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Source:
http://www.keyboardforum.nl/index.php?topic=4788.0

Kind regards,
Tommy

[This message has been edited by TommyF (edited 04-03-2007).]

thanks Tommy
Tell Yamaha I'm ready when they are, I'll take one.

Thanx for the news break.....But


s900
USB recorder.. but NO hard disc rec
same wattage on speakers Arggg!
128 poly thats better
No HD
Weight?
Lyrics read is nice..
prob same Vocalizer too?
navagation button layout?

Not enough change vs the 3k for me to buy...
What a disappointment I was hoping for a bit more......Next!



Ps.....what was the purpose of the S line ? just a few SA voices ???



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 04-03-2007).]

Yes, it sounds more like a facelift for the PSR-3000 and not the mini Tyros 2 some of use were hoping. Yamaha is leaving a gaping hole in their product lineup. It will be interesting to see if the competition will fill it out.

Kind regards,
Tommy

NICE ONE TOMMYF!!!!

90% sure I will be getting the S900 on launch here in the uk, just so long as the price is right

I can understand Dnj's disapointment as, on paper, it doesn't look to be a huge step-up from the 3000, but with the inclusion of the SA voices and new styles, I'm sure it will sound great.

Let's not forget that the 3000 is still a GREAT sounding arranger - even 3 years on.

Thanks for the heads up Tommy.

I have a PSR-S900 on order, and I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

I love the 3k's portability(and price), and I really only longed for the SA voices and more styles...looks like the answer has arrived.

If I was using my 3k primarily for SMF playback, I wouldn't bother trading up, but since I play "live" and rely on styles and right hand voices, the S900 would be the logical step up.


Ian

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Common misconception...size and weight equal quality and performance. Don't be fooled.

Several German music stores have already put the new keyboards in their online shops (with unknown delivery time). The prices are:

PSR-S900: EUR 1899,-
PSR-S700: EUR 1310,-
PSR-OR S700: EUR 1330,-

Note that these prices will probably be lower when the keyboards are actually released. And the prices also include german VAT (19%).

The PSR-OR S700 is an oriental version of the PSR-S700. It has:

43 oriental sounds
168 normal and 146 oriental styles
6 oriental drum kits
Oriental scale tuning

See for yourself at:
http://www.music-town.de/ http://www.musicstore.de/

Kind regards,
Tommy

I am very disappointed. You would think that after waiting three years for a new model - more than three years if this comes out in the fall in the USA - that Yamaha would add more technology.

What's missing? It looks like we'll have the same crappy harmonizer. This is 2007, and the technology has existed for some time to create decent sounding harmonies.

The PSR3000 has two storage capabilities: Smart Media and USB. The PSR S900 will only have one USB slot. There is no information on how much storage there is in the internal flash drive. If the PSR S900 has the same limited flash memory that the PSR3000 has, and since it won't have a flash media drive, we will have to stick a USB drive into the keyboard before every show. You forget your USB drive, and you can forget a decent performance.

The PSR3000 had aux out. The PSR S900 does not have aux out. That sucks.

Same speakers. That's a disappointment. Even though the ones on the PSR3000 are half-way decent, they should have upgraded.

It seems like in all appliances, from cell phones to mp3 players to televisions, they are, in an astounding way, squeezing more and more technology in at a lower price point. But with Yamaha keyboards, we are having to wait three years to get an extremely modest increment for the same price. They are even taking away features!!

Not that many extra voices! The PSR3000 was quite a lot closer to the Tyros than this is to the Tyros 2.

There is no additional footswitch capability. That is a disappointment.

And Yamaha has been pretty measley about providing new styles for their midline keyboards. They give you this IDC capability, but they don't give you anything to buy. If I hadn't converted styles from Tyros I % II, and if I hadn't received additional offerings for Tyros II, I would be high and dry.

This keyboard is leaving me just that - high and dry. If I weren't a vegetarian, I would be saying, "Where's the beef?"

Now, I will want to know if they took away any more essential functions. Did they give us back the vocal harmonizer on/off switch, effects on/off switch, and voice harmony on/off switch - all of which were on the PSR2000 and glaringly missing from the PSR3000?

If it had been a two year wait, this would be ok, but after three years, this is very disillusioning.

Beakybird

Excactly

Me too, very much disapointed.YAMAHA did a joke to our emotions.Now surly i will go for Pa800 or Audiya.