I've owned quite a few boards in my time but this has slowed right down within the last 10 years. I'll try to remember them all though and in the order I got them.

So from 1987 from when I purchased my first keyboard as follows:

Yamaha PSS-790
Yamaha PSR-410
Yamaha PSR-520
Yamaha PSR-620
Yamaha PSR-8000 (first experience of a TOTL)
GEM WX2se
GEM WK6
Korg i30
Yamaha DJX (as a side keyboard to experiment with but sold it on fairly quickly)
Solton X1
Korg PA60
Korg PA80HD
Korg PA1X
Yamaha Tyros3
GEM WK8 Megastation (in exchange for the PA1X)

And now the three that I currently own and have no real intentions of moving away from:
Yamaha Tyros4
Yamaha PSR-S950
Korg PA900

I've had fun with every keyboard I've owned. I have been surprised with some of them for either not being as good as I anticipated or for being better than I expected.

Regret not owning any of the Technics boards and for all their initial amazing bell's & whistles, I shouldn't have bought the WK6 & the Solton X1 boards as they caused me a few problems.

Worst purchase has been the GEM-WK6, best purchase has been the Korg PA900 as I think it's the most beautiful keyboard I've owned to date although the Tyros 4 is pretty amazing too.

I can't see myself changing again really for many years now, boards are really that good that there isn't a need to, not for sounds & styles anyway, the database now is so huge that you cannot go wrong especially on the Yamaha brands.

However, the only *possible* next purchase I may consider would be upgrading the current Yamaha models to the S950's replacement (if one should ever exist) because since moving home, room has become an issue and the T4 is taking more room than I need it to. The replacement though would depend on many things as the minimum requirement for it would have to be an exact replica of the T4 in portable form (including all sounds, styles and features), any less than that then I'll of already of forgotten about it!!!

But going through all the keyboards over the years has been really fun and a great experience.

Take care all,
Danny.


Edited by DannyUK (03/04/15 08:31 AM)