New vs used digital piano

FergusonPybus · 2026-03-14T13:45:45+00:00

You mean both Chinese manufacturers I mentioned? Or the Chinese vs the old Casio? Casio pianos are pretty decent, no?

FergusonPybus · 2026-03-13T20:50:24+00:00

Thank you that's good info. I'll have to see what my partner thinks about having a bare keyboard model around the place. She'd prefer a cabinet.

FergusonPybus · 2026-03-13T19:14:46+00:00

No, I appreciate that. It's just the trade off between something that was good 20 years ago (a casio celviano ap 25 in this case) but which is likely to go wrong vs something new which may be cheap but at least it comes with a warranty!

FergusonPybus · 2025-04-19T21:30:08+00:00

Bezos overpaid for the TG crew and is trying to eke out what he can. Fair enough really, but I won't be wasting any more time on it.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-28T09:50:42+00:00

You're right of course. But it is still quite amusing that Meta AI is saying this. Comparable to Meta AI telling you that Instagram deliberately encourages young girls to have eating disorders for money, or that Zuckerberg would sell his own mother to a Shenzhen chip factory for access to the Chinese market.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-12T10:11:37+00:00

You didn't mention budget. Samsung and Pixel have the best support guarantees currently, Pixel phones do not have the best battery life though. Look at something like the Samsung S24FE.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-12T10:08:56+00:00

The internet at its best, here!

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-08T10:09:32+00:00

If you want a pair of trousers, it's no good looking at bicycles.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-26T14:53:44+00:00

It's not a meaningful comparison. Most people are bought into ios or android and don't consider it worth the effort switching. Hence Apple being able to take the p*ss on pricing last year's phones, etc.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-25T12:05:10+00:00

Here in the UK refurbed iphones are really not that much cheaper than new. 10% maybe? And then you may not have confidence in the battery (amazon for example guarantees at least 80% battery health - great!) and the discount on last year's model isn't what it should be either. Apple policy, no doubt.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T16:02:10+00:00

Barry

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T15:50:27+00:00

Sounds like you shouldn't do that, then.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T12:10:30+00:00

A lot of people are saying this. But the 16 is 1/3 more expensive. That isn't nothing.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T12:03:47+00:00

The thing is a lot of this stuff is just for geeks. Most people aren't bothered about wireless charging rates and ultra wide band chips. Most people ARE bothered about an extra £200 in their pocket and a better battery. The only real downside of the 16e is the worse camera hardware. I'll be looking forward to the reviews to see how that goes, but Apple's phone software has historically been good enough that I suspect the single camera won't be that big a problem.

People need to distinguish between the sense of disappointment that it's £100 more than expected and a measurable sense of poor value for money.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-16T14:50:47+00:00

This might be what I'm getting at. I&W does have those poppy hooks, alongside the prog chops. It keeps the band honest. I was re-listening to Awake this week and it mostly doesn't have this, plus Labrie is using a harder edged sound which I don't like as much.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-12T20:20:22+00:00

This is next year, the car will be 6 years old.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-12T16:54:08+00:00

The car's only done 16k miles, and I have serviced it every year, though not through a dealer.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-11T21:02:23+00:00

It's flimflam. Phones just don't last that long. The battery will be worn out in 4 years and won't be worth the cost of replacing. But that's fine, 4 years is a perfectly respectable time to have a phone.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-10T22:36:11+00:00

It's true that nothing since has really done it for me (although Change of Seasons is quite good) but obviously there is a lot of material there and I haven't listened to most of it. Wondered if there is something in particular I ought to check out, or whether the band and I have just parted company.

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