Hi all,

Ive read every comment here and its really interesting on how the tide seems to be turning away from the X1 and towards the PSR9000 (there seems to be a lot of support for the PSR9000) and quite rightly so as its a great keyboard. However, out of the 2, the X1 would always be my first choice.

But I cannot believe that somebody here placed the Korg I30 as easier to use than the X1, thats incredible! Ive recently sold my I30 and if there was a serious problem with that keyboard and it was the non existent user friendliness about it, it stank when it came to its operating system and method of accessing its 'hidden' features. I only used it for one thing, and thats its styles and nothing else.

From my experience of Yamaha, they have been always very user friendly and I would expect this to continue. However, I have found the X1 to be just as easy to use, I have had no problems doing nearly everything on it that I have required, from a simple song play back to editing songs and recording with its sequencer. Its quite perfect.

However, there is a better keyboard than all of these put together for ease of use, and thats the GEM WK8, I dont care what anybody says but this keyboard is just a dream to use. Its a pitty its got very average styles and sounds though but I know my father is making great use of it!!.

Also, I dont know if anybody remembers the PSR-510, but this was another keyboard that sticks to my mind for being excellent, I love the re-voice feature, its just a shame that it had far to many coloured buttons to make it look like a toy.

Generally, Yamaha for some reason have so many toy like keyboards in their range where in fact the 'real' stuff in their range starts from the PSR540 onwards, and I feel that Yamaha do not do themselves justice because they should ease off with all those buttons (especially in multi colours) and perhaps place some of the features within its operating system as a page.

One thing I dont like about the X1 is the fact that you have to press too many buttons to select each style, a simple '+ -' to go up or down would of been perfect, instead you have to always type in the exact number, I really hate that. I also think the X1 could of done away with a lot of the buttons too, half of them I think are totally unessasary.

I have yet to come across a keyboard thats not heavy at this level, especially if its includes a decent amplification system.

Danny(UK)