I'll keep this short.
One of my son's is a Freshmen in College and taking an intro to Piano course.
1. He wants a Keyboard so he can practice, I know nothing about them.
2. I don't want to spend alot. I don't know what alot is for keyboards.
3. I need something that will replicate a Piano sufficiently.
4. He is not going to be doing performances with it.
5. It needs to have a headphone jack to avoid annoying the roommate.
A friend recommended the Rockjam 61 key keyboard for $109 on Amazon but the cheap price makes me suspicious.
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Because it sounds like he's going to be a beginner, I don't think he necessarily needs a hammer-action keyboard (which simulates the internal mechanics of actual piano keys). Weighted keys feel great and make it feel like you aren't playing on a toy, but may not be necessary for beginners, either, but they are nice to have.
Its 169 on Amazon. I think $250-300 would be the very high end of what I want to spend.
I don't know what to look for in specs which makes it hard.
Can you hit two keys and get a blended sound or does one overlap the other?
Is an 88 key what he needs since it mimics a piano or is that less important?
I think that price maps to an Alesis Recital Play 88, which is a perfectly fine keyboard for a beginner. It has touch sensitive semi-weighted keys, and nearly all pianos at that price range have 88 note polyphony (you can hit all 88 keys at the same time and get them all to play).