Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't have a $45,000 Grand piano sitting around my apartment and my neighbors love me for it. When I was trying out the different products, I had no reference to what a true Grand piano "feels" like. I trusted Yamaha and bought the P105 first ($600). Two weeks later exchanged it for the P 255. During those two weeks between, I spent A LOT of time with acoustic pianos in stores. I bought sheet music just so they wouldn't call the cops and throw me out. To me, the P105 sounds as good as any competitor of the P 255. This is where the P 255 comes in. None of the competitors, including the P105, sounds as real and rich as the P255! Having the experience of touching the keys on a Yamaha true Grand C3, I discovered a few things between "the competitors". The surface feel of the P255 keys feels EXACTLY like the Yamaha Grands I've touched. There's a porous quality. The black keys on the real Grands, whether wax, polish or materials were "stickier" than the P255. I like the P255 better on the black keys, although they are the ever most slightly thinner. The touch, the most important issue next to sound, is EXACTLY the same as the Grands. You'll think I'm crazy but, go try one for yourself. I didn't find this result to be true of the Casio, whose sound I totally don't like, or the Roland touch, which was "weird". It terms of tough touch, Casio was the "thickest" although other more "Hanon" types might love it. I found it make sound too loud for the lightest tough. It didn't feel like the acoustic Grand whereas the P255 was exactly the same, even to when the sound occurred. The store manager brought up a valid point, saying the Grand piano gives the player "sympathetic vibrations" which the digital piano cannot. That's true out of the box. I got a gentleman at George's Music to plug in the Peavey stereo 12" monitors and the sympathetic vibration I felt in my fingers with the Grand, I could now feel all over my arms, face and hands! It wasn't loud, it was FULL--as if I stuck my head under the hood of the Grand and the strings were vibrating inches away. As an experience, the stereo monitors were "more authentically warm" than the acoustic piano. What was totally cool was hearing the digital recording of the hammers striking the strings, the degree of gentleness the sustain pedal was able to attain. I listened so hard for any notice of "fake" or distinction which would let me know it was not a real Grand and heard only...a Grand piano. I listened without contribution to several shoppers talking about each keyboard. Casio. "Man, don't buy that. People will laugh at you. Casio makes toys." That's not true but, it's perception so, why do that to yourself. Me, personally, I think the Casio sounds like an acoustic piano but, not a Grand. It's missing something and I don't pretend to know what. Maybe it's "too upright" sounding. I think Ragtime would sound better on the Casio but I want something which can play Chopin, Liszt, Mozart... The Roland? Just no. It did NOT sound like a Grand but in fact, had an electric boost, as if the strings were intentionally placed out of tune to "fatten" the sound. Kind of like the Kawai pianos sound. I'd hands down say, it might not be what everyone is looking for but, the Yamaha was the "most serious" sounding Grand piano doppelganger. I thoroughly LOVE my P255. It is a Grand Piano TO ME. I play several hours a day because I love the music and the device. It's too expensive. It doesn't have enough voices. It should be compatible with android devices. The metronome is not loud enough and STILL...it gets a five star review from me. It's about the Grand experience!