I currently own a 2100 and am very pleased with it. Besides the megavoices, what would I gain by moving up to the Tyros? Since the 2100 is so very feature-packed, I wonder if a move to the Tyros would cause buyer's remorse. Now I know this is somewhat of a subjective question, but I know some of you will want to throw in your opinion...and that's what I want. THANKS!

Tim

There are a LOT of differences. Hard drive, more polyphony, more styles, more sounds, larger display, more provisions for editing, more outputs, more pedal commections, aftertouch, INDIVIDUAL BUTTONS FOR ALL ENDINGS AND INTROS, quicker access to more registrations; these all immediately come to mind. A major feature is that the operating system is in RAM so can be updated by software. The key feel is more solid.
I thought the Tyros drums sounded better than the 2100 also. I'm sure there is much more. I only played one for a couple of hours.
DonM

I own BOTH a Tyros and PSR2000 (predesesor to the the PSR2100). The main advantage to the PSR2100/2000 is that it includes 'built in' speakers and is substantially less expensive than the Tyros. Other than that, the Tyros, is the clear winner because in all other categories (as DonM outlined), it excels. - Scott

Don, you did a good job of listing the major differences. I don't think I can add any more except that many of the buttons light up on the Tyros to show you what variation, intro, ending you are using and when loading a custom style, if there are no lights in variation 3 and 4 it means that you don't have to waste your time selecting them because there will be no change.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

Hello

I have a PSR2000 and a Tyros. While the 2000 is terrific, they Tyros has more better sounds and most importantly to me is the tone is tremendously rich.

With my daily exposure to very expensive Lowrey home organs, my ear is always looking for the fullest, richest tone. The Tyros organ voices are really much better than the 2000 along with all the rest.

In short, I thought you couldn't beat the 2000 until I got the Tyros.


Scott

Thanks to you all, for your responses. They were what I anticipated. I agree with you totally. The Tyros is an improvement over the 2100. I know, I went out and picked one up last night! NICE BOARD! Two things I noticed immediately...(1)The feel of the keyboard is MUCH better. (2) The quality of sound - of even the same voices that were on the 2100 - sound even more natural. Now I need to find a buyer for a 4 month old 2100.

Tim

I, too, have the 2100 which I like very much. I'd like to know from those who said that the Tyros has a richer, fuller sound, etc.----was the comparison between the 2100's internal speakers vs. the add-on unit for the Tyros? Or, were both compared through the same (external) monitoring system?

To my aging ears, right out of the box and hooed directly to an amp and AB's, I couldn't hear any difference in both styles and voices. Keep in mind, I'm an old guy and we old folks all have hearing impairment--HA!

Cheers,

Gary

Hello

Very subjective obviously. I have tried my PSR2000 against the Tyros, through the same speakers. I put a dummy plug in the 2000 so as to shut off the speakers. The 2000 is so close to the 2100 as I understand it that outside of a few new live, sweet and cool voices its virtually the same instrument for all practical purposes.

There is a major difference in tone between the 2000 and the Tyros to my ears. Not only the basic tone but also what they do with the tone with effects often jumping between the two speakers. Thats why I can't play with only one speaker in mono. It just plain sounds bad to me.

The 2000/2100 are great instruments. But the difference between the 2000 and the Tyros is a bunch.

Again I am around a $73,000 Lowrey Royale on a daily basis. That is truly something interesting to compare the tone of a keyboard with.

Best
Scott

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I couldn't hear any difference in Uncle Dave's Tyros and 2100 side by side through the same sound system[same patches were compared]...I think you folks are looking for something that just is not there..I do not see a big difference in key feel, they both are too light..Yesterday, while playing UD 9000 Pro, I thought the feel was too light also, Another friend had his old Roland E86 , and it had a better feel than the 9000 Pro[ sorry UD]..Of course the Bad guy was set up too[G1000] No contest the G outplayed all of them[still my favorite key feel]..BTW, I still have a boxed up PSR2100 looking for a new home..

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