In this video i try to explain the whole "It sounds like a Casio" quote that people use.. I might miss a couple of points and maybe the video could've been shorter, but i sorta like talking about subjects like these so let me know what you think about this!

https://youtu.be/hTFXZfchq6w

You really know a lot about keyboards, models, dates, etc. Do you work in the keyboard industry?

CASIO KEYBOARDS

Well sir, i used to work in a store which primarily sold keyboards and synthesizers, and it's just my interest! Not my only one, but the one i'm taking the most information for

I saw the edit, and i'm not a professional hoarder, i do like collecting them!
Might get me some nice Casio before the end of the year hehe

Oh My Goodness............Harold

Why's that, Harold?

The other side of the stigma attached to the name Casio can also serve as a medal. Now that I travel much less, I have quite a few piano students. I find myself recommending them Casio digital pianos, and I always add, "This is not your grandchildren's keyboard."

That's another way to look at it! Casio really has come a long way. And when i had the MZ-X300 a couple of months back i was astound at how good it sounded and how fantastic that interface was.

Mz-x500 interface is even better..
Its out of this earth, maybe the best in any arranger..

However it still has the typicall Casio sound..
Espescially where it comes to natural instruments like brass, winds, saxes etc..
Piano sounds and organ, string ensemble and so are okay.(piano not as good as on px series). Most samples are not vellocity layered.. just a single sample/key..

But the interface both the touchscreen as well as the buttons, pads and sliders are top
Sadly the keybed is so bad, it makes it a no go for most people spoiled by owning instruments with high end keybeds.. the keys are flimsy and unstable.. it makes me wondering why a company like casio that offers a really nice keybed in the px-series piano’s fails in making a good keybed for their arrangersarrangers?

Casio knows that worldwide "A Cheap Price" sells.... bottom line, profits $$$.

I beg to differ, Donny. I remember having read an article years ago; cosmetics companies in Japan were not doing too well in selling their products. They did some research, and only after they tripled the prices, the products were selling like hot cakes. The word vanity comes to my mind. I don't want to misquote Chas, but I couldn't find his posts where he mentioned something to the effect that musicians buy expensive gear and then come up with excuses to justify their purchases. For instance, a lot of people who had purchased the Roland FR8x accordion for $6,500 plus were all in denial initially though the instrument is heavy, unbalanced, very bulky. Mind you most of of the buyers are in their 70s and 80s. I pre-ordered one, and quickly canceled after I tried it out myself.

Casio "forced" all other big boys to come out with low priced digital pianos when Casio became the pioneer in producing low-priced digital pianos with excellent piano keyboard action, good piano sounds, and unbelievably light weight for a good, or cheap price.

If something is dirt cheap but good for nothing, it is not cheap. It is expensive. I think human beings are the only creature "smart" enough to deceive themselves thinking that expensive is always good.