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#1301204 - 11/07/09 05:12 PM
Suzuki KM-88S
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Registered: 11/06/09
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I'm having a hard time finding much information on the Suzuki KM-88s, which I found quite cheap on Craig's list. I was initially looking for something rather cheap for practicing and possibly for some synth/electronic stuff but if this is higher quality and in a similar price range than I might be interested in it. It was tough just finding a brochure or basic information on it online, much less any user reviews. I can't even find what the "13 instrumental voices" are. Thanks in advance to anyone that knows anything about it.
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#1301218 - 11/07/09 05:43 PM
Re: Suzuki KM-88S
[Re: Larrin]
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I have not played the specific model that you mention, but I have played a couple of "baby grand" Suzuki Digital Pianos, one new and one pre-owned, and I personally found them extremely expensive compared to the low quality of sound and action that they delivered. I would suggest you to try that digital piano before considering buying it.
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#1301267 - 11/07/09 08:12 PM
Re: Suzuki KM-88S
[Re: gerardo1000]
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I have not played the specific model that you mention, but I have played a couple of "baby grand" Suzuki Digital Pianos, one new and one pre-owned, and I personally found them extremely expensive compared to the low quality of sound and action that they delivered. I would suggest you to try that digital piano before considering buying it. That is good advice. I am trying to find something in an extremely low price range though (college student). I was hoping to get something aroun $50 that would be at least more than just a toy (like some of those cheap Casios). I then saw this Suzuki though that retails for $600 or so and wondered if I should go a little over my budget for this Suzuki priced down to $150, if it is superior enough to some of the $150-ish Yamaha portable pianos that can be found around $50 from the right seller online or on Craig's list.
Edited by Larrin (11/07/09 08:12 PM)
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#1301284 - 11/07/09 08:51 PM
Re: Suzuki KM-88S
[Re: Larrin]
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Registered: 11/25/06
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The Suzuki KN88 is not an "instrument" I could recommend to anyone. Poor touch, poor tone, poor reliability, IMO. If you want to practice "piano" you need something a lot closer to a piano to practice on.
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#1301471 - 11/08/09 08:09 AM
Re: Suzuki KM-88S
[Re: Marty Flinn]
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The technology to emulate an acoustic piano has been around since at least the 1970's, and by the 1980's the digital pianos already performed similar to the best ones of today. So now, 20 yrs. later, digital piano technology is well-established and widespread, and you would have a really hard time buying a bad weighted-key digital piano. Even the least expensive digitals today have technology that is superior to the best digitals of the 1980's and will perform like an acoustic piano.
Used digitals are the best value around. A digital piano is essentially a computer with a keyboard and speakers (if you open any digital piano, all you'll see inside is a few computer chips and other electrical components, connected to the keyboard and speakers with wires), and, like pc's, used ones lose value fast. A ten yr. old dp, like a 10 yr. old pc, is worth little, maybe a couple of hundred dollars, but it will play similar to a brand new one costing thousands. (Moreover, a dp from the 1980's, like a pc from that era, is worth almost nothing, and you could get it for $50 or less, and it will play like an acoustic piano.)
There is a tremendous bias against Suzuki pianos on these forums, and people will post all kinds of lies about their performance and quality. This Suzuki digital should be okay. Offer half price or less when buying any used digital, and the seller should grab for that because that's probably the only offer he'll get. It's tough to sell any piano, since the number of players in the population is small. Furthermore, there's no warranty, and there's nowhere the seller can unload it fast because a piano dealer won't buy it, and a pawn shop will give him almost nothing for it.
Edited by Gyro (11/08/09 08:12 AM)
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#1301636 - 11/08/09 02:17 PM
Re: Suzuki KM-88S
[Re: Gyro]
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Registered: 11/25/06
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Gyro, Yes, I have a bias against Suzuki digital pianos. It comes from hands on experience with dozens of them over years. My opinions and observations are well founded and I resent you characterizing them as lies.
You sir, display a very consistant bias against anyone spending over $100 for an "instrument." A Suzuki KM88 for $50 will definitely NOT "play like an acoustic piano!"
Your contention that, "by the 1980's the digital pianos already performed similar to the best ones of today." is utter nonsense. The top of the line Roland, Yamaha, or Kawai of even five years ago will not even come close to the performance today of top line models.
Edited by Marty Flinn (11/08/09 03:16 PM)
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