🎹Yamaha DGX-660 Portable Digital Piano Review & Demo - Contemporary & Versatile🎹

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Hello, and thank you for joining us for another piano review video at the Merriam Pianos YouTube channel. Today, we’re going to be doing a deep dive into the Yamaha DGX660 digital piano.

While the DGX660 has been on the market for a while, it’s still relatively unique given what it offers in the price point. It’s a super popular piano, and we’re excited to get in front of one today.

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Piano Sound:

The first thing that jumps out to me, and it’s something I also like about the P125, is the fact the speakers face upwards. While there’s a definite benefit of downward facing speakers, to get those benefits you need a relatively large speaker. In instruments with smaller speakers such as this, the upward facing speakers is a nice touch.

There’s a 12 watt amp driving two speakers, and while that’s not really a lot of power, the DGX660 doesn’t ever feel underpowered. Part of the reason for going with a 12 watt amp is likely in an attempt to keep the overall weight of the instrument down, which comes in at 46 lbs, so while not super light, isn’t crazy heavy either like some larger stage pianos.

The DGX660 is designed for solo piano performance situations as the DGX660 falls into the Arranger Keyboard category, meaning you can arrange a number of parts in real time behind what you’re playing. There’s a 192 notes of polyphony here which is essential for an arranger keyboard or multi-track recording. 256 note polyphony is the typical standard for arranger keyboards, but you should still be okay with 192 notes.

The main piano sample loaded here is the Pure CF Sampling. The default setting when you start playing is referred to as Piano Room, which offers a few easy-to-edit parameters such as reverb, touch curve and tuning among others so you can customize your preferred piano tone.

Piano Action:

Yamaha, like most digital piano manufacturers, has a few different actions that they use in all of their various models. The DGX660 uses their most basic action here, which Yamaha refers to as the GHS action. This action has been around for quite a few years at this point, and has some clear pros and cons. Compared to other actions available at this price point, such as Roland’s PHA4 action and Kawai’s Responsive Hammer Compact II action, the GHS is definitely lagging behind when comparing the specs. While individual players may still prefer the GHS, it’s worth keeping in mind why the other actions mentioned might be preferable for studio use when accuracy of MIDI output is important, as the GHS features a double sensor, versus the triple sensor the other two actions boast.

I personally prefer having some texture on the white keys, which is not the case here, though there is a texture on the black keys which is a nice touch. The weight of this action is a huge plus for me, as it feels just right - not too heavy and not too soft. It’s also worth noting that the GHS does not feature escapement, which may or may not matter to you, but again propels the PHA4 ahead for me.

Piano Features:

This brings us to the arranger features of the piano. If these features don’t matter, the P125 probably makes a lot more sense in terms of Yamaha’s offerings, but this is where the DGX660 really delivers for the money.

For starters, all of the arranging related function buttons are situated on the left hand side of the instrument. The auto-accompaniment feature offers up a full rhythm section, with lots of control over how you interact with the features. This is super fun, and functional for performance situations. There’s 205 accompaniment styles built in, so you’ve got a ton of stylistic bases covered.

Conclusions:

For the money, the DGX660 is one of the best blends of features and sounds. It’s definitely not the best choice for a student or advanced player (due to the action), but for anyone looking specifically for an arranger keyboard in the price point, the DGX660 checks a lot of boxes.

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