Best Yamaha Digital Piano?

Question

I'm moving to the big city & I have to leave my upright piano behind. I'm looking for a Digital piano. I've been playing for about 10 years. I'm not too experienced with Digital pianos but I know that Yamaha is the top brand. What do you recommend for a piano? I heard P85 and P95 were good but they've had bad reviews also. Anything can help. thanks

Answer 1

In all honesty a digital piano will never be good. I was unfortunate enough to be stuck playing one for eight years and let me tell you, it really does take away any enthusiasm, it makes your technique poor and it just has an awful sound.



Have you looked in to the Yamaha Silent Pianos? They're acoustic pianos but you can turn the acoustics off, pop in some headphones and with the help of some sensors under the keys you have a playable, muted, acoustic piano. You get the touch of a real piano and because they use sensors it doesn't effect the touch at all.

Of course there will be imperfections you'll start to pick out but for the touch wise it's absolutely brilliant and the sound isn't that bad at all.



If that's out of your price range or you're needing a keyboard due to space issues then why not try out the YDP range, they're not too bad at all. Your best bet would be to go to a show room and try them out. Chappell of Bond Street has a lot of Yamaha.



Best of luck!





Edit:

Like the guy below me said, you won't notice a difference between a real piano and the digital keyboard. But as you become more aware of the piano and learn more and more you will start to notice and that's when you'd have to change for definite.

Answer 2

I am an expert when it comes to playing, teaching on, and knowing about digital pianos. I have been working with all the brands and models. YAMAHA GB1 Grand Piano would be perfect for you.

Answer 3

well lets open up by saying the p85 is outdated, and the p95 is by far an almost outdated starter piano that sucks.



Ok now that that's done, lets move into the real price range of not hundreds but thousands. And more then 5. The p series and the ydp/arius series are junk. Worthless, don't waste the cash. You'd want the mid to high clp series. Or of course more expensive the cvp or even the gp. Very pricey though.



That said I don't care much for yamaha. They're nice, I like the deeper tone they have, and the keys on the clp mid range feel heavy and stiff like you were playing a Hamilton upright.



I find I like kawai's key set better. The longer keys feel more like the action of mason Hamlin. Course the key feel differs depending on if it's an rh or rm3 or even that long wood action on the awa (I think the new ce they released has that one and isn't to bad.) Now you could spend thousands on a CA93 or thousands more for one of those extra's with all the bells and whistles but I find the only thing you need are the keys. The feel and action is everything. Why? Because no matter what, you can probably find a computer program that has an amazing sample from the piano you like. Hell some guys sample from multiple piano's picking and choosing.



Now roland has probably the best action Ive seen yet. Keys as delacate to your touch as a grand piano. You could play as softly to still hear a pin dropping. Their only problem is the hardware. Damn keys always breaking, ivory wearing off (That reminds me ivory touch. Definitely makes the action no matter the brand feel more real)



Will any digital really feel like an acoustic? eh, prolly not. Their are no strings in there to make your floor vibrate. Will the keys feel the same? I think so. For every acoustic out there, some digital matches it. Why? Because like digitals even with the same action each seem to feel different. Same with acoustics. Anyone that says otherwise is full of ****. Will it sound the same? Again same answer for the feel. I could make my very house shake with sheer volume in amps. Do you really want to?



I'd just get a keyboard. The inside of it is the same if not better then it's counterparts. It's all computer chips and action. The mp10 costs I think 2500 new. The ca93 is like 5 grand? All for a box and some cheap speakers. Get the keyboard, hook up some nice speakers like say polk, and wala better sound.



As for which keyboards are good theirs no answer. All up to you. I like the feel of the rh action on the mp6, I like the feel of the ca 63 but not so much the 93. Don't know why I just don't. Id be the same with you. You gotta go to dealerships and sit their messing with em waving the goofey salesman away. (I'd bring headphones to plug in, a good pair if you got em)

Answer 4

I would recommend Yamaha P95B.



I took classical piano lessons when I was a kid, and now, 36 years later, I decided to take up piano again. Logistically I can't have an acoustic piano right now, so I looked for a digital piano. After quite a bit of reading, I decided that Yamaha was the only brand I'd consider. I got the P-95 and am very glad I did. It really sounds an feels like an acoustic piano. Each note is sampled four times, so the keyboard responds accordingly when you press the keys harder or softer. I am so glad I spent the extra money and got one that is sampled four times instead of a cheaper one that is sampled two times. You can't get quite the expression out of it that you can on an acoustic piano, but you can adjust the sensitivity of the keys. If you use the most sensitive setting, it helps, although the difference isn't dramatic. The keys feels like they're the same weight as an acoustic piano. I have read that some people detect a difference, but I don't notice it.



I can tell that I will want to move to an acoustic piano when I can (which could be years from now), but for now I am perfectly happy with this digital piano, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.



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Yamaha P95B Digital Piano - http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-P95B-Digital-Piano-Black/dp/B003KVKSYY/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=businesswork-20&linkCode=ur2&qid=1337152980&camp=1789&sr=8-1&creative=9325

Answer 5

Yamaha. Overall, Yamaha makes better pianos than Kawai.