Yamaha KPA6 Keyboard Adaptor

Advantages: Design, fit, finish & sound excellent!
Disadvantages: New lugs take a little getting used to.

...I bought my new Yamaha kit from Roli Garcia in Laredo, Texas. He's been my drum dealer now for about 6 years and offers great service before, during and after the sale. I first highly recommend you check him out, no matter what part of the country you are in. He's on ebay as "drumroom". Now on to the drums....NOUVEAU My first choice through Roli was a DW Collectors series kit in a wrap finish. He told me when I went to plunk down the deposit that he was now a Yamaha dealer and that they had some great kits in stock. I told him I would go check out the newest Yamaha kit I could find at my local drum shop and do some comparisons -vs- the Collector Series from DW. Price wise there is no real comparison with the Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau kit in the same sizes coming in at about 30% less retail than the DW's. Yamaha... Read review

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Advantages: Elegant style, Beautiful Instrument Samples, XG MIDI Compatability, Floppy Disk Drive
Disadvantages: Keys, although semi-weighted, still not very realistic

...-LITE Compatability *A plethora of features such as DSP, effects like Harmony, Dual, Split, and much much more *Headphones/Audio OUT socket *Yamaha Sustain Pedal socket *Extensive Music Database, banks, registrations *6-Track on-board sequencer *The famous Yamaha Y.E.S. 7-Step Learning System *Onboard Flash-ROM *610 Voices + Portable Grand sample *135 Styles (upgraded) *Blue, large LCD backlit screen with extensive Staff-range and keypresses *New and redesigned speaker system for more realism *Variable Touch Sensitivity (Hard, Medium, Soft) *Chord Dictionary and tutor *Comes with a really nice free big music book I was honestly speechless when I first tried this keyboard. I will now go through each feature and try to give my honest opinion about them: Keys: The keys look like a real piano, but unfortunately are not as weighted... Read review

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Advantages: A tremendous instrument for the musically minded
Disadvantages: -

...was really getting hooked on the likes of Jimmy Smith (a jazz organist), so I turned my attention to the electric organ. My first instrument was a small Lowry Holiday followed by a small Hammond (great keyboard sound, but rotten base). In my twenties, I turned professional and purchased a small Yamaha with Leslie speaker - (a sort of spinning speaker inside a cabinet that produced a rich sound). Because of it's light weight for portability and reasonable prices compared to most other organs, I have stayed loyal to Yamaha ever since. I now own a HE 8 (old technology now, which I will soon be updated no doubt) and a PSR3000 - a 61-key electronic keyboard, which is the focus of this review. What I Like About The Yamaha PSR 3000 is the sound quality and a huge range of "voices" - these are synthetic sounds that even the most critical... Read review

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