Well, Diki, I am not assuming the weight, which is on the Roland site as 84 lbs, and the price is supposed to be around $5900-$6000, or very near.

An 84 pound, $6000 digital piano with ONE sound (piano) in a downturn economy?

Yeah...that's a recipe for success.

Plus, once you get the 5 or even 10 piano sounds that you will use, that's it.

You can fix lots of piano weirdness with EQ.

And, listening to the demos, I don't hear "wood"...not much warmth either...I guess up against a $2000 digital piano, it sounds good....but it SHOULD for over twice the price.

No doubt it will still sound better than an RD, piano-wise, but I'd say this product is for a niche market...until it trickles down to more affordable and portable instruments, it will probably remain a rarity, much like the G70.

It's a one trick pony, (no expansion slots)...and a big fat pony at that...

You would really lug this around by yourself?

I'd like to see a "before and after" video of that feat.

And your chiropractor bills after a few months of moving it around.

I'm guessing, if you do buy it, it will reside in your studio...if not, you're going to need a pretty good road case to protect it, which will bump the weight up to over 100 lbs....not quite Fender Rhodes 73 territory(about 130 lb.), but still pretty darn heavy for one person to put on a stand, or lift in and out of a vehicle.

Why not wait till it comes out in a module, or something far more manageable?

It reminds me of the Yamaha GS1, the forerunner to the DX7...you remember that one...Toto used a couple...they are pretty much useless today, as will be this particular V-Piano in the future.

I guess you can convince yourself that it's a viable investment, and that it changes "EVERYTHING", but as far as I'm concerned, after making that kind of statement, you are the one making the assumptions.

Good luck to you with whatever you decide.

Ian



[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 02-08-2009).]