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My local store is governed by yamaha (as is all mexico), and they have an XF and a MOX side by side. I have tried them both but never bothered to compare the sound quality. I think its a little bit like the OASYS/M3/M50/KRONOS/KROME they all have different DACs so they sound "slightly" different, yet the fundamental sound is almost the same and there are some patches that exist on all of them, you play them side by side and they sound almost identical, with the OASYS being most HD and M50 being lower "resolution". I know this by experience, compared side by side OASYS, KRONOS and M50.

Now Yamaha should be in the same ball park and the more expensive ones "should" have higher quality DACs so they should sound more pristine. sometimes, that lower quality is what makes it sound "warmer".

Still, if you go for the physical appearance I can honestly tell you that the XF is definitely the best looking one. ES and XS are ugly in my opinion, I find black a much better color. The MOX at first glance does look like a low price keyboard (but still above 1k)

Saludos,
Gustavo

Gustavo wrote:Still, if you go for the physical appearance I can honestly tell you that the XF is definitely the best looking one. ES and XS are ugly in my opinion, I find black a much better color. The MOX at first glance does look like a low price keyboard (but still above 1k)

The XF's black-buttons-on-a-black-background are unnecessarily hard to use, especially in less than optimal lighting conditions. The MOX lighter gray buttons are much better. Though of course the XF is much more capable overall (and, unfortunately, much heavier as well).

thanks guys!
i think i will go with the xf:)

pianoman0018 wrote:thanks guys!
i think i will go with the xf:)

Glad to hear that!! Do let us know how you feel with it once you get it.

I did an A/B comparo with the MOX, S90XS and Motif XF. The MOX is a step down in every respect. Not surprising, but to me it was a dealbreaker. Bummer, because it ticked all my boxes except aftertouch.

OTOH, it was probably a good thing, because I ended up with an NP88 instead!

I really like the S90XS, but its weight and size are fearsome, and I'm not crazy about the piano sounds. The Motif XF will most likely be my next top-tier board. I think it would complement the NP88 amazingly well.

The MOX seemed like good value at first, but you get what you pay for. I'd sooner buy a used Motif XS. I found the difference not subtle at all.

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DanielD71 wrote:I have a Motif es6, S90 es and a motif rack es. I love my ESs...

My friend have an XS8, it is a very good keyboard but I prefer my es, the sound is warmer.

If I did not have any motif, I'll probably by the motif xf6 for synth and my NS2 for piano.

Funny that you love your ESs, but if you were doing it again, you'd pick the xf! But back to comparing... it's easy to compare sound quality between XS/MOX/XF/MX/S90XS if you want to, because so many of the sounds are the same. It's harder to compare any of those to the ES because there are so many differences in the actual sounds, to the extent that I would say that, for practical purposes, the differences in the sounds themselves would be larger than the difference in "sound quality" of the electronics/processing. Though I guess you might prefer the general "character" of the sounds of one over the other.

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