Customer Reviews

Yamaha YPT-320 61 Key Personal Keyboard with AC Adapter, Deluxe Keyboard Stand and Professional Headphones

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

We bought this keyboard for my son. He was starting piano classes and we wanted him to practice at home. This keyboard is perfect! It has grand piano sound and also all the songs and voices you'd expect from a modern keyboard. It is very light, it doesn't take up much space and we have it working with batteries. In our case, batteries last +/- 8 weeks. We find the user recorder very helpful as is showing the notes played on the display screen.
The stand is OK, the headphones have a great feature which is a volume control on them. We got a M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards (excellent) and a Yamaha PKBB1 Single Braced Adjustable X-Style Keyboard Bench (very good). Now the whole family is into playing piano ! Recommended.

I give this keyboard a five star rating. I have a 950 sq. ft. condo in Chicago and the sound more than fills the space with song. My wife grew up playing a piano and this was a perfect gift for her.

My five stars is based on the realistic deep piano sound the 320 brings, we really dont use any other functions just so you know where i'm coming from.

I recommend it to condo dwellers.

You are not getting a professional concert item, but for home and travel play, you can't do better than this nicely priced unit. We have been using ours for a few months and it is holding up fine under daily usage. A load of instrument sounds and effects, most of which we don't use. We select a lot of the traditional instruments, and although the timbre (sound) is not great on some, we mostly use the piano and harpsichord, which have a very nice tone. Recommend you try piano 123, since we like that better than the default grand sound (001). See what you think, but you aren't likely to be disappointed if you want something pretty portable to practice and play on. Please note that we don't use ours much with batteries, but instead find somewhere to plug in, so we don't know how the battery life is.

I've been moving between temporary apartments for a while now while I save up for a house, but I couldn't wait for that to stop to start learning the keyboard like I'd always wanted to. Absent a teacher and the funds for a full 88-key keyboard or a standard piano, I eventually settled on this with some research and the help of some piano playing friends.

The keyboard itself is great. It comes with an instruction manual detailing it's functions (you'll definately want to read this) and a sample DVD showing off some of Yamaha's video "get to know your keyboard" products. While informative, I didn't find these DVD episodes to be very helpful for learning to play the keyboard so I haven't watched them since. The keyboard sounds crisp and clear and works well with headphones. The keys all work nicely and the samples of other instruments sound good as well. The included "learn to play" songs are helpful enough in that the LED screen displays what key is making each note, but it's pretty quick and will take some time to get used to.

So the keyboard is solid, but what about the accessories in this bundle? While my keyboard arrived nice and in one piece, my headphones were already in several pieces. One earphone was entirely broken, but luckily the 3.5mm adapter is still there and that works like a charm. The one speaker that does work for me is fine though, so I suppose that's something.

The stand seems like it wasn't made for the YPT-320, the model I got it with. There are grooves on the bottom of the keyboard to help the stand hold it in place, but this stand is ever so slightly off point with them. It still holds the keyboard well enough though and as long as I don't lift the keyboard or try to move it off the stand, it doesn't move.

The power adapter is fine. I was a little disappointed that it didn't come with the keyboard. Whatever.

I just received my keyboard in the mail today. It arrived in a very short period. I am happy about that.

I started practicing shortly afterwards. I used the feature that teaches you how to play a whole list of songs, and I think that feature is what makes this keyboard worth the wait. I like the way it looks. It's very light, it looks nice, and the sound is wonderful. I am glad I came across this.

I made a pact with an online friend - we both have wanted to learn the piano for years but have always put it off. We purchased our keyboards on the same day - I found this package on Amazon and he went to a Guitar Center in New Orleans and got the same keyboard. Difference being, he paid about $150 MORE for the same keyboard! We are both practicing regularly and I have to say I really love this whole package... One thing you can get if you register your keyboard on Yamaha is a beginners piano book. I downloaded and had it printed at Kinko's so I'm set for learning. The only negative thing I have to say is that I was hoping the volume would be higher on the keyboard. It's plenty loud for practicing and playing for myself but is quiet if I wanted to use it for performing.

I got this keyboard as a Christmas present for my girlfriend. She played the piano growing up, but haven't had a functioning one for some time readily available. She likes it, the grand piano sound is good, the only downfall for her is it's not a full size piano (with all the keys), so she can't play all her songs from old books. I did some research before I got it and the full size seems to be $600+ while this was $200 when I got it with the package deal. I got a bench and foot pad too witch brought my total to about $240. I'm a beginner, but played some other instruments growing up. I learned "Fur Elise" fairly easy through the "keys of success" practice help, a good tool. I would recommend this product.

This Yamaha keyboard has just about everything you would want for a beginner's first keyboard and more. There are plenty of sounds options and effects that could be expected (drums, trumpet, classic piano, flute...) and more, plus the instrument itself feels excellent as the keys are comfortable, of good size and are very responsive (louder sound if you hit hard and lower sound if you hit lightly). The YPT-320 comes in a nice package with quality headphones and a keyboard stand for an affordable price; if you want to start playing this is a great place to start, it would serve as a nice gift as well. It may not seem like much but I like that the AC adapter is not a big one, it doesn't take an entire electric socket to itself. It's a slimmer adapter than what you would often get buying an instrument; it's convenient as you can also plug a pedal for instance. The keyboard itself is not as heavy as it looks; it's quite light compared to some other keyboards making it easy to move around.What I particularly like about this model is the display screen that shows you the notes you're hitting, it's a great feature. The fact that it also has a loud enough volume is very good; when you want to be heard you can which is nice. I found the addition of lessons built in the keyboard to be a nice option, you can learn and practice by following on the screen but I find this to be a little hard.

This is by no means a professional keyboard but rather an excellent place to begin playing and learning notes. For all that this package offers, this is a great value and very much of a deal. I wanted a good keyboard to begin with because I was interested in the instrument, its sound and learning notes. For a more experienced player this may not be the best option but for someone who is just learning or desires to learn this beautiful musical instrument it's a good place to start. I'm certainly not disappointed with the purchase (I wish Amazon would've been able to ship this to Canada, the price paid for this package was a little higher as a result). For what it is this earns a 5/5 rating.

Bought this for my spouse for Christmas this year as his big gift. Now I get serenaded nightly, and it's lovely. It has a grand piano sound that is really amazing, and it's so much fun to play with all the different things the keyboard can do. The headphones that come with it are really comfortable, and have great sound quality. The down side is that the stand is not of the same quality as the keyboard or headphones. It's lopsided, and not very sturdy. My husband is in enginering and carpentry, so it's not that it was put together incorrectly; it just wasn't well made. All in all, though, the package was a great value, and makes for alot of fun. When the kids are older, they'll be able to learn the basics of reading music and playing the piano, too.

This keyboard exceeded my expectations. It was easy to setup and play right out of the box. The sound quality and variety of instrument sounds was amazing. I have enjoyed it.