Jazzhoves.com has a little more information about the Yamaha PSR-S900. Read it here .

While you are there remember to download the podcast. It's great!

Kind regards,
Tommy

WOW! It is going to be pretty expensive. A price of a used car to be exact. At £1600 it will be a contender to the Tyros 2 unless it is a totally different concept (arranger + knobs & sliders & patterns). Who knows. There is only one month till March so that things will be uncovered pretty soon.

Fortunately, there is going to be the PSR S-700 which, hopefully, will be less expensive.

I am holding my breath.

Thanks for sharing this useful information.

Regards,
George

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Does that convert to about 3100 dollars?

It converts to $3699 Canadian....and roughly $3135 American.

Not bad for a mini T2 with speakers.

Ian

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http://www.jazzhooves.com/index.html

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Not positive, Donny, but I think that picture shows the PSR-S500.

Ian

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Many people dreamt about PSR-3100, didn't they? Now that is - it costs $3100. What an irony!!!

Next time, please, dont dream about PSR-3200.

George

Even if you had to pay that full price, which we won't, it's only 1/10 of a semi-luxury automobile. It's all about Priorities!
DonM

excellent news - confirms the lauch date we thought. Hopefully the £1600 is the RRP and retailers will offer their normal discounts. I have £1300 put aside for one of these - that should hopefully cover it. Roll on March!!

Regards
James

$3100.00+...par for the course just what I expected no surpise there....cant wait .

According to my sources, whoever posted this price on Jazzhooves has their facts wrong.

My guess is the price will be more in line with the 3k.

Ian

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Ian....stay on top of this anticipated release...we need a goodfront line man in the trenches

Hi Ian

Hope you are a good guesser!

Jørgen

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Hi Jørgen,
I can say for sure the price quoted by Jazzhooves is not accurate, and it would make sense to keep the new keyboard in the same relative price range as the older model as they have done in the past with the 2k and 3k.

The PSR-S700 is intended to replace the PSR-1500 and should be close to the same price.

I hope I'm right too.

Ian

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Maybe 1600 was euro or dollars. That looks completely out of line to me too.

Beakybird

That's good news Ian - should mean I won't need to put any more $$$ aside.

Regards
James

Thats the pic that was shown on the jazzhooves site....?

If you hold your mouse pointer over it...it says PSR s500...they certainly wouldn't have a pic of it yet...they couldn't even get the price right.

Ian

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Ian great detective work.....why would they even put a phoney pic up ????
Sheeeeeeeeeesh

I guess they want lots of traffic on their site to keep their advertisers happy.

Ian

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makes me really want to buy somthing from them.....NOT!!

What Advertisers

You mean you didn't see brand names?

Ian

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I think that Leigh Wilbraham is doing a great job with jazzhoves.com. It is the only blog I know about that concentrates on arranger keyboards and organs. As I see it is clearly more a work of passion than a commercial venture.

The only things that are for sale on jazzhoves.com are the organs and keyboards in the free classified ads. I very much doubt that Leigh is making any money on this

Kind regards,
Tommy

P.S.: I am not in any way affiliated with jazzhoves.com.

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$3,100 YIKES!!!!!!!!!!! Holy Mary Mother of Good Crap How in the hell is a $3,100 keyboard considered "Mid-Range". If the street price is anything close to that and Yamaha doesn't up the "construction and durability" of the unit, then I say "thumbs down". A board with that price tag better be built 100 times more solid than the current PSR-3000.

I hope it's as Ian stated and that someone got the price mixed up because whew that's way too expensive for a mid-range arranger.

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Squeak the 3k has proven itself 10x over in durability....Ive been gigging with one since its inception 3yrs....don't be fooled....as far as price.....for technology, versatility & sound its worth far beyond its list price for sure!

How many power adapters did ya go through Donny I know 3 people off the top of my head who are already having problems with the buttons (same problem the PSR-2000/2100) had with cheap contacts. These aren't Zoner's either, and they gig with their 3000's.

Squeak,

Remember that UK prices include 17.5% VAT, so $2600 would be a more realistic conversion, but I agree that it still sounds expensive compared to th PSR-3000.

Kind regards,
Tommy

Squeak, you can be almost certain that the price will be roughly the same as the 3k.

I use a 3k and it is by far the best "bang for the buck" of ANY arranger out there.

Mine is a early production model I used for demos...it's played 4-5 hours or more everyday...it's been a model citizen.

I'm looking forward to the new one with glee.

Ian

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It would only make sense for the price to be closer to the current model (PSR-3000). It would seem like Yammie would be shooting themselves in the foot placing the S900 closer to the T2's price range.

In 3yrs only one ac adapter has gone bad...big deal....I have no problems thankfully with any buttons..or anything else its the most reliable KB I ever owned period. And Ive owned quite a few

It would be difficult to write a review or a news section without telling the readers the name of the product.

Bill

Since no body knows as of yet....it could very well be better then the T2 and its replacement...with the S700 as the 3k replacement?

Of course it makes sense...Yamaha is a sensible company...I'm the only fly in the ointment. as far as I know...

Ian


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Correctomundo, Bill.

Ian



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My source tells me tha PSR-S900 is the 3k replacement.

The PSR-S700 is the replacement for the current PSR-1500.

Ian



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I've just been on Jazzhooves. It's interesting to see the Best in their class review.

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That's because Leigh plays E-80 & Wersi combo. His tracks sound excellently in my opinion.

And, yes, it is strange that the S500 was not listed as 'best in its class'. Judging by its features it is alot better than the PSR-450.

George

C'mon people.yamaha is not stupid enough to sell it for $3100 where T2 is $3499.They have to beat Pa800(which has TC board and USB to device,full blown seq and full sound editing,after touch ,light weight yet solid hardware).


S 700 will be $999.

S 900 will be $1499,street.more or less(hopefully less-like 1199$ like psr 2100),since Yam's competition is mid level Rolands(e50,60).but with onboard VH and more styles,it's not hard to beat.But again keys and hardware will be the same as s500(Roland scores here).


Remember UK in general KB are more expensive than US(with few exceptions).In some east EU,psr 3000 is 1799 - 1899$ new.

I see alot of Yam bashing and Ketron promoting in that forum by so called T2 users(saying T2 is made for button pressors ,not musicians,bla bla).
I think someone(non Yam people) is badmouthing with the price(S900),since it'll still be a kickazz seller and a hit like 3k.



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Hi , Ianmcnll , go to left side click to january 2007 you'll see it .

If you hold your mouse pointer over the picture, it says "PSR s500."

We probably won't see a picture till Frankfurt...Yamaha are very tight lipped about this product.

Ian

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Agree with Ian on this - I'm not expecting any more info/pictures on the PSR-S900 until (or just prior to) Frankfurt 2007. The fact that we have known about these new models for some time now, makes me think that Yamaha is not providing any information on them as they will be quite inovative and special - well that's the hope anyways.......only time will tell, and with less than 8 weeks till Frankfurt, there's not long to wait.

Regards
James

Hi George.
I thought it was a Wersi in action. Why is this Leigh making the demo out as though it is done purely on the E80? Talk about giving people the wrong impression. Anyone thinking of getting an E80 wants to hear the E80's drawbar sounds instead of the ones used here.

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My guess is that yamaha wont put any super articulation sounds on the s900 in order to keep the T2 the best. But will it beat the T1

My guess is that it will have SA voices.

The PSR-3000 had the Mega Voices that were on the T1...perhaps the S900 will follow suit with the SA voices that are on the T2.


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Is that Welsh, or Irish, Ian....?

Or do you hail from Middle Earth......?

Cape Breton Gaelic...my Dad spoke it.

Never been to Middle Earth...what's it like there?

Ian

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It's OK, except for the damn orcs.......

Hey,

bear in mind that I can't distinguish a Hammond organs on Wersi and E80. As I told in previous threads I haven't heard a Hammond organ live.

Leigh sent me some of his tracks wich had been recorded on E80 and Wersi combo and they sounded beautifully. I have no idea how the E80 demos have been recorded.

Regards,
George

I hope it will have SA voices - a big disapointment if it doesn't. I'm confident it will. Like Ian says, Yamaha always allows their new technology from the top-end boards to trickle down to the lower-end models. If S900 has no SA then I might just have to go for a T2 afterall.

Regards
James

I guess u guys are right. It will be better than T1 cos it will most probably have all of the T2's sweet live and cool sounds...which is alot. Maybe 50% of T2's Super Articulation sounds. 300 internal styles perhaps. Maybe a few new features like usb 2.0 and improved vocal harmony. And completely redesigned buttons and screen. Key feel... Depends on the price they set

Oh, that Middle Earth....it is said that if you stay too long...it could be hobbit forming.

Ian



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