Comments on: Yamaha P85 (P-95) Review – Digital Piano – VS Casio PX330

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:39:58 +0000

The key action on the casio is one of the reasons I don’t get one. I do like their electric piano sounds better than the yamaha.
I wish the yamaha had a split keyboard sound with bass on the low end.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:51:05 +0000

Thanks for all the reviews. I have had the P-95 for almost a year now. It has some wear in the keybed on several of the keys. I am in no hurry to fix it (if it was the any of the Casio’s I would be a a big hurry !) Also, spent allot of time testing the action on the Casios verses the P95. (Even with the tri level recorded layers on the casio it was not enough to overcome the over weighted feel vs the P95. Of course, no DP is going to feel like my acoustic U3……at least not near that price point.
Finally,
I did some research on getting the warranty work on the Yamaha and a manager at Yami customer service actually returned my calls & gave me the resources for the repair. Why am i not in a big hurry ? 3 year warranty repair (parts & labor) on the P95. Casio has a 1 year warranty repair (P&L).

By: DC

DC — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:08:07 +0000

I’ve studied/played nothing but classical piano for more than 20 years and use keyboard for a few things in my Irish/Celtic band. Although Casio has come a LONG way, I’m still not a big Casio fan. I’ve played the px330 and yes, it has tons of features with better ep sounds than the P-95, but for my needs, all the extra sounds are useless. I have a P-95 and after playing mostly Steinway grands, the key weighting feels more like a real piano than the Casios I’ve played. I also prefer the grand piano sampling on the P-95, especially through good headphones and I’m using Sony MDR5706. To me, the Casio sounds a bit more digitized than the Yamaha. But for me, it’s mostly the feel of the keyboard since I also use a couple virtual pianos via my computer that sound like I’m actually playing a Steinway D 9′ concert grand. I’m considering replacing the onboard speakers for better sound when playing only through the onboards that sound a bit too mid-rangy to me due to the small size. I higher quality, more effective speaker may help.

I tried a special TRS 1/4″ to dual 1/4″ cable with the band’s sound system since the P-95 uses stereo sampling but it didn’t sound good. So I ended up doing the same as Gary, using a standard 1/4″ instrument cable direct from a headphone jack to a mono input and it sounds much better, though still not as good as using dedicated outputs, as with my Kurzweil.

Overall, the P-95 is a great deal… grand piano sounds are great, great keyboard feel, and easy to lug around at only 26 lbs. Great price if your main interest is grand piano sounds, keyboard feel, and weight.

Negatives: The matte finish of the black keys, which felt great when it was new, has begun to wear off into a more typical shiny plastic look and feel. But that’s to be expected with plastic. Not a huge deal. And the P-95 is pretty much all plastic, so not exactly indestructible. But it’s light!

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By: Tom Cranson

Tom Cranson — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:27:55 +0000

Yup, I’m having to decide which to buy, the Yamaha mm8 or the Casio Privia K330. I’m interested in doing a little composing/recording. So, I’m going back and forth. But the 128 notes of polyphony and 16 track recorder on the Casio (as opposed to the 32 note polyphony and 8 track recording on the Yamaha) may be the deciding factors. they both play divinely, and I’ve been playing piano/keyboards for 30 years. Take care, all.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:47:21 +0000

Hi,

You can use it, just get a direct box for the PA. I’ve used mine 4 or 5 times this way.
The early p-85′s had a phase problem so you would have to use 2 mono jacks (one wired for the tip and one for the barrel) You can find wiring diagrams online.

I didn’t notice it on mine when I went live, also you can take a feed out of your amp. I just went with a mono guitar cord out of one jack.

It’s just where yamaha skimped, some people say if they put these details on the p85, there would be no reason to buy the more expensive model because the grand piano sounds on the p85 are very hard to beat in that price range.

Cheers!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:05:13 +0000

Great video and comments. I have a P-85 but talking to a Casio seller he told me that the P-85 was not meant to be used with a PA system just because the only output it had was the headphones output. What do you think? Since it has 2 headphone outputs, do you use both ( as L & R ) when connecting to a PA ? Thnaks. Ricardo.