I needed an affordable instrument at home so that both the kids could practice and the adults could spend some time rehearsing. Plus, we needed an instrument that would have a line and a MIDI outputs. This one has it all, — and works great!
Pros
- fantastic build quality
- the feel is just right, the keys are very responsive
- decent built-in audio, the dynamic range is accurate
- and when you want to keep it quiet, you can plug headphones in
Cons
- a good hundred of the 500 sounds in the library are quite useless (for example, there's one called "Sheep"; guess what it is)
Side-notes: I struggle to find the settings to pick a different key sensitivity curve, seems like there's none, — not a big deal, but this means you'll probably need to adjust your play to the instrument, not the other way around. And maybe it's me, but the MIDI output is messing with velocity, it's not very accurate.
Bottom line, awesome instrument, I consider myself lucky buying this one!