Casio CT-S1 vs Roland GO | Best Beginner Pianos!?

I bought the CTS1 (coming from an old yamaha psr450...) I love it, especially the piano, rhodes and the organ sounds). It's lovely!

My heart died when you played that "something simple in D" at the very start of the video, beautiful voicings and playing Jack! My laawwwddd!!! 😭❤🔥

The Casio CT-S1 is a terrific MIDI keyboard controller too. It has my favorite semi-weighted key action. The keys are responsive, expressive (e.g., for playing acoustic piano patches), and quiet (most MIDI keyboards in this price range have noisy action). You can run a patch cable from your external sound source (iPad, laptop, sound module, etc.) to the Audio In jack and use the built in speakers which are sufficient when practicing or playing with a few friends. And if your external sound source ever fails, you have the built-in sounds as a backup.

At what point did this video go from being a comparison to just having fun on the ROLAND!!! Loved IT!!!! xD

Perfect demo. Thanks for posting.

I am a synth head, with lots of synths giving me all kind of quality sounds and quality keybeds. Still love the CT-S1 (red in my case). Instant on, great piano sound, no screen, speakers sound surprisingly good. The keys are too "plastic" for my preference, but still very playable.

Great video. I have both of these and love both. They both have similar sounds, the Go:Keys have a lot more, but they each have their unique features, which makes having both worth it.

love this video. I'm gonna have to subscribe. Just getting back into playing the keyboard. Bought a used Casio Privia S1000 and a brand new Casio CT S400. Having a blast with them

This video is amazing hahaha, loved watching Jack relish all the classic sounds coming out of the Roland 😄

I have the Casio CT-S1 in black. I made the decision after watching several videos and comparing them with others. Watching your video keeps confirming to me that it was a very good choice. I think the Casio CT-S1 pianos are great, especially when connected to an amplified speaker.

In my opinion there is no contest, the Casio is just miles better, in terms of sounds and feel especially. I've been an owner of the CT-S1 and reviewed it on my channel as well - appreciate that Jack is conveying his honest opinion right off the bat. Cheers !

Several months back I tried several midi controllers and ended up getting a Casio s1000v. I considered the Roland go keys. It had a really nice texture as far as feel and key width but I didn’t like the key depth. I also tried the Casio s1 but decided to get the s1000v for the extra sounds. The keys on the s1 are a little skinnier than I would like but are playable when it comes to keyboard depth. My fingers also slip off the Casio more than the Roland. Both have good sounds though. Some sounds on the s1000v are ok but get much better as you layer them. A person really should try both keybeds for an extended time before buying.

As someone pushing middle age, it's mind boggling how good cheap keyboards sound nowadays after suffering through some pretty dreadful gear back in the 90s (though oddly collectable nowadays!)

I bought a Casio battery at a garage sale for $5.00. It had a great piano sound.I love my Roland but I think I will go with the Casio portable for my grandkids.Thank you!!!!! 12 grandkids! Maybe I should get both!

The releases a new GoKeys this week. Go keys 3 with Zen Core library, Bluetooth and better speakers. The rhythm section sounds amazing.

review the ct s500 and show hiw mucho the sounds can be synthesized! an expression pedal too. It's like a 1000v without rhe vocoder which I find annoying because reviews only put focus on it...

The Roland seems to just have more vibrant natural (as in, how the original instrument would sound) sounds. With the default piano, for example, you can almost see the piano wire vibrate where the Casio sounds come across as both more flat and slightly over-saturated at the same time.

WHAT?! What happened to Casio? When did they got this good? I’m really surprised by how good it sounds.

Don't know if you have ever noticed the closed captions of Jack's audio... but this one begins "hello and welcome to Anon TV, my name's Jet Duckery..."😝😝😝

The Roland Go uses the same core sounds, or sound engine from the Phantom. So does that mean some presets really sound as good as a $4k synth?