Originally Posted By: Bachus
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The other weak part is the naturall and acoustic sounds, and frankly honest, i would be hugely surprised if they could come up with anything as advanced and sattisfying as SA2 sounds in the near future..



Hi Folks,

Guess this is not a subject for me to major in but wanted to let you know that only this afternoon my CASIO Privia 860 piano arrived. It has only been on the market for a few months or so I am told as the follow up to the 850 and apparently has the same acoustic piano samples as the PXS5. The reason I opted for the 860 is that I was awed by the sound thru its own amplification on top of which I did not like the feel much of the PX-S5 keys. And of course the PX is really a gigging instrument that leans heavily on the kind of amplification you are using. I don't know about their other acoustic achievements but these acoustic piano sounds are absolutely fantastic and at those prices , approx. 1100 dollars and 999 euros here in Europe they are hard to beat. I was lucky to get another 10% discount over the weekend. So now...............
I will have to learn and play the piano smile smile smile

regards,
John

P.S. here is an in depth review of the Casio 860:
http://azpianonews.blogspot.nl/2015/01/C...e-best-buy.html