The other option of course, is to get UD to design a mechanism that will let it directly clip on!

Musicans Buy are good to deal with. I bought my Tyros from them and several other items.

Danny

I am going to side with Chony on this one - I don't think it is fair for us to ask George (or any other dealer) to post whatever discounts he can offer on this board.

It is not a matter of loyalty - I am sure that we all agree that George has proven his loyalty to this forum by sharing much of his valued knowledge (and often insider info). His contributions add more usefulness to this board than those from many others, including my own gripes. I don't think we can question his loyalty if he can not meet/beat the price of a large low-overhead mail-order house (and if he can, so much the better). If he feels like sharing his price on this forum, I am sure he will do so.

However, asking him to post discount info is putting him on the spot, which is not fair, especially since the people asking have not yet expressed a hard commitment to buy the T2. There are other dealers on this forum, and George should not be singled out.

I am not saying that anyone ready to buy should not try to pay the best price they can, whether this means buying from Musician's Buy or the like, or negotiating with a member dealer. The prices paid are a matter of individual transactions, and I am sure will be influenced by factors like the current prices at the other stores, as well as the amount of time a dealer has to spend to complete a transaction. While it may be up to us, the purchasers, to share price information with each other, as we often do, a dealer should not be put on the spot in this fashion.

Having said that, the idea of organizing a group purchase sounds great. As I recall, when Tyros(?) came out, Bob Gelman's Yahoo group had a group purchase going at a significantly reduced price.

I have a strong feeling that manufacturers seting the minimum advertised prices (MAP) is anti-competitive, and is likely a violation of anti-trust laws in the US. If we could have enough pull to bring this to the attention of the FTC, Yamaha, Roland, and others, may be forces to drop this practice.

Regards

I think that people should remember that whatever they buy and wherever it is from they should considere all factors and not just price.

I'm sure that if I bought from George and had a problem he would bend over backwards to help me if I had a problem after the sale. This is not my experience with many of the "large" outlets that I have bought stuff from.

Regards - Keith

Hi everyone,

I am a Yamaha dealer in Baltimore. The Musician Buy price is higher than I would sell the Tyro's 2 for ...

If you have interest in a real deal...

email keyboardcity@yahoo.com


Dan O'



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Ketron, Yamaha, Casio,Roland arranger keyboards.
http://www.keyboardcity.net

1-866-348-8876

Here are the 'additions' to the new Tyros2:

An optionally installed hard disk drive.

• Super Articulation Technology - 40 playable MegaVoices
• Audio Rendering: optional hard drive recording at CD quality
• Newly-designed high quality keyboard action
• Up to 1 GB Custom Voice sample/playback (Wave, AIFF)
• Internet Direct Connect: connect directly to Internet content
• RGB/Video out: connect to a computer monitor or display device
• USB "To Device": storage devices & USB "To Host": 32 MIDI channels
• Text file viewer for lyrics, song or Registration information

The Tyros has a Video Output (RCA), but can't connect to a computer monitor like the Tyros2 can, although I hook my Tyros video output to my Sony XBR 35" TV and the quality is quite good. It's nice the Tyros2 can connect to a computer monitor though.

I think the 40 playable Mega Voices is the main selling point on the Tyros2 since the Polyphony is the same as the Tyros at 128 as is the WAV ROM at 96 MB. At least from the specs on the Music123 web site anyway. The supposedly better action keybed of the Tyros2 is another draw but the original Tyros' keybed is not at all bad and is basically the same as is on the Motif ES6/7, having owned both i.e. (Tyros and Motif ES7).

Audio Rendering is nice but my Tyros combined with Sony Sound Forge 7.0 provides a much greater capability for recording and editing as will most every other audio recording software. But a nice feature nonetheless since it is recorded directly to the Keyboard's hard drive albeit only 2 tracks total.

Up to a Gig of Wave/AIFF Custom Voice/Sample playback is a big draw also for those wanting a Sampler with the same editing capabilities as the Sampler on the Motif ES series keyboards. At least that's what I got from the info on the web site.

USB to Device as is on the PSR 3000 and Motif ES, etc. Being able to hook up a Thumb drive, etc. is very convenient although it would have been nice to include a Compact Flash/SD Digital media slot also. Although I'm glad they didn't put a Smart Media slot on the Tyros2 seeing it is an obsolescent spec. Btw, the Tyros has 32 MIDI Channels also.

Internet Direct Connect is a good idea but I still don't think Yamaha has an operational Direct Connect Internet site available yet, correct? It's still a novelty idea until it's up and fully operational. And when will that be?? Humm...

I still find it hard to believe Yamaha didn't increase the WAV ROM capacity. And also, how much USER MEMORY are we talking here? More than the Tyros' 3.3 MB's I hope?

Although looking at the Specs it looks like most of the Specs are referring to the current Tyros. So maybe the Polyphony and WAV ROM have been increased on the Tyros2. And again hopefully the USER MEMORY has also.

Best regards,
Mike








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Dear Keyplayer;

I think Musician Buy in order to get a jump on the competiton & due to lack of full information as of yet on the tyros 2 model is using cut & paste technique from the info currently available on T1 and applying it to their T2 page.

The Wave Rom for the T2 is 300 Mb.

Regards;
BlkNOtes

Thank you BlkNOtes. I didn't think Yamaha would leave the WAV ROM as is on the current Tyros. I had heard that the WAV ROM was indeed larger but Music123 just confused that assumption.

Now the big question still remains. Has Yammie increased the Polyphony on the Tyros2?

If it only has 128 note Polyphony as is on the current Tyros it will in my opinion be one more reason why many current Tyros1 owners may hesitate to upgrade to the Tyros2. One of the other reasons being the extra moola a person will have to fork over for the Tyros2. A lot of Tyros1 owners don't need the Stand, Speakers, Foot Pedal, etc. that they're offering. Yet they still have to 'pay' for it.

If Yamaha gives the Tyros2 double the Polyphony i.e. 256 note polyphony, it will be a HUGE incentive for Tyros1 owners to upgrade to the Tyros2. I can't state that enough btw. In fact, if the Tyros2 has 256 note Polyphony it will most likely out sell the Tyros' overall total sales by 30 to 50% in my opinion. Those are huge numbers and would be a substantial increase in revenue for Yamaha Music Division.

On top of that if they make a 76 key version Tyros2 Yamaha will gain another substantial revenue windfall in my opinion. There are a 'multitude' of Arranger Keyboard players that would purchase the Tyros2 if it had 76 keys and its weight is reasonably light. If they gave it the same keybed that's in the CVP 309 it would be another huge draw because the CVP 309 keybed, even though it's fully weighted, is light enough action that in my opinion would not pose an obstacle if a person played other instrument voices on the keyboard beside the Piano voices. In other words, you could still play a Trumpet solo etc., without your hands being fatigued by a too heavy action found on other weighted keybeds. Yet a person would still have a premium keybed for playing the Piano voices with.

Oh.. to dream!!

Best regards,
Mike

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I just ordered my new Tyros 2 tonight from Dan O'neil at KeyBoard City in Baltimore, Md.
He anticipates delivering it to me late october or early november.
Thanks to all who posted about the Tyros 2 and helped me to make up my mind about buying it and thanks to Dan for the outstanding treatment I received from him as I purchased from him again
BEBOP

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How much did you pay?