🎹Kawai KDP110 vs Yamaha Arius YDP-144 Digital Piano Comparison & Demo🎹

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Hi everybody, and welcome to another piano comparison video here at the Merriam Pianos YouTube channel. Today we’ve got quite the shoot-out for you, as we’ll be comparing the Yamaha YDP144 and Kawai KDP110. These are two of the most popular home digital pianos in the entire world.

This is the first time we’ve had them side-by-side, so we’ll be covering the differences in playing experience, action, compatible software and more. These pianos are so similar in so many respects, most obviously price point, which is why they so often come up when folks are looking for a mid-range home digital piano.

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Piano Sound:

Right off the bat, there’s a pretty noticeable difference when looking at the specs sheets for these two instruments when it comes to the speakers; the YDP144 has two 8 watt speakers for 16 watts of total power, where as the KDP110 has two 20 watt speakers for 40 total watts of power. Now this doesn’t mean the KDP110 is twice as loud as the YDP144, however there’s no doubt that the sound is fuller and more powerful on the KDP110 due to the extra wattage.

In terms of polyphony, both instruments are dead even at 192 notes, which is more than enough for most solo piano playing. Where they diverge has to do with the sampling; the KDP110 uses 88-note individual key sampling, whereas the YDP144 uses stretch tuning, meaning the same sample might be stretched across 4 or 5 notes rather than 88 note individual note sampling. The CFX sample used in the YDP144 still sounds very good, but some of the complexity and nuance is lost by the stretch tuning.

Both instruments have sound editing software accessible via mobile devices, which gives the user quite a bit of control over the acoustic piano tones. The Kawai app is called Virtual Technician (only available on iPad’s), and offers up a large list of editable parameters. The Yamaha app is laid out better and offers a more intuitive user experience, however it features less editable parameters.

In terms of additional tones, the KDP110 has 15 total sound patches, whereas the YDP144 has 10. In general, the patches are generally all pretty satisfying on both instruments, and which set the end user likes better will come down to personal preference.

Piano Action:

The KDP110 uses Kawai’s Responsive Hammer Compact II (RHCII) which is a second generation action featuring a triple sensor. The previous version RHCI had a double sensor, so the triple sensor is definitely a nice upgrade as it will produce more accurate MIDI output. This action does not feature escapement, but it’s very solid with minimal side-to-side key movement when you get playing. There’s a micro texture on both the white keys and black keys, which is a nice added touch.

The YDP144 uses Yamaha’s GHS action, which is an action that’s been on the market for a while now. If there’s one specific area where the KDP110 has an obvious, objective advantage, it would be here as the GHS action uses a double sensor, and lacks any type of texture on the white key. For folks used to playing on a digital piano this probably won’t matter, but for anyone who's used to playing on an acoustic piano, the extra sensor and texture will be a noticeable upgrade.

Features:

Since both of these instruments fall into the home digital category, they both come with a cabinet, integrated stand, triple pedal units and sliding built in dust cover.

Both instruments have USB connectors, and dual headphone inputs. Neither instrument has a dedicated line out.

The KDP110 has Bluetooth MIDI, whereas the YDP144 does not, but it has a built in USB audio interface feature, which the KDP110 does not.

Conclusions:

Thanks so much for joining us here, we hope you found this video helpful. As always, if you’re looking in this part of the market, try to get out there and give each one a play.

Thanks for watching, long live the piano!

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