This keyboard is really fantastic. I wanted something with 76 keys and this new keyboard replaces YPG235. Very Happy.

The selling price is $199 on line. I purchased a repack at the local BJ's warehouse for $169.00

http://www.bjs.com/yamaha-psrew3--ms-76-key-electric-keyboard.product.3000000000000947116

From Yamaha :


The PSR-EW300 reflects the expertise and experience that has made Yamaha the leader in the U.S. keyboard market. It retains the features that made the YPG-235 so popular, while adding the latest technological innovations.The PSR-EW300's powerful audio-and-MIDI interface provides 2-way connectivity using a single USB-to-host cable. Players can use it to expand the capabilities of the instrument by accessing the wide world of educational and creative apps available on their iOS devices or computers.

Like its predecessor, the PSR-EW300 offers both portability and a keyboard large enough for serious practice. Its 48 notes of polyphony compared to 32 for the YPG-235 allow complex passages to be played without any drop-outs. Students and their teachers will also appreciate the built-in Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) lessons, which are designed to supplement a student's regular piano instruction. The innovative Touch Tutor function helps beginning pianists learn to play with better dynamics.

The Aux Line Input allows for connection of a smartphone or other music source, making it possible for users to listen to or play along with their favorite songs. The built-in Melody Suppressor reduces the level of the lead vocal or lead instrument, allowing the player to take center stage while singing or playing along. "Like a finely tuned racing car, the 76-key PSR-EW300 is poised and ready to continue the legacy of the most popular portable keyboard in U.S. history, the YPG-235," said Mark Anderson, director of marketing, Keyboard division, Yamaha Corporation of America. "With its sleek and professional new look, PSR-EW300 will capture the imagination of all who touch it."

Dan and everyone else, the PSR-EW400 is also a fantastic keyboard. It has the same Acoustic Piano that's in the P series piano (the 300 has the same piano that was in the YPG235) and stereo outputs, which the 300 does not have. It also has the large round data wheel like the YPG235 and Yamaha has left off the 300. The best news is that Yamaha has reduced the price of the 400 from $399 to $299 and this includes the PA-300 power adapter (same as the one used for the 770 and 970 keyboards). For $100.00 more than the 300 the 400 is a much better keyboard suited for musicians that need to play out and use external sound systems and want a really great acoustic piano sound in a very lightweight 76 key keyboard

George Kaye, I thought that PSR-EW400 had "Live! Grand Piano" like PSR-3000 and some other keyboards had, and my impression was that all Yamaha's digital pianos had something different, in my opinion, more suitable for playing without accompaniment.

As I understand, EW300 and EW400 has 48 voices of polyphony, which is rather limited.

You are correct about the polyphony. They are both 48 note however the difference in the "live" piano and the piano in the 300 is enough for those looking for a good piano sound to look at this model especially now that the price is $299. Also, this arranger allows the player to turn off any of the style tracks they would like to mute just like the higher arranger models. The 300 is either only drums or everything else is on. With the 400 I can have Drums and bass, or just bass or any one of the other style tracks only or any combination of them all.

Thank you for sharing great information and comparison. I'm happy.

In fact this whole segment of Yamaha’s 76-keys instruments seems to be quite tricky.

It used to be DGX series, then Piaggero, now it’s simply PSR. It seems to me that intention is to fight with Casio WK series, as PSR-EW300 is quite close to WK-2400. Yamaha has increased polyphony up to 48 voices, to match Casio’s rival, but doesn’t go any further. It makes me a little bit nervous that adding a little bit more polyphony to PSR-EW400 and giving it Yamaha’s “Cool! Suitcase Piano” voice, that will be an instrument you can do a real job with, costing reasonable $500. Imagine what a thin ice it is? Because right now if you want PSR-EW400 with extra polyphony and at least one decent epiano voice – you have to buy Genos.