Just got this yesterday and I believe it's a good beginner keyboard as it has a USB wav/mp3 player with the play/stop/forward/back/volume transport buttons. The USB player is vital to me as it makes playing along so much nicer than having to attach mp3 players and such.

It does only have 61keys but for me that's fine as I've not required anything more at this point.

It has a very basic, intuitive design and contains over 1000 presets which is nice to add some variety when playing scales and general practice.

It's light and can run on rechargeable batteries. It can be a MIDI controller as well. There is software to edit the sounds if you like which will really expand your synth knowledge.

overall great sounds and feel to the keyboard. It's a keeper.

OB