Hi all,

I am getting my wife a keyboard so that she can learn to play. I want to make sure she is really interested before making a bigger investment (real or digital piano). It seems that for my price range (up to $300) the choice would be a Yamaha DGX202 vs. a Casio WK3000. I had expected that the Yamaha would be the winner based on the postings I had read around the 'net. To my surprise, the Casio seemed to sound as good if not better (was cetainly louder) than the Yamaha to my untrained ear when I went to demo them today. Is that the case? Is this Casio the better board? What would I be losing by not getting Yamaha's YES II teaching system for a beginner? And lastly, is there another board in this price range that I should consider? Or would it make more sense to go with a 61 key PSR292 or PSR275 in the beginning?

Thanks for your advice.

--Wayne