500 -- I would definitely have paid the $50 difference for the Yamaha. Answer from Tyrnis on reddit.comI'm a beginner is looking to buy a digital piano. I'm really confused between these two models. The Casio has more features but I'm afraid that it sounds worse than the Yamaha. Any opinion or advice would be helpful.
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I am a beginner looking for a good quality digital piano that could last around 5 years before I switch to acoustic piano or something more substantial. I am not sure which one I should go with, whether to choose Casio Cdp-s 160 or Yamaha P45. Cdp-s 160 can support 3-pedals that seems like a good " practice piano" that mimics almost all the functions in a real standard acoustic piano. While, Yamaha P-45 has a very good sound and key action, it can only support 1 pedal (the damper pedal). On top of that, it seems that sound and key action can be highly subjective, so it's kinda hard for me to make a choice.
P.S. it's hard for me to go to music shop to try them out, as I live far from major city.
This will be my first introduction to music learning and I'm starting with a piano as a 35 yr old. My love for piano comes from anime scores and music also Hans Zimmer haha. anyways I'd digress.
So after looking at many videos it's trickled down to these 3 options:
Casio PX-S1100
Roland FP-30x
Yamaha P225
What I'm torn about. People have been raving about Rolands key action and feel, Yamaha for the sound authenticity and Casio for it's lighter switches and more features.
My use case is mostly going to be as a MIDI or with a DAW and play different sounds through Macbook. So my main priorities are Key action feel, touch sensitivity and Polyphony.
Between Casio and Roland, mostly Roland is raved by reviewers but it's a different story here on reddit. I'm not sure but I might like the lighter key feel of the Casio more I guess. Whereas for Yamaha it's generally well liked by everyone.
I'm still a newbie and could be missing out any major points. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
PS: I'm also willing to consider Casio CDP S160 or Roland FP 10 as a beginner considering my usecase.
Any other suggestions are more than welcome :)
Thoughts? Never tried Liano, curious about how it compares to those keyboards. yamaha should be much better but too heavy and big (not slim as liano)