keepitsimple
Senior Member
I'm currently shopping for a new board. Went yesterday to the Roland dealer and i was shocked by how good the FP-10 sounded with the built in speakers. Played also an FP-60X and i kept coming back to the FP-10 for some reason. Shame it doesn't have dedicated line-outs....but for midi controller use with vsts and practicing, i think the FP-10 is a steal.For sure. There are a lot of subpar piano vsts, and a solid Roland will sound better.
I don't know what the Kawai engineers did when sampling their SK-EX Competition Grand to make it genuinely sound like you are at the player's bench, but I do know that my Focal headphones and that 901 are a beautiful combo.
Acoustics you gotta treat the room properly, too. I have all kinds of custom dispersion/absorption from GIK acoustics that do a wonderful job, but that CA901 with good headphones and that competition grand... ooh la la...
The speaker system in it is nothing to sneer at either. The soundboard on the back of it will bang, but then here we go again with room treatment lol. Digital pianos and headphones are just so worth it for practicality and realism on the dollar. (Recording, Midi, Different Voices, Headphones, No Upkeep etc. etc.)
Big fan of the Roland PHA-4 action.