Hello

OK, so I saw the Tyros and REALLY like it. I have been thinking of getting one. On the other hand the PSR2100 will soon be out and the news release states there are more Cool, Sweet types voices from the Tyros AND it is using the PSR9000 sounds on the solo instruments. I have never heard a PSR9000. My question is: Does the Tyros have the same instrument sound quality as the PSR9000 or are they better, or maybe just different. (This would exclude the Mega-voices which I think are all mostly guitars. Being a Big Band and Jazz Combo player I don't think the guitars are going to make or break my decision)

So, in a nutshell, if the jazz instruments are the same on the Tyros and the PSR2100, and the PSR9000, maybe I should wait and see on the PSR2100.

Any input greatly appreciated.

Scott Langholff

In my opinion, the 2100 is not a consideration. It still doesn't have hard drive, and it still doesn't have the OS in RAM, so it can't be upgraded by software.
The registrations still are harder to get to. The endings and intros variations still have only one button each, so must be manually selected each time you use the style, unless you resave the entire style to memory. The onboard memory is still insufficient. The keys are still very light in weight. There is still no video out. (I THINK the Tyros has this).
I think the Tyros sounds far better than the 9000 or 2000. The drums are much more alive.
The styles are better, even the ones that are basically the same have been redone to sound better, and there are a lot more styles on board, and a lot more space to for your own styles. The polyphony is much greater on the Tyros. The buttons are larger and light up. The display is larger and easier to see. Much more.
On top of all this, the 2100 will most likely not be available in the U. S. much before 2004, if Yamaha follows their usual timetable.
No 2100 for me.
DonM

Scott,
The only thing I will add to 2nd Don's words are....that on the Tyros they have added new "sweet & live" sounds that the 9k does not have, such as sweet oboe & violin and more. And the screen is the very best I have ever seen.

Also consider the Ty is the new kid on the block, so it's going to get all the attention for awhile from Yammy.

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jam on,
Terry http://imjazzed.homestead.com/Index.html

[This message has been edited by trtjazz (edited 02-08-2003).]

Hi Scott,

If at all possible, you should try to test all three machines using an amp with the same settings and not listen to the keyboard's internal speakers. Of course, the Tyros does not come with speakers, therefore, in order to hear the individual sounds, you'll need an amp or use the external speakers. Keep in mind that on this forum there have been lots of threads about the diffence in sound quality between speakers. However, if you're running the keyboard's output through an amp using the same, exact settings for each keyboard, you can then judge the sound quality of each based on what your audience will hear.

Essentially, all three are good machines. I've played the 9000 a couple times, the sounds and styles were excellent. I currently own a pair of 740s and 2000s and the sweet voices are beyond a doubt among the best. I have not had the opportunity to listen to the Tyros at this point, but I intend to do so sometime in the next two weeks. If it is as good as everyone on the forum claims, and $2000 bucks better than the PSR-2000, I'll replace my 740s and begin another learning curve. Sure hope my wife doesn't see those post--she'll kill me.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary, it won't be much of a learning curve, since you already have the 2000. Operation is similar to the 2K but incorporates many of the advantages of the 9K.
My wife reads this stuff all the time. She feels she is one of the family even though she never posts.
DonM

Hi Susan,
this is Andrea from Rome, Italy.
Did you notice Don's resemblance with Burt Reynolds?
(I bet you did...)

She's not here right now, but I'll have you know I have my own hair!
DonM

Hey Dreamer

Nope. All these years you've seen him and he wears a toupe.. Just like on Loni Anderson (I think that was his wife's name)not everything was real.

Scott

No he has a toupee. A good one, but he's been pretty bald for a long time. Didn't seem to hurt his career though, did it?
Don

Hey Dreamer

Seems like your post which I was responding to has been deleted. So viewers will have to make up there own guess as to what your statement was.

Scott

Sorry,
my original reply was:
"Well? So does Burt, as far as I remember..."
but then I deleted it because it seemed obvious to me that there was something I had been ignoring all these years...