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Of course a very good feature of the MP10 is that you can insert a UBS memory stick at the front RHS and easily record your music and save onto the USB stick. So it is simple to record your playing at any time even without a computer running.

Hi guys (is it me or are there no girls on the DP forum??)

I've ordered my MP10 yesterday night after work. They've ordered it from Kawai and will be delivered some time next week. I'm so excited!!!

Heleen

It's OT but if you consider Nord then I'm not sure that's entirely correct.

There are definitely Women on the forums. Not so much on the DP areas as that tends to attract us lads, but they're definitely about.

+1 - That paragraph pretty much sums up the Nord philosophy!

Congrats Heleen on the MP10!!! I went through a similar decision just recently, and, lacking a local Kawai distributor, I ended up with the Roland FP-7F. That said, the MP6 received such glowing reviews everywhere that I'm sure you'll absolutely adore the MP10!

I also tested some speakers, and I have settled for the USD $300 M-Audio BX5a monitors, they seem to be working really good! Have power to spare, and the experience is certainly much nicer than using the on-board speakers or any multimedia tiny speakers!

About girls not hanging around here... I believe they are hidden behind the gender-less way of using the English language ... so much so, that in a recent post a girl had to add she was one.

Welcome, and hope to read your glowing review of the MP10 very soon,
Best regards,
Rafa.

Heleen,

congratulations on your Kawai purchase. if you look at the signature blocks of the responders- you will see that many/most of them are collecting keyboards and software almost at the rate that golfers buy new drivers. so welcome to our addiction- the search for the perfect keyboard!

Ithilien, congrats on the purchase of your MP10!

Females do occasionally post on the digital piano forum, however I agree that compared to the acoustic piano forum, it's a rather different demographic - I wonder why this is?

Cheers,
James
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Female here! I don't know why there aren't so many of us. Maybe some of us are a little intimidated by some of the geek talk (ie dsp comparisons, etc. Hello, what? I have no idea how to interpret Dewster's data but I try to read it hoping some of it will soak in.) Also, I have only one keyboard unlike many of you, AND it's a Casio besides. But I do dabble with synth modules. Does that count?

Haha, thanks everyone!

I'm not really planning on collecting keyboards/dp's/... sorry... My dream is to one day have a nice grand though, does that count?

@ piRround: thanks - I'm glad to see that I'm not the only girl here!

Collector's mentality is a male thing, viz train-spotting, twitching, stamp collecting even. As is the obsession with facts & figures and 'I've got something you don't'.....

This is in the end something that has to do with electronics / gadgets / software / hardware... That's a boys thing, more than "just" an ordinary acoustic piano or grand...

Just an update: got a phone call from the store today that the MP10 has arrived! and I only ordered it Tuesday evening... they said that Kawai was closed already so would order it first thing on Wednesday morning, and it arrived today (Thursday). That's pretty good me thinks.

It's getting delivered tomorrow and I'll be home from work all day so can't wait to play it!

Hello, I'm new one on forum.
I'm going to buy this same Kawai MP10, especially for exercising and playing classical music.
I tried Roland RD700NX but it seems to me, that Kawai has a better hammer action, closer to real piano. Sound is more clearly than Roland. No artefacts in Kawai.
I played also on Nord piano 2 but keyboard action was too light. Nord's sound is matter to discuss.
I'm curious your opinions.
Cheers

Hello,
Many would agree with you saying you can't do better than an MP10 for keyboard action, and as a high quality stage piano.

Many others prefer the Roland (SN)sound, and some the Roland PHAIII action. But they are undoubtedly two fine pianos - probably the best of their kind, along with Yamaha CP5, and that group of models.

I think, that Kawai MP10 is a good keyboard to connect with Ivory II in the future.
This is my plan.

Many forummers are using Kawai DPs and views in this forum tend to gravitate towards Kawai being better.

However, there are many other views in the internet on how yamaha CLPs are better than Kawai.

But end of the day, it is still a matter of personal preference.

Hello.

I do love acoustics, however, I too was wanting to get as close to a great acoustic as I could find - without the cost and size and weight and maintenance of an acoustic.

Likewise, I had also narrowed it down to either the Kawai MP-10 stage digital piano or the Yamaha CLP 470 spinet console.

I went with the MP-10 based on its features, and reviews as well as it portability over the CLP 470.

I bought a good sturdy stand (Yamaha LG-800). Along with being very sturdy it allows me to set the height of the top of the keys to that of a grand. It also adjusts for standing position.

In order to try to get the great digital samples out of it I then bought a used Harman Kardon AVR347 7.1 audio video receiver and one pair of used (now vintage) Polk Audio A6 bookshelf speakers. I then added a new pair of Sony SS-F7000 floor-standing 4 way passive speakers (great reproduction at a low price). Although I am sure it is not the same as a grand, the sound is quite good or great, IMO. [Thanks to others on this site who suggested that I go the HiFi route instead of some active studio monitors] As it is, I can always add more passive speakers if needed because the Harman Kardon AVR347 allows for either 5 channel stereo or 7 channel stereo.

The tactile feel of the keys is great as well as the dynamic funtion & feel of the keys.

I do love the digital samples.

The only things that I can say that I don't like about the MP-10 is that the pedals are noisy, and I wish the pedal module stucture was even heavier so that they would not move around at all. That, and the fact that one LED light is dim.

Other than the above, I am quite pleased with the Kawai MP-10.

I bought a MP10 awhile ago and like it very much. Mine has one dim led too.
I run it through nearfield monitors and it sounds great.
After playing the MP10 for a while I had the opportunity to compare it to my friends Kawai baby grand. I have not played that one for awhile.
The grands action felt a bit lighter, but what made the biggest impression was the volume of the thing with the lid fully opened... There is no way i could have that volume in my apartment.

You mean it squeaks as you play? I had this problem and just hit it with a little bicycle lubricant (because it's what I had on hand). It hasn't made noise since. Mine is very quiet now, much quieter than a typical acoustic pedal (though acoustics are so loud you might never notice the sounds).