Disklavier

I currently have a Mark III and have checked into upgrading to the new E3. I understand you lose some functionality- you lose ability to record 16 channels. 
For someone who likes to record themselves playing and make professional-like recordings of original and cover music (and currently has to do that on the oudated floppy discs) any thoughts on on the E3? Is it worth the 3-4 month wait and the $1500-$2000 to install it? Just how much user-friendlier is the new unit, and what do you lose in quality if anything?


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From: athomik <mangez@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Mark IV being discontinued?


  
In Europe, this was supposed to happen some time ago (at least since early last year), but they still kept appearing. 
I suspect that, as the E3 is a more user friendly - i.e. less complicated - product, it is more aimed at the mass market (such as there is with pianos).

Apart from a lot of enthusiastic owners in the US, a lot of the world's MkIV markets weren't all that interested in the range of functional possibilities this model offered. I know of (quite wealthy) people in the UK who bought this model years ago and only ever use it for back ground music. Many owners are not even aware of what this piano can do or how to use most of it's functions. - and a lot of them don't even play the piano. ;-)

athomik

On Aug 13 2012, Kevin Goroway wrote: 

>Hmm.
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>I'd be disappointed, I think. Â Unless, of course, you value the larger piano size (which is nothing to complain about!).
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>There is no other "upgrade" involved, in my opinion. Â The E3/DKC-850 is a "downgrade" from a functional perspective.
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>It's quite possible that others here will feel differently, though...
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>On the other hand, I think this is the first mention of the Mark IV being discontinued.  No real surprise.  It is pretty dated. 
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>-Kevin
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> From: shelbycalvert 
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 3:59 PM
>Subject: [disklavier] Mark IV being discontinued?
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>Hello! I'm brand new to this group. We just purchased a Disklavier last month and will receive it on Wednesday. We are so excited.
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>Anyway, after we had purchased our piano, the owner of the piano store called and said that the Mark IV was being discontinued in October. He upgraded us to a piano that was in stock somewhere (larger size) for no additional cost. Although it worked out OK for us, I was wondering if anyone else has heard that Yamaha is discontinuing the Mark IV Series?
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>Please excuse me if this has come up already. I tried to search the topics before I posted, but I didn't see anything.
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