
Speakers aside, because a digital piano plays back samples (recordings of acoustic piano notes) when you press a key, there are several things you can look at to judge the sound quality: piano choice (which model piano did they record), sample method (how they recorded it, sampling/playback bitrate, microphone model/placement, who did it etc), and the playback method - what actually happens when you press the key, e.g. Then use the same set for every piano you test. If your intent is to use headphones mostly, I would recommend that you find a very good studio quality set of headphones (don’t need audiophile crap though) and make sure you listen to some piano music that you know very well, and make sure it sounds right before you start auditioning pianos with them. Speaker quality (and longevity) in general varies wildly and all speakers color an input signal in one way or another, regardless of how clean or “flat” they claim their frequency response to be. So firstly, while I’m sure that some digital pianos have nice built in speakers, this is an area where skimping on parts tends to happen. I’m coming from a different background/style, and have limited experience with high end digital piano models so can’t really recommend one, but have been playing professional keyboards for many years. If there's a much better headphone that would be best suited for classical, please let me know.) (Also, I'm thinking of using my existing headphones, Beyerdynamic DT 770 80 ohm. Aside from a good digital piano and headphones, what else would I need to make sure I get a quality grand piano sound that doesn't sound flat? What should I look for in a digital piano that would support good internal sound? I'm fine as long as I can get much better sound quality from using headphones, etc.


I generally enjoy classical and "new age" type of piano music, and not interested in other "voices".įrom what I've observed, even the high end digital piano such as Kawai Novus NV10 (which is beyond my budget) doesn't have the best sound coming from its speakers. By good sound quality, I mean something that feels closest to acoustic piano, preferably grand piano. I'm looking to buy a decent digital piano (budget of about $3k but prefer to stay within $1k) with good sound quality, at least when used with headphones. If so, I would appreciate if you can share any links to similar posts) (I'm a noob to digital side of things for music – so I apologize if I'm asking something that is obvious or has been asked many times.
