Hi Guys,
I finally made the move to go from a Tyros 5 to the Genos. I have come from owning all the Tyros except the Tyros 3, that I felt didn't make any significant changes to warrant spending the money.
First impression is that the Genos rocks. The first thing I like is the new touch screen, this makes things so much easier, along with the Gateway buttons and the Assignable buttons. Like others have said, I wish the touch screen was adjustable as the fixed angle it is on makes somethings hard to see, especially scores. I upgraded to Version 2.0 without a hitch and downloaded the new owner and reference manuals for 2.0 as well. Next I will work on downloading and installing the new packs available, but at this point I have to get used to what is available out of the box. The last two Tyros keyboards I bought I didn't buy the Tyros speakers to go with them as I own two Bose Compacts 1's. This time I did get the Genos speakers because it is much easier to sell a keyboard, when the time comes, with speakers rather then without. Right now I still have my Tyros 5, until I get everything off of it and over to the Genos. A friend of mine is buying it when I am done. He is only paying $2000 instead of what I have seen them go for, but as I said he is a friend, and I got a super deal from Guitar Center on this Genos. Vince from Hammond Organ World offered a great deal as well, but I was a little nervous mail ordering a keyboard that costs so much. He is a nice guy and a talented player as well.
The first thing I want to get squared away is the Playlist/ Musicfinder files. I used the Musicfinder on the Tyros all the time and have them all customized to my liking. Hopefully these will work on the Genos. I guess I have my work cut out for me, but that's have the fun.
The sound of the Genos is as all of you have said, quite spectacular. I set the EQ and COMPRESSOR setting to the GOLD setting, that someone posted and for now they are very good thru the Genos speaker system. When I hook up the Bose, I will readdress these setting and tweak them to my liking. The next project will be to get my MFC-10 to work on the Genos. I will save that for a raining day. I am not sure why Yamaha did away with the easy setup feature the Tyros 5 had, but I looked at the instructions from Yamaha and its seems straight forward.
Thanks to all of you on this site for already asking and answering most of the questions I had, and will have. I have been a member here for a long time, and it has been so helpful to me, and at the same time, I enjoy helping others when I can.
Back to learning!
Rick D.