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I highly recommend playing a digital piano before buying it if at all possible. The action that Casio uses in this piano is generally well-regarded, much moreso than Rolands in the same price bracket, but it isn't trying to recreate a complete hammer mechanism like the higher-end Kawai and Roland models. If you mostly care about feel and this is your price range, I wouldn't recommend anything but Casio or Korg. Most people seem to agree that the cheap Rolands are not competitive on feel. Though the worst action I've tried was on cheap Yamahas.
If you end up compromising on sound in order to get the keyfeel you want, you can always use the MIDI output to run a better-sounding virtual instrument on your computer/ipad/phone (though that can be a hassle and usually means not using the built-in speakers).
I am eyeing on the yamaha ydp145r. What's your opinion?
Thanks guys your advice is helping a lonely sad dude reconnect to his old joy of piano from years ago. So would you guys say this stand is good for a tall person or can you put something under it without compromising playing position? I know with most acoustic pianos I've played the playing action gets me at 90 degree elbow angle but knee hits under the keys.
Oh hell guys nvm the Roland already shipped. Starter piano til I afford those high end ones...
Opinion from someone who has owned about a dozen electric pianos and synths over the last few decades:
Casio does something to the surface texture of their digital piano keys that make them feel so much closer to playing an acoustic piano compared to other big digital keyboard makers. These pianos are a joy to play and sound wonderful.
How much of a dealbreaker is it that this piano doesn't have Bluetooth? I'm looking to buy a piano that I want to last for awhile but I've been torn between this one and one that has Bluetooth when thinking of longevity.
About half the brands on the market do not have BT MIDI. It is largely just Kawai and Roland that put it in their entire line of pianos. As long as the machine has USB MIDI you will be fine and this does have it.
The key features I look for are…
At least 192 note polyphony
Hall Simulation
Weighted Keys
At least one peddle
Good Acoustic Resonance Model.
Oh and an App to control the unit.
This thing pretty much checks all those boxes and the core of the unit is nice, but the frame is a little less polished. Still it is as good as a lot of the Arius line that launched around the time this thing did, so I think you will like it.
Opinion from someone who has owned about a dozen electric pianos and synths over the last few decades:
Casio does something to the surface texture of their digital piano keys that make them feel so much closer to playing an acoustic piano compared to other big digital keyboard makers. These pianos are a joy to play and sound wonderful.
Yeah their Ivory feel on this generation of Casios was the best synthetic ivory on the market.
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If you end up compromising on sound in order to get the keyfeel you want, you can always use the MIDI output to run a better-sounding virtual instrument on your computer/ipad/phone (though that can be a hassle and usually means not using the built-in speakers).
Oh hell guys nvm the Roland already shipped. Starter piano til I afford those high end ones...
Casio does something to the surface texture of their digital piano keys that make them feel so much closer to playing an acoustic piano compared to other big digital keyboard makers. These pianos are a joy to play and sound wonderful.
The key features I look for are…
At least 192 note polyphony
Hall Simulation
Weighted Keys
At least one peddle
Good Acoustic Resonance Model.
Oh and an App to control the unit.
This thing pretty much checks all those boxes and the core of the unit is nice, but the frame is a little less polished. Still it is as good as a lot of the Arius line that launched around the time this thing did, so I think you will like it.
Casio does something to the surface texture of their digital piano keys that make them feel so much closer to playing an acoustic piano compared to other big digital keyboard makers. These pianos are a joy to play and sound wonderful.
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