Yamaha YDP323 Piano

Good buy for beginner to intermediate level

Strengths: Great sound, elegant outlook, good price, enough features at this price

Weaknesses: Not very user-friendly interface, have to refer to the manual for some settings

Summary: I have been comparing YDP323 vs YDP223. YDP223 is of course a good product, but a little bit over my budget. With this one, I get the same good quality of sound, a number of voices, and great "piano" feel from the keyboard. The only think I feel not very convenient is that there are only a few buttons for your to operate, so you will have to refer to the manual to set up some features, e.g., touch sensitive, while for YDP 223, everything is available on the panel, just one or two push on the button and you are good to go. But overall, I love it at this price.

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Yamaha YDP323 88-Key Home Digital Piano

Strengths: Great Sound Quality, GH keys and has 3 pedals, slim and looks great in my living room and comes with a nice wooden padded bench ; has 50 pre-recorded songs and a song book

Weaknesses: it only has 10 instruments to choose from and can only record 1 track

Summary: I bought this last week and installation was pretty quick and easy. I like the simple look of it which blended well with my furniture in the living room. I actually like the fact that the manual controls are on the keys itself which kind of makes it look like a natural piano than having to many buttons. There are only 10 voices that comes with it so it's easy to remember which key to push. It's a good buy and I would recommend it you're in a budget but still want a maintenance free and good quality sound digital piano.

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Clavinova feel, awesome sound quality & key action at a great price!

Strengths: 1) 88 Graded Hammer Effect keys AND 3 pedals 2) Awesome sound quality w/ 64 polyphony AWM 3) Louder Amplifiers 4) Nice walnut finish with acoustic piano look 5) 10 different voices, MIDI In/Out

Weaknesses: 1) No USB jack 2) Must use piano keys (from user manual) for feature selections 3) Not solid wood

Summary: I shopped around quite a bit for a good 88-key digital piano before I settled on this Yamaha YDP323. It was on sale and I negotiated down the price to $1,125 at a dealership. This was for my 7 year old daughter who took a quick fancy to playing piano over her first lessons.

I looked for digital pianos with full 88 graded hammer action keys, 3 pedals, and only practical features. My choices narrowed down to Kawai CN-2 or 3, Yamaha YDP213 or 323. Both brands have very good reviews which say that Kawai's have better sound quality (due to 72 polyphony notes vs. Yamaha's 64) while Yamaha's have unmatched GH action keys. Well, after trying out both, YDP323 sounded plenty close to a grand piano to my ears and the key touch was sensational! Price wise, expect to pay $200 - 300 less for Yamaha's for equivalent grade/features. You'll have difficulty finding dealers carrying Kawai's too. Yamaha's also have the lowest return rate in the industry (unlike Korg's).

Other positives of YDP323 are that 88 keys are enhanced GH Effect that are virtually undiscernable vs. acoustic pianos, looks nice with simple walnut finish throughout for a real acoustic feel (YDP213 only has top part in walnut finish), and have louder amplifiers at 20W x 2 (vs. 6W on YDP213 and 16W on Kawai's). It comes with all 3 pedals that are must-have's if you want to match the acoustic piano playing. It also has 64 polyphony AWM (Advance Wave Memory) tone generation and Stereo Sampling for real-piano sound quality, 10 different voices, MIDI In/Out & 2 headphone jacks, 50 preset songs, 16MB of ROM for record & play, etc. I just love the fact that we can port out what my girl plays into a stereo or computer and have her put on her headphone to practice when rest of the family wants some peace & quiet!

Some drawbacks of YDP323 may be that it does not have a USB jack to connect directly to a computer and that the cabinet is not solid wood unlike higher end Clavinova's. While I value simplicity over fancy features, this does require use of piano keys for even the basic feature selections. This means that you must refer to the user manual to set the speed of the metronome, select different voices and effects, etc.

All in all, however, I'm a very content buyer of the YDP323 and I'm simply impressed with the design, sound quality, key actions, and the value for the money. It was a great relief to learn later that my daughter's piano teacher agreed that YDP323 is a great buy and it is very suitable for beginner to intermediate players, even for adults! I may end up keeping this piano for decades to come! I highly recommend YDP323 to other buyers who are looking for value and practicality at $1,100-1,200.

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Excellent piano!

Strengths: price, quality

Weaknesses: none

Summary: This one of the best digital piano you could find on this price range.

The quality and sound are just perfect.

I graduated from musical school when I was a kid, so I can tell if the sound is not right. With this piano I can't complain. Purchased it for myself and my little daughters. I'm sure we will use it for years.

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