Right now I have an M-Audio Prokeys 88sx. Dont get me wrong, it is an excellent keyboard. But I need something with a more authentic feel and more features, which is why I'm considering the PX-310. It looks nice and its gotten great reviews. Any advice is appreciated. Oh yeah..and does it come with a music rack? And does it have a port for a sustain pedal? Thanks.

My understanding is that the PX310 is an older model than the PX200 and PX320. My experience with the PX200 and PX320 is that they are very nice, although the key weight is heavy, i.e., I suspect that on the PX200 I purchased and returned, the key weight was 70 gms. On acoustic pianos, it is 50-55 gms ideally. All of these Casio keyboards come with a music stand and a sustain pedal (my experience from going to the Guitar Store). If you are not going to play for hours like me, then the key weight will be fine.

I'm on a budget of about 400 bucks, so the PX-310 really catches my eye.

My suggestion is not to rush into buying the PX-310 right away. Save up for the better version: PX-320.

I was initially contemplating on the PX-310 and PX-200 before...and was about to settle for the PX-310 because it's relatively cheaper but still has decent piano sound/patch. But I decided to wait a couple a month or two in order to save up another 200+ bucks (on top of my initial budget of 500 bucks) to get the PX-320. And I'm glad I did, at least, I won't get stuck with 32-note polyphony. What's the rush anyway, you still have an M-audio Prokeys 88...this should, at least, do the job in the meantime...while you save up some more cash to get either the PX-200 or PX-320.

The PX-200 and PX-320 usually come with a rack (wooden stand plus dust cover)...or it may depend on the dealer or on-line retailer. I got my PX-320 with a wooden rack with dust cover...all part of the package.

The PRIVIA PX-310, PX-200, PX-320 all have sustain pedal jacks locataed at the rear panel of the unit.

I dunno, but 32-note polyphony to me is very limiting especially if your contemplating on using this digital piano in complex pieces requiring extensive sustain pedal use or even in playing thick/lush STANDARD MIDI files arrangements.

I can say personally that the PX-320 is a bang for the buck and costs justs as much as the PX-200 (check the CASIO USA website).

But this is just me...my two cents...hope it helps.

I have a PX 310 and I think, for the money, it is a good deal. I love the weighted action and the grand piano sound is good. It does have a plastic music rack and a pedal. I am a beginner player so right now it fills all of my needs.

BeowulfX,

Retail MSRP pricing is of little use in figuring out the "street" prices for these models. Older models tend to sell for less than the newer ones relative to MSRP.

Master Z,

You may want to reference some of these for more info:

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/6/4430.html

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/6/4395.html

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/6/4355.html

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/6/4238/2.html#000040

Thanks for the help guys. Basically I'll either get the PX-310 or wait for a bit and get the 320.

I recently spoke with a Salesperson at Sam Ash and he said they (sales people) felt the older PX-310 was better than the newer models. And that some of the salesman were purchasing the PX-310 before they were no longer available.

They are selling them for $499; Musician’s Friend has them for $399.

I will be checking them out this weekend.

Hi rob1261, you must beware of salesmen...this is pure "sales talk". A music store with a bunch of discontinued products or obsolete products would pretty much want to "dispose off" or clear these items from their inventories so they could get more orders of the new ones. Don't fall prey to that sales talk.

As a good point to raise, majority of the consumer comments in other forums and product reviews regarding the PX-310 (as well as its "batchmates" the PX-575/PX-410R,PX-110) were the lack of polyphony. Casio responded by adding more polyphony. Another comment was lack of built-in storage capability for the PX-310, Casio responded by adding the SD-card feature that the PX-310 never had. Casio even changed the sound source/compression method to improve realism in their piano sound samples.

How then can LACK of polyphony, lack of a built-in storage capability to help back up your keyboard settings and recordings to a media (i.e. SD cards) be any better than what the new ones offer?

They want to get rid of those PX-310 fast and they want you to help them get rid of 'em by convincing you to buy it...then you'd be stuck with obsolete material you'd probably be thinking a year or so from now: why did I even buy this stuff?

Think about it..."salestalk."