Yes, I find it really frustrating that the article doesn't contrast at all with the previous state of the art. I seem to remember that the Yamaha pianos you mention already had significantly better than MIDI reproduction capabilities way back when. Getting all excited about the new system without mentioning how much of an improvement it is makes this sound like a press release rather than a well-researched article.

Having played quite a large number of the Yamaha Clavinovas over the years, I can concur. Knowing this makes this read exactly as if it were a press release, or at least an article written by a Steinway Fanboy... of course, I can't blame someone for being a Steinway Fanboy, there's just something about a Steinway that stands on its own.

This one has some more info: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/technology/69041/steinway-...

Yeah, it makes it sound like current systems (diskclavier, etc) don't use any dynamics per note, which just is not true.

Yes,you can record yourself playing slowly and then hear how it'll sound once you've done the hard work. Great fun - hearing yourself play faster than Martha Argerich!