Digital piano recommendation needed (or cn24 vs px850 vs ydp-162)

[kapiciosman]

Hi all,

I'm playing for just 6 months and want to update my casio keyboard to a digital piano.
I tried several models today. Two casios (px750, px850), kawai cn24 and yamaha ydp-162.
Sound of px850 was much better than px750, but I could not hear difference between px850 and cn24. The place I tested ydp-162 was quite noisy so I can't directly compare it with the others.
I think my order from the most preferred to least was cn24, ydp-162, px-850. I didnt like keys of Casios.
I'm writing the actual prices asked for them (in Istanbul / Turkey) and would like to know your opinion on these models. Notice that casio is a bit expensive than you find on internet while kawai is much lower than the internet price. Quite odd.

px850 - $ 1270
cn24 - $ 1315
ydp-162 - $ 1550

[hfmadopter]

Look at the build quality and feel the action. Sound is something that most modern DP's can be tweaked all over the place in and often playing one just pout the box doesn't say much about the sound potential. Usually you have to get into the menu a bit except on more expensive stage pianos where there are sliders and nobs and so forth, as well as menus. FWIW, since the Kawai is relatively cheap by your pricing schedule then maybe look at the next model up as well ?

Good luck with your search. Definitely don't buy a piano that you don't like the action on ! And when you try out DP's, certainly play them with the sound on but also try them with the sound shut off, that can tell a whole different story sometimes.

[zerozero]

When I took the jump from a low end to a high end digital, it took my fingers about six months to get comfortable with the more 'pianistic' keyboard. I started on mid range PSR's and Casios, a bit hopeless action wise, unless you want synth action.
 If you already play a real piano you will probably know more about what you need..