Wow!
First of all to answer everyone who's asked me:
@BogdanH: these keys feel *incredible*. Miles ahead of the slightly loose/hollow feeling sx900/sx700 keys. I just A/B'ed them with a Tyros 2, a Genos, and PA5x. It felt the same *level* as the Tyros keys and the PA5x keys! Which means it actually felt slightly stiffer and firmer than my Genos 1& 2 keys (but no aftertouch obviously)
Huh. I just noticed that the PA5000 keys also feel firmer than the sx700/sx900 keys, and in fact feel the same as the sx920 keys. I never even noticed until I just tried them all out. So FSB doesn't necessarily mean the same thing. There is no loose rattling feeling on the A5000 keys either, and I'm guessing we won't find too many complaints online about greasing those keys? The only caveat is that I may be jumping the gun; maybe the sx700 and sx900 keys originally felt this good as well, and I just don't remember? THe A5000 doesn't help because I only opened it last week (we sold our display model and the customer couldn't wait for the new one to arrive, and then when it Did I had a used PSREW400 in it's spot so I had to wait til that sold)
I'll keep playing on it every day to see if they 'lose grease'.
@Brian007 (and anyone else wondering): My guess was correct; since G2 put the ability to chord step sequence with user styles, yes, the sx920 can (The G1,sx700,sx900 *can't* which is a fundamental feature that's been in Yamaha pro arrangers for decades... even my CVP309 and PSRs970 both have this feature)
And the speakers: *almost* as bassy as the PA1000/PSRA3000, but with much more clarity. There's also more available headroom... for the first time, full volume on a PSRs /sx is actually *too* loud for my ears (which is a good thing, since it's much easier to lower volume than increase it)
More to come after I get my lunch break. But *wow*. I'm impressed.
Mark
First of all to answer everyone who's asked me:
@BogdanH: these keys feel *incredible*. Miles ahead of the slightly loose/hollow feeling sx900/sx700 keys. I just A/B'ed them with a Tyros 2, a Genos, and PA5x. It felt the same *level* as the Tyros keys and the PA5x keys! Which means it actually felt slightly stiffer and firmer than my Genos 1& 2 keys (but no aftertouch obviously)
Huh. I just noticed that the PA5000 keys also feel firmer than the sx700/sx900 keys, and in fact feel the same as the sx920 keys. I never even noticed until I just tried them all out. So FSB doesn't necessarily mean the same thing. There is no loose rattling feeling on the A5000 keys either, and I'm guessing we won't find too many complaints online about greasing those keys? The only caveat is that I may be jumping the gun; maybe the sx700 and sx900 keys originally felt this good as well, and I just don't remember? THe A5000 doesn't help because I only opened it last week (we sold our display model and the customer couldn't wait for the new one to arrive, and then when it Did I had a used PSREW400 in it's spot so I had to wait til that sold)
I'll keep playing on it every day to see if they 'lose grease'.
@Brian007 (and anyone else wondering): My guess was correct; since G2 put the ability to chord step sequence with user styles, yes, the sx920 can (The G1,sx700,sx900 *can't* which is a fundamental feature that's been in Yamaha pro arrangers for decades... even my CVP309 and PSRs970 both have this feature)
And the speakers: *almost* as bassy as the PA1000/PSRA3000, but with much more clarity. There's also more available headroom... for the first time, full volume on a PSRs /sx is actually *too* loud for my ears (which is a good thing, since it's much easier to lower volume than increase it)
More to come after I get my lunch break. But *wow*. I'm impressed.
Mark
Statistics: Posted by amwilburn — Fri Sep 27, 2024 10:42 pm