Originally posted by squeak_D:
[B]All I have to say is Yamaha needs to get a clue and start building their bloody pro arrangers better. When I played the Tyros II, I was impressed with the sounds, styles, ect..., but geez I could not get past that cheap plastic body and cheap buttons. The key action was like butter though. There's no excuse for a $3,500 pro arranger to be built so cheaply. I highly doubt Yamaha will change the construction quality of the Tyros III. People complained about it on the first model, they didn't listen, and most likely will build the new model with the same cheapness.
It's one of the reasons my Tyros and I parted company within weeks and I subsequently went back to Roland. I just didn't have confidence in the the Tyros surviving the rigours of regular gigging. (I couldn't adapt to the Yamaha user interface either, but it was the keyboard's general sense of fragility that sealed its fate).
In fairness, I've no doubt they're fine for home use only, which I guess is the worst 99% of them will ever have to contend with.
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