Okay, I want to put this out there. In the past when Yamaha released a new Clavinova digital piano model about a year or so later Yamaha would then release a new TOTL arranger keyboard. *snip*
All the best, Mike
Not quite.
PSR9000 released Feb 2000, CVP209 on same chipset late 2001 (oct?), then same chipset with a better piano sound and usb port CVP210 released Feb 2004. (but still based on PSR9000, they then released the 309 later that year. The CVP210 was a stop gap release, much like the PSR2100 from the PSR2000, and the PSR975 from the PSR970)
The T1 released in Oct 2002, then the CVP309 (using the same chipset and sound library) was released in Dec 2004
T2 released Oct 2005, CVP409 based on T2 Nov 2007
T3 released Oct 2008, CVP509 based on T3 June 2010
T4 released Sept 2010, CVP609 based on T4 Feb 2013
T5 released Nov 2013, CVP709 based on T5 Sept 2015
Genos (T6) released Dec 2017 (yes Oct elsewhere but I've been using Canadian release dates), CVP809 based on Genos Nov 2019
The point is, it's always TOTL arranger and *then* matching CVP, almost exactly 2 years every time.
This is the first time I ever recall a new CVP coming out *before* the TOTL....unless the CVP909 is just a stop-gap, like the CVP210 was (meaning if the CVP909 is also based on the Genos chipset/sound library). But I won't know til i get my hands on one and A/B them side by side. But spec wise, I can't see any difference yet.
Mark