Read the qualifier, not the headline
“Eighty-eight keys” means little without the action type. “Two inputs” means little without how many are microphone inputs. “192 kHz” means little at all. The qualifying figure is the one that decides the purchase.
Learn the four words that matter in this niche
Weighted on keys. Simultaneous on inputs. Solid on acoustic tops. Detachable on headphone cables. Each of them separates two products that otherwise look identical.
Omissions are answers
A guitar listing that describes a “spruce top” rather than a “solid spruce top” is usually describing a laminate. A headphone listing with no impedance figure is one where the figure does not help.
Check the box contents line
Not the photograph. Photographs show pedals, stands and cables that the box contents line does not mention.
The questions players ask
What if a specification is missing?
Treat the omission as information. Makers publish the figures that flatter them. A missing polyphony count, impedance or top construction is rarely an oversight.
Are the bullet points reliable?
Mostly, but not always. One listing in our catalog carries the bullet text of a different model — 76 keys on a 61-key instrument. Where the title, the model number and the bullets disagree, trust the model number.
Last reviewed 2026-08-18
