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Here is ThePianoforever PX-S3000 discussion and brief review at NAMM 2020. He does a brief demo of the piano by playing Beethoven's 3rd movement of the Moonlight Sonata. In addition to the speakers in the back, there are two slotted ports in the front just above the keybed. They are more subtle and located on the left and right side, but they are there and project some sound toward the user. He plans to do a more extensive review within the next 10 days or so.

Just saw a post from Mike Martin about David Weiser's vintage keyboard presets to be released for the PX-560 after NAMM. PianoManChuck also mentions it in one of his videos. http://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2799520/4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R10QJNQT7Bk Thanks Mike and PianoManChuck. Fantastic news!!

Well, we know that Casio has shown us a new range of products. The CT-X line of keyboards consisting of the CT-X700/800/3000/5000 The cheapest will cost around 179 dollars if i'm correct, and that will feature 48 notes of polyphony, a 12 watt speaker system, +- 200 styles and +- 600 sounds. The most expensive one will cost about 400 dollars, which is pretty darn cheap if you ask me. 64 notes of polyphony. 30 watt speaker system. +- 240 styles and +- 800 sounds, and 4! Variations per style. The best part?! They've introduced a new sound engine called the AiX, and if you listen to the CT-X700 you'll get blown away! It has better soundquality than the PSR-E series (That start at 150 dollars i believe) And better polyphony. My imagination is that (we haven't heard it yet unfortunately) The CT-X5000 will sound even BETTER! And yes, the guitars will now have velocity switched noises like slides and things like harmonics, that's impressive. There are 3 things that i don't like about this (Or maybe my expectations were to high because of the MZ-X range) - No touchscreen (The UI on the MZ-X looks fantastic) - No matter how hard Casio tries they just can't hold a candle to the Sweet! Voices on the Yamaha's (And that's 22 year old technology) - Still that weird box-styled keybed, how hard can it be to go back to proper style keybeds that don't rattle or clang? I'm hoping that this topic will go to a proper spot (If this isn't the correct one) And that we can have nice discussions about the machines, and i'm sure we will! Because let's be honest, Casio have really REALLY outdone themselves this time in a budget range of keyboards!

Even though Summer NAMM was in July, this was just posted on Aug 12. I think you guys will enjoy the segment with our friend Mike Martin. http://blog.musicbusinessradio.com/2014/08/episode-189-summer-namm-2014-part-1.html