Guess ya can't argue with success !
I've been around the KB horn & I'm happy right back where I started.....Yamaha

I started out in 1964 with a yamaha 250 Motorcycle and now in 2006 have a Yam 9000 and a tyros 2
Is this evolution?
Bebop

I play Yamaha wind instruments too!

.... too bad technics bailed out ... I may have to go yammie someday ....
t.

BEBOP: how does the psr9000 compare to the tyros 2 ??..i ask as i still refuse to move from my 9k because nothing yet impresses me on any latest releases..

That still leaves a bad taste in my mouth Tony...I wonder what the real reason was that they stopped producing KB's....wioth such a big fan base & pretty dam good inovative KB's also. My fav was always the 5k.

no, yamaha has not completely took over the other manufacturer, i don t think it will ever do that.
roland, korg, ketron, etc has their own buyers and dedicated users which won't drop their favorite company that easily.
would be interesting to see what manufacturer has the most loyal customers... might that be yamaha? possible...
as for myself, i never went with the "biggest" producer, be it keyboards, sound equipment, computers, mobile phones, etc etc, but rather with second or third one. and i think that this is a good strategy, is the best area, where's more advantages for the buyer, including the best price/performance ratio.

just my oppinion...



[This message has been edited by adimatis (edited 10-09-2006).]

I don't know if Yamaha is dominating the arranger market...I seriously doubt it..

I think as an example[from what I read], Roland is more favorable in Europe..

Yamaha is brought to our attention because all the Yamaha owners are here at SZ ..

Yamaha has a broad base of sales because of the PSR line [also includes all the other "toy" models]..I would be curious to know how the PSR stacks up against the same price point Casio line...my money[bet] is on Casio...world wide..

I wouldn't feel bad for any of the major companies..there is enough of our dollars to go around..

Maybe we should start supporting the small independents........like Domenik...I am sure there is a future Mediastation on my horizon... :}

I thought that there was no satisfactory replacement for the Technics KN7000 until I discovered the Korg PA1-X Pro arranger keyboard just the other day - and they do say that some of the Technics Lads and Lassies ended up here... http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=PA1XPRO

Yamaha have indeed gotten it right. They have a good (perhaps not great) sounding instrument, an almost perfect, non-controversial, intuitive, easy to use operating system across their product line, light weight, the right mix of features (including the vocal harmony on their lower end models,e.g. PSR 3000, detachable speakers, etc.), coupled with the responsive customer support. This makes it easy for the users to overlook whatever they may perceive as shortcomings, such as funny shape, too-polished sounds, and perhaps even a short (only 61 keys) keyboard. (I am not one of them, but if Yamaha did have T2 with 76 keys, I'd buy it in a jiffy).

Another factor is that with Yamaha every top model has been an improvement over the previous one, adding new features without taking away the existing ones (save for sampling, which most people did not use much anyway). This is not the case with other manufacturers - with every new model, for example, Roland takes two steps forward, and one step back, so if you are content with a feature on your current Roland model, there is no guarantee that it will still be there in the next model. The only thing that is guranteed not to go down is the weight - they seem to totally ignore the fact that gigging users have to move their gear to and from their gigs.

In addition, Yamaha's customer service is very good. Their reps monitor and post in this forum, as do those from other brands, but not all. Commuications with Roland are decidedly one-way, with no reliable way to get our concerns across.

That's why Yamaha is doing so well.

Regards