like 1990's prosumer gear but Still. what

@hikari i got a reface CP a couple of months ago and it's really nice to just have something i can play casually while sitting on the sofa the same way i would a guitar. the sounds a very usable in a mix, quite good for doing demos (i plug mine into a zoom R12). it has that secret hidden stereo grand piano setting too which is handy. it would have been nice if they'd put in a secret hidden entire XG tone generator though, but maybe i'm being unreasonable