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US Mall 1 - Yamaha PSR295AD Portable Electronic Keyboard with Adapter
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List Price: $229.99
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Manufacturer: Yamaha
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Batteries: 6
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Yamaha
Color: Silver
EAN: 0086792281605
Feature: 61 touch-sensitive keys with 100 songs built-in
Label: Yamaha
Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: PSR295AD
Publisher: Yamaha
Studio: Yamaha
Variation Description: Silver
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Features
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61 touch-sensitive keys with 100 songs built-in
Yamaha power adapter is included
Separate woofers and tweeters deliver sounds with clarity and precision for more lifelike instrument voices
Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb, and Chorus
General MIDI and Yamaha XGlite makes for great sound
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best keyboard under $200
Comment: I looked high and low at every yamaha and casio keyboard I could find that fit my budget of under $200 for my son's birthday present. This one had all the features we were looking for: touch response, ability to record seperate tracks of a melody, usb connection, yes education suite, and a larger lcd display. Most important in our decision was the Yamaha name and the touch response. If you need help selecting a yamaha keyboard I found a product comparison tool at the yamaha web site located at http://music.yamaha.com/products/categoryCompareProducts.html?groupId=23&pageSize=999. This one clearly met our needs better than the YPT310 which is around the same price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Buy
Comment: I purchased this keyboard back when it was around $180 - 200, and it was a great value at that price. The touch sensitivity, good tonality, and quality of functionality make this keyboard one that you shouldn't pass up (esp. if you can find it for a cheaper price).
I've played on a couple keyboard before, but this is the first one in the sub-$250-price-range that has quality design and durability. Other keyboards just feel like cheap plastic, but this somehow doesn't have that feel.
I have a hard time giving any product 5 stars, but this is one that surely deserves it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Keyboard
Comment: The keyboard was pretty good overall - you must get the adapter (AD) or else... The volume is low even all the way turned up with some of the voices, but with other ones it's loud enough - but if you have an amp - no need to worry about that. It came with 400+ voices, which was good... and the only problem is that it requires a special usb cord to connect from CPU to keyboard - not just the kind that has a USB 1.0 on one end and a USB 2.0 on the other - so you'd have to buy that separately. I like Amazon's free supersaver shipping. Since other reviewers said not to ship by UPS, I called Amazon's "secret" 1-800, and the rep there said there was no way to switch shippers... So, I went ahead and had it supersaver shipped, and the big brown UPS truck drove by a week or two later, and my package was fine! Everything thing was intact and in excellent working condition. One last "problem" - when you try to record, it automatically turns on the auto accompaniment - which you can turn off manually, but....
I'd say, that if your not a real serious pianist, but are looking for a portable keyboard that does a little bit of recording, etc., get it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Value for Money
Comment: [Please note that this product is currently available from Amazon under three packagings: PSR-295 (no adapter), PSR-295AD (includes adapter) and PSR-295MS (includes adapter and stand). I bought the PSR-295MS package.]
I got this full-length keyboard at a great price of $190 with included adapter and keyboard. Both accessories are a must, since this thing is huge.
The product shipped in two days (from PA to MD) with free shipping. I was delighted to find a helpful instructional DVD in the package to get started with the basics, so I didn't have to go through the manual, except for detailed and advanced features.
Also included was a Song Book, with staff music for some popular songs. It's great for someone who knows how to read music - I'm still learning to. There's also software to transfer music between PC and keyboard.
"Portable Grand" is just a one-touch button option to set the keyboard to Grand Piano mode. Of course, this cannot be expected to sound as great or realistic as a high-end digital piano or an expensive wooden one. However, the touch sensitive feature makes it as realistic as possible.
Here are the features I liked:
* Display shows notes and chords being played in three ways - staff notation, note name (ex. E# m7 aug etc.), and graphical (actual keys on a diagram).
* Truly Touch (Force) Sensitive Keys (can be toggled on/off).
* 487 Voices (incl. ~360 XGLite voices).
* 136 Accompaniment Styles to play along.
* Built-in songs which can be practised using Yamaha Education Suite. (Buil-in feature).
* Jog Dial to move between voice/style/song numbers.
* Flash memory to record your songs.
* Direct USB connection (MIDI-USB connecter cable *not* required - that cable would cost around $40).
* Software to transfer songs and voices between PC and keyboard.
* Truly stero output (not just two speakers).
* Phono/Line-Out socket.
* Sustain pedal socket (pedal not included).
Here are some things I didn't like:
* USB cable not included. ($7 extra from Amazon).
* Volume sometime seems a little low. But then, you can always pass output through amps if you really need it that loud.
* No mic or line-in socket.
* Phono out uses 1/4 inch pin. Had to buy a 1/8 to 1/4 converter from RadioShack.
* LCD display is highly "directional", visible only when looking at a particular angle. This is not much of a problem when playing sitting. However, if playing standing, this may be a little inconvenient.
* No sustain toggle switch. If you don't have a sustain pedal, turning sustain on/off manually takes a couple of steps.
Overall, at under $190, free shipping and included adapter and stand, this is a great buy for beginners as well as advanced users.
I had a Yamaha PSS-11 long back. It was a good beginner keyboard but it soon outgrew me, since you couldn't play it with two hands. Overall, I like Yamaha quality and find their keyboards much more professional than Casio ones (maybe I'm wrong). Of course, "real" professionals would use KORG, but that'll be upwards of $1000! :)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great for those trying to learn piano
Comment: PROS:
-Extremely lightweight for its size
-Comes with power supply (unlike many other keyboards an amazon.com) and _adjustable height_ stand
-Instruction manual is very well done, and includes music theory (e.g. how to form almost any type of chord)
CONS:
-LCD Display is small; you'll need good eyesight
-The stand that comes with it is not too sturdy; once I decided on the right height for it, I had to reinforce it by wrapping an old piece of speaker wire around the hub a few times. (Hey, it worked!)
-Doesn't come with a USB cable
Although the songbook included is aimed at beginners (with less than, say, a year of piano experience), it's a great piano for anyone trying to learn chord-based playing. You can enter virtually any chord (such as F#m7b5) and the display will indicate what keys you must press to play it. This is very helpful when playing through a fake book and you come across a chord you don't know how to play. (NOTE: As you're playing, the display shows the bass and treble clef indication of every key you play, but does not name the actual chord you're playing (e.g. "Bm7") unless you have the ACMP activated.)
The transposition function is convenient--if you only know how to play in one key, you can play along with any other musician playing the same song in a different key. The pitch-tuning function is also nice (in case you're playing along side a slightly out-of-tune instrument and want to match its sound).
All in all there are well enough features to justify the price; you'll save 22 bucks in shipping by buying it from Amazon, and mine arrived one day after they shipped it out!
NOTE: This piano doesn't come with a sustain petal (as another reviewer indicated), but has a jack for one if you decide to buy one separately.
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