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Hello Everyone,
So, I am also looking for a new digital piano (keyboard) to go in my room so that my sister can rest when she gets home in the morning from work. Anyone have any good suggestions for a good, touch-sensitive digital piano that has headphones?
Thanks! Joel
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Price Range? You can spend anywhere between $300-6000 or more on a digital.
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And better make sure the keybed is quiet too. They can be darned noisy with headphones on . . . they all make some noise.
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And better make sure the keybed is quiet too. They can be darned noisy with headphones on . . . they all make some noise. Especially if you will be playing in the room next to hers or above as the thumping sound will travel between walls and floors pretty easily. I think it may be better if you're downstairs and she's upstairs, or there's more than one wall between you.
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Well, less than $2000 preferably because I am also purchasing a grand piano as well. I looked into a Kawai CN25, but some of the people here on the forum said that the CN35 would be a better option.
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Well, less than $2000 preferably because I am also purchasing a grand piano as well. I looked into a Kawai CN25, but some of the people here on the forum said that the CN35 would be a better option. Id get an ES7 if I were you. Youll get one cheap too since theyre being discontinued. . . and they play well imo. . .
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Well, I would prefer a digital piano vs. a portable keyboard. Do the portable keyboards even come with the sustain, sostenuto, and una corda pedals? I know you can buy them, but, this piano is supposed to be stationary in my room and I know that the digital pianos already come with pedals attached and have better response in the actions for a more realistic piano feel.
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You say you're buying a grand piano, too? In that case, the best digital piano is ... that grand piano. Skip the digital.
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Nobody here is talking about "portable keyboards", which have spring-loaded, very light actions. We are discussing 88-key, weighted-action "digital pianos".
. . . Some don't have cabinets, and are easy to move around -- "slab pianos" or "stage pianos".
. . . Some of the "slab pianos" don't have loudspeakers.
From the Roland line, the FP-80 (slab, with loudspeakers) (3-pedal unit available) and the F-130R (cabinet, 3-pedals included) might be good choices.
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You say you're buying a grand piano, too? In that case, the best digital piano is ... that grand piano. Skip the digital. He need to be able to play while his sister is resting.
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You say you're buying a grand piano, too? In that case, the best digital piano is ... that grand piano. Skip the digital. He need to be able to play while his sister is resting. The OP could fit his grand out with this. http://www.pianodisc.com/quiettime-magic-star/
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Re CN25 vs CN35: if you will also have a grand piano and will mostly play the digital with headphones, then the speaker system of the digital is not so relevant.
And if you also do not need to record to USB etc. then the CN25 is clearly good enough. However, hahaha, there is always something in the models "higher up" that may be of value, for example the CA17 has an action which is maybe even more like a grand and it has Spartial-Headphone-Sound (SHS) which is maybe very nice to have if you use mostly headphones.
If you are worried about sound traveling the floor, take one of the thick rubber mats that one puts under washing machines to dampen noise and put it under the digital. May not look good, though.
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If you will be regularly playing your grand and the digital, you should think carefully about the digital keyboard action. I think you would find the plastic action of the CN25/CN35 rather inferior, and so not enjoy playing on the digital. I just bought a CA17, and compared the action of the CN25 vs the CA17 before deciding.
For me personally (and some on this forum may disagree), the step up from plastic actions to Kawai's very authentic wooden actions was night and day. If you're a beginner or haven't played acoustics extensively, you may not notice, but if you are playing both regularly, I think you'd like the wooden action much more.
That said, I'm guessing you're in the US, and I don't think the CA17 is available there, and I imagine the CA67 may be too much for your budget. I think the CE220 is somewhat equivalent, if a bit old, but it has a wooden action and is affordable.
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And better make sure the keybed is quiet too. Well there go the Casios.
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And better make sure the keybed is quiet too. Well there go the Casios. They're all pretty noisy, though, so while Casio is noisier than most, it's probably splitting hairs. Best to position the piano in a non-adjacent wall or even better room and so as much sound deadening as you can than to buy based on how quiet the action is. A cheap toy keyboard can have a relatively quiet keybed too.
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Does anyone have experience with Yamaha's CLP 545? It certainly sounds good in various YT videos. (The audio outputs were fed directly to the camera in most cases, so the low quality mics weren't the source of the sound.)
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The best thing to do is find a store that has lots of them -- like Guitar Center here in LA -- and try them. Try the most expensive one to see what it's like, then try a few in your price range. Every serious student should have both an acoustic and a digital.
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The best thing to do is find a store that has lots of them -- like Guitar Center here in LA -- and try them. Try the most expensive one to see what it's like, then try a few in your price range. Every serious student should have both an acoustic and a digital.
Don't know where the OP is located, but I like the demo-ing selection at Sam Ash in NYC. They usually have the Kawai digitals on the floor, and I've never seen them at the local Guitar Center. Agree with John that most serious piano students would benefit from having both an acoustic and a good digital. I like the slab style of digital, because of the portability factor. My "stationary" digital is the Roland RD-700, and it's a great instrument. Heavy, though. I also have the Casio PX-350, which is about a third the weight of the RD-700 and surprisingly good; I use it for car trips when I wish to take a piano. More recently I picked up the Roland RD-64 for trips involving flights. The shorter board makes it more feasible for air travel, though it's still a burden to lug and check. Much better, though, than any of the alternatives I've seen for that purpose.
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