Cue Zephyr

It's done. I'm over the edge.

Thanks for sharing your experiences! The reason why I'd be interested in the P-255 is exactly because of its lack of features. With the PX-5S it seems as if I'm getting further and further from what I initially set out to purchase (a digital piano). Being able to tweak the hammer response blows my mind. Actually most of the tweakabilities for the price do! I was gonna wing it and order one but I'm heading to a shop this weekend that stocks many digital pianos, so hoping I can at least try the Casio key action and even better would be if they have a PX-5S out to try.

I didn't ask explicitly, but it's not uncommon to use the PX-5S (being a stage piano) at home, right? So depending on what kind of music you play, you don't really miss any piano-specific pedaling features? That's good to know - then I don't need to worry. I'd like to know how you the Casio's action compared to the Yamaha's GH action and the SL's Fatar action.

So what I get from this is that it's rarely or never the other way around? I've even looked at the PX-760 and PX-780, but they have just as much (maybe even more) features that I'm never gonna use and at the expense of triple and half-pedal support, I can have a controller and a synth along with the digital piano. Now I'm thinking it over, it makes no sense to want triple or half-pedaling support right now. If playing catches on, who knows what I'll be looking at. And built-in speakers are gonna be quite bad anyway. And at this price point, if the speakers are OK, something else is gonna be underwhelming. The 49-key 16-knob MIDI controller I have now mostly gathers dust because I'm too lazy to set it up. If that hapens with the PX-5S, at least I have a really good digitla piano/synth/keyboard.

Howdy folks, I'm not a piano player yet, I want to buy a digital piano and start learning it. I am however a musician, know my way around a DAW and own an audio itnerface with studio monitors. I undoubtedly will end up using something like Pianoteq or something else for recroding. If I'm just playing, I don't mind switching on speakers (because that's where it'll be close to most of the time anyway), but I wouldn't like being stuck to a computer all the time. I started looking at the PX-150, discovered the PX-160 is coming out, realized it may be just as expensive as the PX-350 and here I am, looking at the PX-5S. Reasons I'd get a PX-160 would be limited features, built-in speakers, more like a piano with three pedals and half-pedaling and lower price. Reasons I'd get a 350 would be same as the above, except it has more features and is probably priced the same according to three web shops I can order from (a fourth doesn't have it listed yet). Reasons I'd get a PX-5S? It can replace my 49-key 16-knob MIDI contorller, supposedly noticeably better sound than the above. My problem with it is that it ups the price but also adds a lot of features that I wasn't gonna get a digital piano for, as well as taking away some piano-ness. On the other hand, in 99% of the cases, an on/off sustain pedal is all one really needs. And I can't really plnok it down anywhere to play unless I bring an amp or speakers. Having said all that, the PX-5S has its own niche and is in a different league as the aforementioned models. Even if I don't use half of it now, I may or may not come to appreciate it later and if I decide to upgrade, the 5S may or may not be easier to get rid of. Needless to say I'm not gigging but who knows I might. Any of the Privia boards are light enough to take anywhere. Help me out of the woods please! Thanks! CZ