rickyd123

I played the go keys and it cost $250. I thought it's action was terrible, but it didn't bother me. I was getting used to it. You had to be careful how you struck the keys. A small tap and the note would explode out of the speaker. I care about sound. THAT'S IT. I want it to sound like a good piano. I don't care about voices or synth stuff or layering or backing tracks. Is the Roland VR-096 battery powered. I watched a YouTube video of it today and it's huge. It's bigger than my Roland FP30. Does anyone know how much it weighs. It looks heavy.

that's a good idea. If I can get it down to a few, I'll go to a brink and mortar piano store and play the finalist.

I agree with what you said about Polyphony. The only thing you mentioned that I use regularly is the sustain pedal. I firmly believe that ignorance is bliss, so I've already forgotten there is such a thing as Polyphony. I'm thinking about trying a poll on this site to see which of these pianos member think sound best. The ones on my list in my price range. I'm at 9 keyboards now. I'm not sure how to whittle it down to one or the best for me.

My plan is to use it 98 percent of the time as a piano. My current keyboard has other voices. Not many a few strings and organs. I've never used any of them. I like playing the blues, so if the new piano I get has a sax or an interesting horn I might try it for some blues songs, but that would be about it. As far as polyphony goes I'm only planning on playing songs from sheet music one at a time. Nothing fancy. I googled what polyphony meant. It went over my head. I don't know if it's important to get the sound I want from a budget keyboard.

Thanks I'll add it to the list. I'll listen to a new one with a plan to buy a used one if it's the best.

Thanks for the heads up about the P-125. I think What I'll do is I have a list of 7 pianos in my price range. I'll go to a local retailer and play them. I should be able to find them somewhere.

Is there agreement that the Yamaha P125 sounds better than the Casio PX-S1100 Privia Digital Piano. Because they are close enough in price all I care about is the best sound. I'll get use to the differences in the action.

It seems there are so many options. does anyone have an idea how I should direct my research. Like maybe I could hear the keyboards on YouTube videos or is there a site that gives reliable reviews. I'm suspect of some reviews because I always wonder if the company is buying the reviewer.

Another Scott mentioned the Casio PX-S1100 Privia Digital Piano. It's in my price range. He didn't really say anything about it. All I really care about is that it is battery powered and has really good acoustic piano sound like my Roland FP30. If anyone can give me some insight about, I'd appreciate it.

Unless I'm wrong it looks like all the ones mentioned so far are over a thousand dollars. I don't have that much money. I have $600 dollars saved up now. I'm sure I could get another $100 if needed.

I looked up those portable battery solution things online. Does anyone know how long they will keep a digital piano going. My plan was to play for 2 or 3 hrs.

I have a portable Roland FP30 as my at home piano that I really like. You mentioned a portable battery solution. I don't know what that is or means. I also don't know what connecting to an IOS device means.

I bought a Roland Gokeys. It was on sale during black Friday for $250. It sounded like a tin can. If you ask me it was worth about $50 bucks. I returned it. The reason I need a battery powered keyboard is I want to try my hand at being a street musician for tips. I already have a samson speaker with an internal battery. I don't have much money and I play the piano decent. I'm not great or anything, but people that have heard me play have said good things. I can afford to spend between $500 to $700. I was searching about this subject and this forum site came up with members discussing battery powered keyboards, but no one mentioned specifics about which sounded best or costs.