Yamaha YDP-S55 Arius Digital Piano in Black

This digital piano is awesome. From the weighted keys that replicate the feel of an acoustic piano perfectly as you move up and down the keyboard, to the fantastic tones built in and stylish aesthetic. I love this thing. It was an added bonus to find out that you can control the speed of the Leslie speaker emulator on the jazz organ tone with the foot pedals. Very cool. The slim profile of the piano is great too. Everything about this piece of gear is just top notch. 100% would recommend to anyone looking for the sound of an acoustic piano with limited space.

This is a fabulous piano and has a beautiful look, feel and sound. Our main requirement was finding a digital piano that had the feel of the real thing but also had a lovely tone. It also needed to be able to fit into our small space. This was our first purchase from Manny's (Sydney) and the purchasing process was online and the piano was delivered the next day. I would highly recommend this digital piano and the wonderful team at Manny's.

Working it thru the smart piano app makes it a breeze to operate. I recommend down loading the app while you wait for the piano to arrive. earphone jacks can be connected directly into the board, which works out good for recording thru digital board. have had the piano for 2 months now and I have no complaints, its pretty well built and its pretty too.lol The piano has many options, even being able to split the piano into two, so you can teach the little ones. Really cool option for four handed playing. The piano sounds are beautiful, and the keys feel really sweet. I like straight piano sounds, haven't delved into the effects much...Yet.. Over all I love my new piano. Thanks AMS for making this possible. You guys rock!!!!!

Buy the Yamaha YDP 164

We've owned 2 acoustic pianos and this is our first digital piano. We got the rosewood one and what a beautiful finish. But the sound, so rich and full of the Yamaha Grand. We bought during the Covid-19 shut in so we weren't able to listen to in person. I looked at the Kawai KDP 110, Roland 501, Yamaha 144 and 164 and Casio. Ruled out Casio and Roland due to Roland reviews showing various problems, same with Casio. I liked the mellower sound of the Kawai, 5 more voices, and bluetooth. However, there were too many reviews with noisy key action after 6 months to 1 year. Also closest authorized dealer to service is 2 hours away. I chose the Yamaha 164 due to the upgraded amplifier and speakers with 40 watts. I figured the sound would be better even at low volumes, and ... MoreWe've owned 2 acoustic pianos and this is our first digital piano. We got the rosewood one and what a beautiful finish. But the sound, so rich and full of the Yamaha Grand. We bought during the Covid-19 shut in so we weren't able to listen to in person. I looked at the Kawai KDP 110, Roland 501, Yamaha 144 and 164 and Casio. Ruled out Casio and Roland due to Roland reviews showing various problems, same with Casio. I liked the mellower sound of the Kawai, 5 more voices, and bluetooth. However, there were too many reviews with noisy key action after 6 months to 1 year. Also closest authorized dealer to service is 2 hours away. I chose the Yamaha 164 due to the upgraded amplifier and speakers with 40 watts. I figured the sound would be better even at low volumes, and it's excellent! I don't care about having 10 voices as our purpose is to play piano and improve our piano skills, so though we've tried out the other voices, we keep it on the concert grand. I'm an android person so I was happy to see the Yamaha smart pianist app is on android too, unlike the Kawai. It's easy to maneuver and select voices, etc. I was disappointed that the music conversion feature so hyped in the utube videos only converts to chords, i.e. a minor, b flat, etc, not musical notation. Also the memory is a little lacking. Neither of these would change my mind. This is a beautiful instrument, great action, wonderful tone, love the key cover, pedals are good, though they seems to scratch easy. Oh, and the headphone jacks are a god send, now I can practice at night without disturbing my wife. First time I used them, even with cheap headphones, I had to take them off because I thought they weren't working the sound was so natural and clear. The page stays on the music stand are a nice touch also. The rep at Sam Ash was super helpful and gave me a great deal. The piano was shipped over 1100 miles in 4 business days. It was packaged very well and took about an hour to assemble and was very simple.

Decent functionality with beautiful quality construction

Pros: Beautiful rosewood construction that would fit very nicely into any modern living room decor. Satisfactory key-action for drill exercises. Sound quality through headphones is good.Cons: Graded-hammer 3 key-action not as sensitive as I hoped, limiting the expressivity of your music. Speakers sound digital - the optimizer technology that is supposed to mimic the feeling of playing an acoustic piano doesn't really work imo. Still, I found it more authentic than the Roland fp90x or Korg G1 air. If you are a picky experienced pianist, then this piano alone would not completely satisfy your piano-playing needs. But it can help you maintain your finger dexterity if you have practical limitations to why you are not getting an acoustic piano. Otherwise, just go for a ... MorePros: Beautiful rosewood construction that would fit very nicely into any modern living room decor. Satisfactory key-action for drill exercises. Sound quality through headphones is good.Cons: Graded-hammer 3 key-action not as sensitive as I hoped, limiting the expressivity of your music. Speakers sound digital - the optimizer technology that is supposed to mimic the feeling of playing an acoustic piano doesn't really work imo. Still, I found it more authentic than the Roland fp90x or Korg G1 air. If you are a picky experienced pianist, then this piano alone would not completely satisfy your piano-playing needs. But it can help you maintain your finger dexterity if you have practical limitations to why you are not getting an acoustic piano. Otherwise, just go for a cheap 2nd-hand acoustic piano which is still more satisfying to play for the same price range.

Review of Yamaha Arius YDP-164 Digital Piano in Rosewood

really happy with the piano, easy setup but you do need 2 people to lift it at a couple of points in the build. It's a Yamaha so everything is very solidly built, it has a sort of pleasing heaviness, no plasticky stuff, the lack of a console is slightly annoying cos you have to learn the key combos to speed/slow metronome etc. However you can see why Yamaha did it like this - it's all about simplicity - delivering a great sound with no frills, no display, no rows of buttons - and the sound for me is absolutely perfect, it has plenty of heavy darkness without any tinny crappy sound u get on a lot of pianos, the action is excellent - more than good enough for my daughter learning for Grade 3 - can't see needing a different one ever to be honest. The profile is quite ... Morereally happy with the piano, easy setup but you do need 2 people to lift it at a couple of points in the build. It's a Yamaha so everything is very solidly built, it has a sort of pleasing heaviness, no plasticky stuff, the lack of a console is slightly annoying cos you have to learn the key combos to speed/slow metronome etc. However you can see why Yamaha did it like this - it's all about simplicity - delivering a great sound with no frills, no display, no rows of buttons - and the sound for me is absolutely perfect, it has plenty of heavy darkness without any tinny crappy sound u get on a lot of pianos, the action is excellent - more than good enough for my daughter learning for Grade 3 - can't see needing a different one ever to be honest. The profile is quite shallow so fits surprisingly easily in the small room we have it in, and the rosewood is nice finish.

Review of Yamaha Arius YDP-164 Digital Piano, Rosewood

No whistles, no bells on view. No cheap gimmicks, no flashing lights or touch screen nonsense. Just audio perfection and feel. Excellent pre recorded tutorials. Several superb voices to choose from as we as a fantastic grand piano sound and feel.

Review of Yamaha Arius YDP-S55B 88 Key Classic Digital Piano, Black

Top piano. Good piano feel (I've used a Broadwod acoustic piano and a Yamaha CP300 stage piano and the YDP-S55 kerbed stood up well. I didn't need loads of features but space was a premium so this piano suited me very well. You'll need two people to unpack and put together safely but otherwise straightforward. Good piano and other sounds.

Very Good

My son who is the piano player in the family enjoys this set up. For the price I wish it had a little more dimension to it (even though it would only be for esthetics) and the sound to be a tad fuller. But compared to the baby grand piano that we had that in the last two years kept falling out of tune within months of being tuned, the cost of this piano FAR outweigh getting a used baby grand piano (and we looked for over a year). I would buy it again.