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Ashley

There are subtle differences between the 65/95. More voices being one.

The Major Difference is the sound system. The Keyboards are identical. The Sound Engine too. The 95 has a bit more amplifier wattage and an entirely different speaker system. Of which the soundboard is one component.

The 65 has two Tweeters and two Full Range speakers. The Tweeters are behind cloth just above the left and right side of the keyboard, facing forward. The larger ones below left and right side of the keyboard, facing down. That's it. Think of the larger ones being squeezed in where they can fit.

The 95 is entirely different. First off, the piano is built around a box - the width and height of the piano and about six inches thick. The Tweeters are in the same place. There are four midrange speakers that face down into this box. By your knees, you will feel three openings behind cloth where that sound comes forward. The 93 had four, the 95 left out the fourth one on the far left - I believe the thinking was the low end bass will be produced by the soundboard instead. Then, in the back is the soundboard. As others have said, it kicks in above 1/3rd volume. And, it fills a room with sound just as its cousins, the acoustics.

The box design and the board make alot of difference between them.

With this caveat. If, you will use headphones 90% of the time, and in the foreseeable future, the only difference would be the subtle features the 95 has over the 65. And price. That's it.

I have owned the 63, 93 and now the 95. I did my homework, and for me, between Roland, Yamaha and Kawai, the choice was clear. In the end, it was the real wood structure of the keyboard plus Kawai's investment in continual refinement.

Indeed, the CA15 was announced by Kawai Japan on Monday.

Main improvements over the CA13:

- RM3 Grand II keyboard action (Ivory Touch, triple sensor, let-off)
- New tone generator (higher resolution reverb and resonance effects etc.)
- 192 note polyphony
- 20W x 2 speaker system
- Grand Feel Pedal System
- Adjustable music rest
- Updated cabinet design

As always, multi-language owner's manual and brochure PDFs are available from Kawai Japan.

Additional English and German language product information is available from the Kawai Europe website.

Kind regards,
James
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Any idea on the street cost?

No, I'm afraid not. Pricing is typically decided by the distributor.

However, as with previous generations of this model, the CA15 will unfortunately not be marketed by Kawai America. This is partly due to the popularity of the CE220 model in the US.

Kind regards,
James
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Same as what the RRP of the CA13 was, no?

http://www.kawai.co.jp/ep/guide/manual.html#ca

At least that what it is on the Kawai.jp site and has been conveyed to myself elsewhere...