I am buying a digital piano, but my local music store only has two brands of digitals, and that is Roland, and Yamah. My local music store pianos are priced way up there, so I am going to get one off ebay. Now, to the point. I was wondering which piano brands you think are the best. I already put Yamaha out of the picture because their sound quality is horrible compared to Roland. Also, I was wondering if Korg was any good, sound wise. I don't really care for SE, I just want the standard pedals and full size piano with good sound.

i have a yamaha, but its a small thing, but it does the job for just being there to practice quietly on. i would suggest the pricier yamahas, then a roland, then other brands

EDIT: of course, i'm no expert. there are many people more knowlegable than me on such matters

I would go for Roland. Roland is known for having the best and most natural sound quality. Yamaha has more functions but I prefer sound quality over that.

I believe Michael Huang recorded his arrangments on a Korg, and it sounded great. I don't know much about electric pianos (don't like them), but Steinway pianos sound amazing.

I believe Michael Huang recorded his arrangments on a Korg, and it sounded great. I don't know much about electric pianos (don't like them), but Steinway pianos sound amazing.

Oh God, that is so true... Steinway and Sons are truly God's gift to pianists and Bosendorfor is another brand that would make any pianist drool with loathe... because of the price tag, about 1 million would do for the grand piano... ( dreaming is the only option here... ) As for me, a yamaha grand piano would suit me well...like I have no option since that is the only piano at home :heh:. Good thing that piano lasted for 2 generations including me... And I don't intend to pass it on the 3rd, in case I get rich ( which is a million to one chances ) that steinway and sons piano would be a zilch and I'd be the luckiest man alive on the planet... Hwahwahwa * evil laugh *

I am buying a digital piano, but my local music store only has two brands of digitals, and that is Roland, and Yamah. My local music store pianos are priced way up there, so I am going to get one off ebay. Now, to the point. I was wondering which piano brands you think are the best. I already put Yamaha out of the picture because their sound quality is horrible compared to Roland. Also, I was wondering if Korg was any good, sound wise. I don't really care for SE, I just want the standard pedals and full size piano with good sound.

Actually, Yamaha Clavinovas well-regarded for their high sound quality, but anyways....

Do you want to by a digital piano use it for MIDI compositions, or just as a general acoustic piano replacement?

If you are going to be using it mostly to compose or whatnot, sound quality doesn't matter that much, because for there are many software samples that you can use (for free, too, if they are soundfonts) when you actually record it. The only problem with this is if your computer is really old and crappy, and you don't have a Soundblaster live! or better, you probably can't use Soundfont emulation at low latency. But otherwise, you can even get a MIDI controller keyboard that doesn't come with any on-board sound, and use that (it has many knobs and function buttons so you can easily map to MIDI controllers). Just make sure it's hammer-actioned for a realistic touch.

But just for a piano replacement, most brands have a "barebones" stage piano that sounds pretty good, too (meaning it probably only has a dozen or so sounds, and no fancy controllers). The major brands that I know and heard before are Casio, Korg, Kurzweil, Roland, and Yamaha, and they all sound pretty good for the price. Anyways, here (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/s=digitalpiano/content/cb/index)'s a pretty good reference website for all your musical needs, and it lists most of the digital pianos in production right now. Note that means that some of the items on ebay won't be here because they're out of production/phased out by a new product. Hope this helps.

I have a very nice yamaha dgx-500. It has served me well, and I would recommend it to anyone. The price is pretty steep though. Mine cam in at about $700

i have a yamaha PSR-260. i do not recomend it to anyone, because it really shits me. no midi capabilities, it sounds not too flash, the only good thing on it is the crap DJ function...

Thanks for the help, I really just want to play it. I'm not that big on composing yet, and I don't really plan on spending more than 500 dollars, and I'm not into all those functions and everything. The only reason I am really getting a digital piano instead of a string on is because I move every 2-3 years cross country and I don't want to spend all that money just moving a real piano. I guess once I settle down I might get a real one. Anyways, thanks for everything. Infact I recently just moved to england not three months ago so yeah, I don't expect to get my piano for a few months now.