I was just looking at the specs on the Tyros pdf and a very interesting thing caught my eye. Look at the dimensions on Tyros a 61 keyboard as opposed to the Sd1 a 76 keyboard.

Tyros 61= 45.24” x 16.9” x 5.4”

Sd1 76= 46.8 x 15.3 x 4.7

It appears that the Tyros 61 is only an inch + smaller than the 76 Sd1 and even higher in height. This seems odd. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Lou


[This message has been edited by Lou Y (edited 11-16-2002).]

Yes...............it's too big.

UD
All of my work is done in my studio and my keyboards are stationary so this doesn't bother me. I guess the Tyos has plenty of room for lounging where as the SD1 is well laid out for a 76.
Lou

Hi Lou: You might want to checkout this earlier thread I had started discussing this SAME topic. - Scott
http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/004644.html

Scott
Thanks, I didn't see your thread on this. I guess you were scratching your head with this one a while ago.
Lou

Very simple to figure out really, on the Tyros there's plenty of room for your beverage of choice and room for your sandwich at lunch, so you never have to leave the board.....I like the concept myself.

I'm sippin'...I'm jammin'.....a little munching, while the tunes are slammin'.....
Terry



[This message has been edited by trtjazz (edited 11-16-2002).]

Terry
While your snacken and jammin you can even watch the big screen in front of you. I believe the next os update will include dvd viewing.....
Lou

Hmmm....... "Sippin' and Munchin" "
Wasn't that a Dionne Warwick song ?

Lou & Dave,
LOL....

Lou....dvd's ......really wow.....heaven I'm in heaven.....
Terry

The Tyros is designed to have speakers attached. How much separation do you need for a good stereo sound?

Clif,

it's a thought, but I am sure this is not the reason - with the SRS-like technology you can achive good separation from the speakers which are a foot apart.

I think that Yamaha (and many others) believe that the home users, for whom they target Tyros, will pay more money for a bigger instrument. They can charge twice the price of a keyboard by shrouding identical (or inferior) electronics into a fancy big case - think of all the electric pianos from Yamaha, Roland, Technics, GEM, Baldwin (Ketron), etc. Surely woodworking does not cost that much in China. Or how about the Yamaha DGX1000, which is a PSR2000 in a big plastic case, which sells for almost 3 times of the price of the PSR?

Regards

Alex, I am afraid you are right. I want to believe that there is a good reason for the size, but if the Tyros were in a tight package (like the Alesis 6.1), people would probably feel they were not getting enough for their money. Speaking of Alesis, the sales of one of their early drum machines took off once they added some weight to it (with no change in functionality). I guess we have not reached a willingness to pay more for smaller--as is done in the laptop market.