Why is it so hard for some people to believe that someone has very little negative things to say about a keyboard?

I had expressed the few changes I would have liked to have seen on my PSR-2000. At the time; of course, I wasn't on this forum, nor did I even have a computer, but I did voice the things I didn't like, and the things I wished it had. Still, overall, it met my needs for playing very well and so my complaints were few, and I found workarounds for them.

As with any keyboard, there will be the next new model to follow, and it could possibly have features that might appeal to me, and, if they are important enough, I'll buy it.

I also can't predict what new features will arrive...most times I know no more than anyone else what's coming up, but I can guess.

So, the PSR-3000 comes out and has features that I really like (Mega-voices, USB storage for starters), and I feel it would improve my overall sound, as well as increase my playing pleasure and convenience. I bought one.

Again, I voiced my complaints, which were few.

A few years later, the S900 arrived on the scene with SA voices, and Audio to USB recording...two features that appealed very much to me; the former important because I do all instrumental, the latter because I don't like using my PC for recording audio...the S900 still met my needs like the earlier two, and was an even bigger pleasure to play.

Again I voiced my complaints, and again they were few.

Along comes the S910. It had new features I again felt were beneficial to improving my sound and performance...again my playing pleasure was increased, again, I voiced my complaints, and once more they were few, and actually less than before.

Not once did I complain about the lighter action on any of the PSR's I owned, because it happens to be the type I like to play...why complain...I really do hope they don't change it, and it has never been on my list of things (especially things ergonomical) that I would like to see improved.

I genuinely prefer it to a semi-weighted action, and to my fingers, it is smooth light, and very reliable, as many users will attest.

If they change it to semi-weighted, I suppose I could get used to it, but it would then be added to my list of complaints. I don't like semi-weighted keys on an arranger. Never did...never liked them on synthesizers either....I consider the arranger as being a single keyboard evolution of the home organ, rather than a synthesizer/workstation.

I don't post a lot of negative things about the instruments I play, not because I work for Yamaha...but, it is because I use a Yamaha instrument, that I have very little to complain about...I love the sound, the operating system, the overall design...they suit me very much, and in that respect, I am a fanboy just like any other.

I also didn't apply to work for Yamaha...I was asked.

I do, however, consider myself very fortunate to work for them, especially when I can get to try the latest instruments at no cost to me, although, it isn't much different than when I worked in a music store. I also enjoy helping people learn the great features on the instrument. It's a job that never feels like work, and it gives me the same enjoyment I get when I gig.

Naturally, I have an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) which I must honor, but at the same time, I am under no obligation to play and own only Yamaha keyboards, and I am not restricted in voicing things I'd like to see improved, as long as they don't violate the agreement, which would obviously include new features I might know about that would be on the next new instrument.

Trident's car analogy is pretty good.

I have a Honda Accord that I have very little negative to say about...it meets my needs, and in many ways, surpasses them.

Improvements? Other than a lower price, I can't think of any.

Perfect car? Pretty well. Dead reliable, not too big, lots of space for my gear, a terrific handling vehicle (heavy duty suspension...sway bars front and rear), great on gas, plenty of features (power everything) I like that definitely improve my driving experience, and absolutely none that do not.

It is not just practical and able to cover my basic transportation and gigging needs...it is also a joy to drive...I'll take it for a spin for no other reason other than just to enjoy it's terrific driving experience.

Would I want an Odyssey, to me, Honda's equivalent of a Tyros3? Nope, I don't lack for anything in my Accord SE.

My PSR-S910 is the same way...it easily meets my basic needs, and I sit down and play purely for pleasure at every opportunity...so it is hardly just a work tool.

Would I want a Tyros3? Nope again; the S910 does the job, and more, for me, and I don't feel I'm missing anything.

Not sure how much this fits the topic, but it was something I felt I had to say...sorry for the long-winded post.


Ian




[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 02-21-2010).]