Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Digital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths & Keyboards First a Kawai CA63, then a CA93 and now a CA95

Just brought my new CA95 home late last night. Now to fetch a neighbor and bring it inside.

Some thoughts later in the day ... So far, I am truly impressed.

Again ...

Awesome!!! Congrats; you're in for a wonderful treat when you get to start playing it!

Congrats!



'bring it inside'?
Wait, so you were playing the CA95 outside?

Regardless, I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the new piano.

Cheers,
James
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"Inside" - It was in my truck overnight ...

At The Dealer yesterday, this piano was in the same room as a Kawai 6' Grand and a Shigeru Kawai 7' Grand. Now before anyone goes nuttzo, it is important to compare a $3k piano to two far more expensive ones. Boy, the feel, the sound, the experience for a electronic piano sure did well against its far bigger cousins. Is it the same? It can -not- be. Of course. Apples and Oranges. But is it good? It is exceptional. What I heard and felt from all three? I am very satisfied. For the money, the CA95 sounds great compared to either Grand.

First Impressions !!!

- The tactile feedback from keys to fingers is awesome. One can feel the Let-Off, the sound vibration, the weight. All, is very well executed. The keys are slightly lighter to the touch.

- The pure sound from the CA95 is much better than its predecessors (sp).

- The spacing between keys is excellent.

- The music rack is beefier and you need to button up that 1/8" gap better.

- Fit and finish is perfect.

- I sure like the Lcd vs the letters and I like the rearrangement of the buttons.

Off to do some errands and then play it for a while.

Kawai, Job well done ...

I wasn't impressed with the sound a week ago.... after a week of playing I'm absolutely loving it.... sounds so much fuller ... maybe the speakers needed to get some use or my ears have become accustomed I don't know... but congrats mate.

Congratulations to all you new CA95 owners!

From a purely personal perspective, your delight with the CA95 is very encouraging for me as a stage piano player. The described leap in sound fidelity and feel is a great harbinger for what could be around the corner in the slab/stage line. Maybe my skepticism about Kawai ever bringing this level of refinement to their portable DPs is misplaced. I do hope so.

Enjoy your wonderful pianos!

I read your post in prices paid section.. $3200?! That seems like a deal!

@McBuster,

Congratulations!

I see that you got an excellent price for your CA95 at $3,200. As you did even better than I did at $3,815, although my price included the local sales tax (of $267.05) bringing the total to $4,082.05. My final price included the trade in of two other pianos, a Wurlitzer spinet acoustic (1958), and, Casio AP-620.

Just to compare, it appears that my piano did have a few keys that had uneven key spaces, although I see no problems with them making noise from contact with one another, and, I am glad yours were perfect.

Question:

Are you comfortable with the pedals in regards to how close they are to the player?

As for myself, have had difficulty adjusting to the shallow pedal depth.

Pedal depth ...

It is, what it is ... I am glad it is not a unit that plugs in and slides all over the carpet.

I have no problem with them at this time.

Yes, the price is really good. And buying across state lines, saves me another 7 1/2% in Sales Tax. Priced locally from the only dealer in this state? $4975 + tax ...

Now, after some playing on, and with, the CA95.

The sound is much better. I believe I read somewhere that the internal Cpu/Engine is faster. That may make what I hear a bit more crisp and defined. The new sound sampling also contributes to the better sound.

The transducer has been relocated and the longerons have been redesigned as well. Maybe this helps at the lower volume.

With the Grands I used, their soundboard creates a very voluminous, encircling sound. To reproduce that in an electronic piano would be very difficult.

The keyboard action is slightly lighter - seems more responsive.

By your knees, if I remember correctly, the CA93 had four horizontal openings for the midrange sound to flow thru. The CA95' leftmost slot is missing. This may help channel that sound energy to the soundboard.

An Lcd for the menues makes them far easier to use.

In all, for something at the $3k price point, it has excellent sound and feel. Well done, Kawai and I am glad I upgraded. Again ... Tee hee ...

Great review. You just can't go wrong. Can you tell us where you bought it from?

They are a great Dealer and family owned but please do not ask for pricing. They abide by Kawai's terms and will not tell you over the phone. Work with Amanda, she is just great.

Hello and congratulations!!!

Would you please compare the CA93's RM3 actions with your new CA95's GrandFeel action?

Are you sure it is lighter? Because having 3 sensors could be one reason of why you feel it lighter.

Have you compared the keys weight on RM3 and GF without sound to confirm that the weight is different?

I would appreciate if you answered my questions please

The new one is slightly lighter in the humblest of my opinions. I am not going to get into actual key weight, force pressures, or static frictions. It simply feel slighter.

"That's my story, and I am sticking to it ... "

Congrats to your new CA95. Can I ask you is it worth it to upgrade from CA93 to CA95 with a little more money added? Also, is the difference between the CA65 and CA95 day and night or not big of a difference in terms of touch and sound? Thanks.

Sound Engine, GF vs RM3, more Amplifier wattage, several improvements here and there to the speaker enclosure.

65 vs 95. If using headphones - zero difference. If not, and the volume is 1/3 - 1/2 or better, the soundboard kicks in and it is a much fuller sound.

For all the new features, large and small between the 93/95, it was indeed worth it (for me) to upgrade. Also consider resale value (in this economy) in that the 95 is current manufacture and technology and the 93 is going on 4 years old.

You may also want to search thru some of my other posts as I have provided several insights of mine to the 63 and 93 and 95.

McBuster,

Thank you for your explanation on the differences between the models. I will need to consider the resale value like you mentioned. I overheard that Kawai no longer produces CA93. I think CA95 is the way to go.

If, you are not using earphones, the 65 is typical of so many DP's that have a panel joining the two sides and the primary speakers point down from the bottom of the keyboard.

The 95 is far different in that it has an actual box about 6" thick which houses the soundboard actuator. And, the four midrange speakers point into this box. Their sound mostly coming forward from the front panel. I have described this in more detail in another of my posts.

-That- entire arrangement imho is what really gives this unit a far better sound when playing into a room.

Shop around. You may find that by driving a little ways you might find a Dealer that can save you alot of money.

Was this based on your own experience or just on general common infromation? There are some other opinions: