All user reviews for the Korg SP-250

Keyboard type 88 Key Digital Piano
30 sounds, reverb and chorus and reverb pedal

A minimum which is just fine for what he is asked.

UTILIZATION

Touch really good, very responsive. Compared to other more high-end keyboards I've tested the buttons are very nice to handle, quite heavy. It's not what the soup ^ ^

The manual is clear, given the limited functionality is not really using it (except perhaps as regards the transposition and MIDI parameters that is not obvious, but with the manual in the nose it is easy)

SOUNDS

Sounds are generally not terrible but for this price is correct.

There is a piano right on the 6 offer, the organ sounds are pretty good though.

The speakers are not very good on the other hand, as well as the receiver of the instrument to obtain a good quality sound output is better not to over-ride the sound of the instrument and push a little more on the mixer.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it regularly for a year and a half and I am very happy. Of all those I've tested in this range is clearly one that it is best left.

A good choice I would do, certainly, at this price point finishes are also quite correct (the bands "wood effect") make it quite well and make the instrument quite aesthetic.

RH3 keyboard, the last touch of heavy Korg, also present on the SV1 ...
Stereo output, two headphone outputs on the front panel input for footswitch, MIDI I / O.
Classical, but effective.
Chorus and reverb, combined, and with adjustable volume.
Flat, unlike the SP 200, the hull is fairly cheap plastic, and some keys to move a little. The volume sliders and metronome are also not very strong ..
The headphone jacks are on the left flank, which can be annoying when it happens next, there is a risk of tearing. But on the other hand, if they were located behind, you'll have to turn to whenever we want to connect a headset ... (Plague and cholera)

UTILIZATION

Touch is great. Much better than a Yamaha or a Roland, with a good bounce, but dry as it should, ... In short, perfect for me (more jazz oriented). So yes, feel is subjective, blah blah blah, but the result is there was an excellent touch objectively.
The manual is very clear, everything is described, full of tricks around (you can, for example, when it splits two sounds, change the volume of each sound).

The general configuration is simple ... ulta Turn you on, you choose your sound, you play.

SOUNDS

So sounds.

The piano chosen by default at power is pretty average. Too much body, but not asses attack. The second is my favorite, although it sometimes lacks a little body. The third is a dark sound, good enough.
The second bank is useless piano with detuned pianos, ...
The first acoustic piano, a Rhodes is very good, warm enough I think. The distortion comes a bit abruptly, in fact the words of a previous opinion, but you quickly get the shot and we manage to make it sound like we want. So very good. The next two are not very useful, as too close to the first but not so good ...
The harpsichord is too bright. The clavinet is pretty fun, like the clavinet wha wha.
The organs are very good for me. The B3 is perfect for my taste, is what I wanted to stack. Connected MIDI keyboard with a soft touch, is happiness.
The liturgy is also very successful.
The sets of strings can be a little lack of attack. The choirs are funny, nothing more.
The other sounds are average, but more evenly.

If you want to review sounds, I put a video on YouTube:


So it's good without being excellent, for the sounds.

OVERALL OPINION

I therefore used for 2 months. I tried the high-end Yamaha, Roland, and Yamaha range of environments. It is without hesitation although supperior to Yamaha, which dropped by more recent years. And it is "different" from Roland.
I was looking at the base to buy a SP200, his little brother without a speakerphone. But the occasion makes the thief, and 300 euros, I took it without hesitation. It is actually much prettier than the pictures that you can see. It is not very deep, the speakers are protected by a metal grid (not tissue), the fake wood is very warm, ...

The feature I like most is the feel great. It should go much higher in price for something better. The least that can be just a little piano, and all manipulations should be done with the buttons and the keyboard to transpose example.

For a little over 600 euros new at our German friends, with stand and pedal (very good indeed, as on a real piano), go for it ...

It's a keyboard near the top prizes, which do not all sound, not even the simple range GM / GS.
But this is not its original purpose.
I appreciate the stand that sold more than maintain the pedal in place, which really is not a luxury.

UTILIZATION

If I compare to my RD700GX, touch and piano sounds are different.
The keyboard response is however quite correct and quite close to an acoustic.
In "normal" setting the keyboard responds even better to forte and piano of my Roland yet a much greater range.

Use for secondary piano, my purpose in fact is perfect, regardless of selection buttons and useless features.

Level of use headphones / internal / line out, it's a shame that the volume is only controlled by a single potentiometer.
Unable bv example of using the line out without at the same time the internal amplification (except plug headphones)

SOUNDS

Always by weighting the price was really a dynamic response (velocity) very nice , sounds very correct, with a few too many effects sometimes.

It is on the effects I find it a bit more average, but to learn or play the piano is still more than adequate.

The bunch of users in the headphones is very good, and with internal amplification, that is not so bad given the very aspect of the mobile device.



OVERALL OPINION

I've had a few days, bought used at a good price ... but failed.
The left output was not working, including headphone and Line Out.
So I negotiated down to 350 € the keyboard.
More fear than harm side down, just the volume knob HS (or dirty).
It took me all apart anyway, and spend several hours for this, including desoldering, clean, reassemble.

So beware of coast backed occasion too, that the rest of the electronics and precision mechanics, unlike an acoustic.
For this failure, even when asked Korg package from 170 € to repair.

Neon tubes for electronics, so sometimes it's better to turn to the new model at deflated prices and thus benefit from a guarantee rather than to pay 500 €, average price recorded by hand, which I think is really exaggerated.

I had some luck with the failure that did not cost me parts and 350 € plus 3 hours of work, this remains a good deal.