hi folks,

while writing my comment in the most recent Roland G-70 thread I thought I might as well add my thoughts on the recent developments in the keyboard market the way I see it, and for what it's worth.
As you may read in the G-70 thread I am not really impressed by the latest Roland sibbling, and therefor it is my personal opinion that the best musical purchases at present are simply KORG and YAMAHA.
Technics has gone under, Ketron is struggling and getting obsolete too, Roland is trying hard but not convincingly in my opinion, advanced computer arranger set-ups is only appealing to the minority of us here,so we are "stuck"with the Korg and Yamaha range, not a bad thing in itself , cause with the Tyros, PSR3000, PA1X, PA80 and PA50 one can achieve amazing things.
If your budget is limited I would advise any musician to go for the PSR3000 + Korg PA50 , which will actually cost you less that buying either the Tyros or the PA1X.
If money is no objection , get the two latter two top keyboards and you will be laughing all the way !!!
Ah well, there's no accounting for tastes!!!!
regards,
john

What about Wersi, still going strong, and with a new
Ikarus X1: http://www.wersi.co.uk/html/products.html

GJ

What about the Genesys from General Music.
In my opinion it beats both!

Tommy

JonnyGunnar, what is the price on that Wersi Ikarus X-1???? I checked out the website, and listened to the MP3's and DAMN!!! The bell and choir voice would jerk a tear from anyone's eyes. That's the most beautiful choir voice I've ever heard on a keyboard. The Grand Piano was also very nice.

Squeak

I believe that Roland G70 and Korg PA1X together cost less than Wersi Ikarus.

GEM might be a good instrument, but having had problems with polyphony in the past, I will not consider anything that only has 64 (or 62) note polyphony. I am also flabbergasted that GEM still offers only 61 keys on their "pro" model.

Regards

I don't know, but Wersi is not at the low end regarding to prices,
and I think also that's the fact regarding to quality.
As usual the prices depend very much of where in the world you are
to buy, and if you're ready to pay the highest prices in the world
for i.e. keyboards, well, just visit Norway...

Maybe a mail to info@wersi.net would give you some answers about it,
but if this is as the other Wersi models, also there is a lot of
hardware and software to addon to make the Wersi to suit you needs.

GJ

with all due respects, Wersi and even Genesys are not in the main stream of events. Very very few would like to burn their fingers so to speak on a Wersi, having to pay exorbitant prices and forever wondering how much you would lose out in the end once you tried to flog it again.
General Music (formerly GEM) has also gone downhill in my opinion and the Genesys has not become a hit either. So I guess my appraisal still stands...........(??!!)

Hi, John
yes, buy a Tyros. No better prices than today. Regards, Hanspeter

Hi John ,
Not only when you think a keyboard is a hit
it is a good instrument too.
Now I have a G70 and I am very happy with
this instrument.
The Genesys ,the Wersi, The Technics and more
are very fine instruments.
They are all different and you have to learn
how to get the best out of it and that takes
some time.

Oh, I forgot the Ketrons ,they are super too.