New Keyboard - Korg or Yamaha...?

advid

...I'm going to buy a keyboard for home use/playing. Willing to pay up to £1000.00
What's the best Yam or Korg (or others ) /
sound / ease of use / quality ect ect

duncfunk

What will you be using it for? Are you looking for a stage piano for realistic piano playing or a synthesizer for creating your own music?

splinters69

Are you looking at home keyboards with auto accompaniment and speakers etc. or a more professional keyboard with sequencer, synthesis, on screen editing, USB etc.?

Nigels2010

I did a bit of searching earlier this year as I wanted something to help me musically to augment my acoustic guitar playing.
I must admit I have a preference for Yamaha. Although I didn't want to spend too much I also didnt want a "toy". My number one choice would have been the MOX6 with sequencer built in but at somewhere near the £800 mark it was too much for me. I eventually went for the MX49 at under £400 (they do a MX61 with more keys if you need them. It has no in-built speakers but it has full size keys,over a 1000 presets, full synth parameter adjustments and came with Cubase 6AI bundled in. I also bought a Steinberg UR22 Audio interface. There are lots of review and demos on Youtube of most brands and models.
I bought from Absolute Music and would recommend them.
BTW I play a Taylor 214ce-blk acoustic guitar.

splinters69

You could have bought my Korg Krome nigel. Better specced than the MX and only £600. Superb piano sound on it too as well as a great sequencer, big colour touch screen and multi effects.

russd1978

Just to say I posted a review on the Krome on my blog.  The sounds are lovely, but it does have a few limitations, most notably the flimsy power connector and the keys are a little lightweight IMO.  Here's my write up:
http://www.russdavey.com/3/post/2013/01/new-korg-krome-61-keyboard.html