Casio PX-400R

Just read all the other reviews. Mine is pretty much the same. I've played keyboards for over 40 years. This is the best "feeling" keyboard, other than a concert grand, that I have ever played. Simple, easy and great sounding.

Again, the best action I have played, except for high end grands. I bought this for the piano sound and feel, the other stuff is just icing.

After all these years, all I want is a couple of very good acoustic sounds and a few electric pianos, Way more than I expected.

No more playing out of the house for me. This replaced a Yamaha baby grand for my new "little house". I guess it will out live me.

Are you kidding????? Nice furniture stand, heavy duty and comfortable bench, halfway decient mike and stand, VERY decient built in stereo amp and speakers, great sounds, AMAZING keyboard action and hold on there buckaroo . . .SAM'S CLUB, $499.00!! YUP, YESEREE, HANG ON TO YOUR COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS, SAM'S CLUB, $499.00. I spent more for the cigars in my humidor. Last month I spent more than that for gas to go to work! You can't buy a halfway sort of OK, USED synth for that kind of money. DUH!! I should buy a few just to resell on Ebay.

Setting up was fairly simple. Pretty easy to manuever around all the buttons, which are clearly marked (tiny white fonts). Additional functions require the manual nearby, but my 16yr old daughter finds it pretty easy to use. The manual is printed in green ink... WTF were you thinking Casio? Anyway, I also downloaded the manual from their website, so my daughter has a copy with plain black text, which is easier to read.

Too many features to list - see Casio website. The main thing I was looking for was getting as close to a real piano feel and sound in a digital keyboard. This was a Christmas gift for my 16yr old daughter, who's been "struggling" on a very old out-of-tune, out-of-whack upright. So far, it's everything I wanted her to have in a lightweight digital piano; realistic feel and sound - which it has. All the other features are a bonus - usb, mic input, smart media card slot, lesson functions, auto-accompaniment, 80 built-in tunes, etc., etc. This was a great value from Sam's Club - the (huge) box contained the piano, nice wooden stand, cushioned metal bench, a microphone + stand, software, manual and score book for $614.
And one of the best features I think is; she can practice and play "silently" through headphones.

Piano sounds are excellent, especially through good headphones! There are a lot of other (GM) tones you can scroll through to punch up and layer. The reverbs and chorus effects are decent. My daughter is having a BLAST going through all its features. This is a gift she'll use for a very long time. She can't wait to start lessons again, after a two-year hiatus because her old teacher retired. She thinks her piano sounds almost as good as the Yamaha Grand piano her teacher has. I doubt that - but kids say the darndest things, don't they?

So far, So good. It's doing its job of keeping my daughter away from excessive television viewing, and being enthusiastic about music again. I myself, play guitar, bass, ukulele, harmonica and a little keys - I appreciate quality in any type of musical instrument - This piano is very high quality, that also packs a "quantity" of features to boot!

Haven't dealt directly with Casio, but there's a wealth of information on their websites about the Privia Series. Also checked out their other global sites (Europe, Asia, etc.) that have additional product information, demos, etc., that the U.S. site doesn't.

An excellent value for the money - You won't be able to find more features in a digital piano than the Casio Privia Series.

We bought this keyboard for our 7yr. old to practice on. Some of the feature or operator friendly, other are not. The manual is very limited and leaves alot to be desired. Some software came with the unit but we will not use it.

Keyboard action is the reason that we bought this unit. Weighted action feels like the real thing.

I have no experince in this area.

Can't tell at this point

Have not needed.

We have been looking for a keyboard for over 9 mo. Most of the ones we liked were $1000 to $1500 or more. We bought this one at Sam's for $600 and it came with a bench, stand and microphone.

Very easy to use. Set it up, plug it in, and start playing. There is not a ton of effects to this synth as it is basically a digital piano with a bunch of other sounds. All in all, very easy to use.

32 note polyphony is fine for piano use. There is some noticeable drop off when playing large SMF files but that is not what this board should be for. Two track on board sequencer with no editing capabilities. Just something to capture moments of genius. Though it is multi-timbral, you can't really use it with an external sequencer unless you want to send a lot of program changes and know a ton about MIDI

The rock piano and the mellow piano are quite good. Guitars are fair. Reeds are okay. Organs are good but not editable. In fact, nothing is editable. Remember, this is a digital piano that also has a bunch of other sounds. The other sounds are backing sounds and not lead sounds. For what it is, the sounds are good. What makes this board great is the keyboard. Though it is a bit clunky and load, the action is simply fantastic. Graded weighted action with real piano feel. This truly makes this board a strong one~!

I have owned 20 keyboards over my time. Three casio's which never seems to have a major problem. This ones seems well built so I have no reason to think it will have any problems

Way too big of a company with too many product lines to provide acurate customer support. If you call, expect to speak with an 18 year old who knows nothing about your board, but who can enter in your question into a database.

Good. Very good, in fact. Look beyond the Casio name and really consider this DIGITAL PIANO. It is strong and a great buy for the price.

Easy setup and nice dark wood accents on the piano. Nice layout on the front of the piano and easy to read LCD screen. Good manual that seems complete and the Casio Web site now has the downloadable program that converts midi files into the Casio format that can be played on this piano. I had been using a Yamaha DGX-500 prior to this and have had a Yamaha P-120, Alesis Grand piano digital and have played the Casio PX-100. I am an older guitar player who is trying to learn some piano for enjoyment.

32 notes of polyphony and this is probably more than I need at my level of experience. Have not heard any notes dropped playing what I play. The keyboard action is very, very nice. It is softer than the Yamaha P-120 and I like that. It reminds me of the Alesis Grand - firm with a nice bounce back feel. This is NOT the PX-100 in either sound(the 400 is better) or keyboard action(the 400 is also better here). It has a graded action, heavier on the lower notes, lighter on the higher notes. Touch adjustable (off, light, normal, heavy). Reverb (4 settings), chorus, echo. It uses a media card (verses a 3 1/2" floppy on the DGX-500) similar to the new Yamaha DGX-505 in order to record your performances and to store computer downloads. It connects to your computer via a USB cable and it also has the usual midi IN/OUT ports, 2 pedal jacks(one pedal included), 2 headphone jacks, L/R outputs for external amplification and a mic input and volumn control for caroke use - humm, I'll have to try that one.

For me the choice was clear. The Yamaha DGX-500 has the better piano sounds - they are excellent. The Casio PX-400 has the better keyboard touch by a long shot - just excellent - even over the more expensive Yamaha's. A personal preference to be sure as are most musical choices. I think the Casio PX-400 is very similar to the Yamaha DGX-505 but with a much better keyboard. The bells and whistles on both are a "horse apiece". Some sounds on the Yamaha are excellent(listen to the saxaphones - great)while other sounds on the Casio are excellent( the electric pianos and organs are great). Some sounds on both are poor to fair. I tend to listen to a sound and judge if I like it or not and don't care so much if it sounds exactly like the instrument it is supposed to represent- most are fairly close. These are just computers in reality, good ones to be sure, but only a good violin will sound like a good violin.

It seems well made, but I won't gig with it nor take it out of the house.

The Casio web site it not as complete as the Yamaha site. It is a shame since I feel their products are quite competative with other digital pianos. I think their advertising and support people should be given a jolt as I think these pianos are excellent.

In my case, I wanted the better touch to learn with and was willing to sacrifice some sound quality to get it, although the Casio stereo piano is quite good I think. I really had some trouble practicing on the Yamaha and then going to my piano lessons, trying to repeat my lessons on an upright Kawai. I stumbled badly trying to get use to the real piano action on the upright. I had heard this from teachers before I started and found out for myself how true it is that the piano action you practice on is critical to your progress. My wife, who is quite a good pianist, demanded either the floppy or media card to record on and to manipulate downloaded songs. The IDEAL digital piano for me would be the Casio 400 action with the Yamaha 500 piano sound. I am sure Yamaha could do this but it would be competing against its own line of CLP and CVP pianos. I think both the 400 Casio and 500/505 Yamahas are fine digital pianos and it is a hard choice at this price point. Spend more for a Yamaha (P-120) to get a better keyboard and spend alot more for a Yamaha (CVP) to get recordability and instrumentation. For my budget, the Casio is a good fit. I often wish that there was a perfect piano (car, power tool, job ??) for all occasions but it is not to be. If it were lost or stolen, I would look at a newer digital piano(computer). Would you replace your current computer with a 286 ?? Thats how much better these current digital pianos are compared to the ones only 2 or 3 years ago and I am sure they will just keep getting better. I am satisfied with this digital piano for now.

Much better than the previous models of PRIVIA series.

Polyphony? 32 is OK.
PX-400R has many more features than PX300/500L. Really easy to use. The graded hammer key action is AWESOME!! Far better than my P60 and my friend's SP200.
The speakers are improved!
2 tracks sequencer is OK for a digital piano I think.

I have to confess that Casio has done a great job on the PX-400R's main stereo piano. It's rich, crisp, and smoothly scaled from top to bottom. it's better than the piano sound in my P60 I think.

CASIO's support is alway poor. The only official forum on CASIO UK site was close. There's few audio/video demos on CASIO site. YAMAHA/KORG/ROLAND did a great job in promo their products.

I recommend this nice intrument to everyone who want a keyboard with great key action, decent piano sound and style design. It's the best bang-for-the-buck (sound, feel, features) for around $800.