Originally Posted By cgiles
Rikki, did you catch your husband in the middle of a murder (blackmail) or did you just marry Santa Claus? He is obviously very tolerant of your keyboard purchases smile smile smile. BTW, althogh this is an ARRANGER forum, you seem to be the only one with the new PA5x. Is there a significant improvement (sound, styles, features) over the well-regarded PA4x (bugs aside)? Has this produced bargains in the used PA4x market? Curious minds want to know smile.

chas


Well, actually I received a modest inheritance when mum passed away , so hubby suggested I buy myself something.

I unfortunately sold my Pa4x 3 years ago, figured there’d be a new model coming out some time soon, was I ever WRONG, ( pre Covid).
PA5x sounds brilliant. Sort of has that real live feel about it.
I have 88 fully weighted keys , so I was able to sell the pianos.
Picked it up for a great price from my ex boss, only a few hundred dollars more than I’d been quoted on a 61 note version from the sales guy.
To be quite honest though, it’s an unfinished product. For weeks there wasn’t even a manual available for it, and there were rumours that it was missing functions that were available on the Pa4x.
So I waited for the manual before I ordered just to make sure it still did what I needed at this stage. It ticked those boxes. They’re planning on adding back the missing functions with upgrades supposed next April.
I think it’s been redesigned ( something owners had been asking for) . Either way ,the operating system is different to how I remember it.
Possibly had I still owned a PA4x, I may not have bought one just yet, but I wouldn’t have picked it up for the price I got from the ex boss either, the sales guy just happened to be on vacation. Talk about timing. Haha
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Rikki 🧸

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