Disklavier

My Mk IV sounds good to me with ensemble and CDs. I
never had a Mk III so I can't compare.  There are a
couple of USB 2 ports and I regularly use one for a
thumb drive.  It works well and is vastly superior to
floppies.  

On the downside I am a little disappointed by some
clunkiness of the interface, the aggravating tendency
for entered song titles to revert or disappear and the
relatively poor range of the wireless network it uses.
 On the other hand I suppose that if it was more
powerful it could compete with the wireless network in
my house.

In all it is a great instrument.

BTW there is certainly no amplifier hum.
--- Tom Wheeler <tnwheeler@...> wrote:

> I am considering trading my DC3A disklavier for a
> DC3M4t disklavier.  I 
> have not yet been able to see or play a DC3M4t and
> so I have two 
> concerns that can be answered by anyone who owns a
> Mark IV disklavier.
> 
>  (1) The Mark III disklaviers like my DC3A have two
> 60 watt speakers 
> mounted under the piano firing straight downward. . 
> The DC3M4t has two 
> 20 watt speakers mounted at an angle so as to
> deflect ensemble sounds 
> outward from the piano  There is a significant
> difference in the power 
> rating of the speakers (60 watt vs. 20 watt) between
> the Mark III and 
> Mark IV disklaviers.  Can you tell me if you are
> able to get the Mark IV 
> disklaviers to play ensemble sounds sufficiently
> loudly to balance the 
> volume of the ensemble sounds against the acoustic
> piano? 
> 
> (2) I understand that the input/output center of the
> Mark IV disklavier 
> includes at least one USB port.  However, from
> Yamaha's specifications 
> for the Mark IV I cannot tell if this is a USB 2.0
> or USB 1.0 (much 
> slower speed) port.  Can someone who owns a Mark IV
> tell me if the USB 
> port is 2.0. On their web site, Yamaha states that
> "Certain USB storage 
> devices may not function properly with the
> Disklavier Mark IV series.  
> For a list of compatible products, please visit 
> www.yamaha.com/disklavier."  However, I cannot find
> any such list of USB 
> compatible storage devices.  Has any owner of a Mark
> IV disklavier 
> attempted to attach an external USB drive to the
> Mark IV's I/O center?  
> Did it work properly?
> 
> Thanks in advance to any Mark IV owner who can
> respond to these questions. 
> 
> Tom
> 



		
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