🎹Kawai KDP120 vs Yamaha YDP-144 Digital Piano Comparison & Demo - Yamaha vs Kawai Home Pianos🎹

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Hello and thanks for joining us at the Merriam Pianos YouTube channel. With the release of Kawai’s KDP120, the upgrade to the category dominating KDP110, we’ll be comparing it against Yamaha’s equivalent offering - the hugely popular YDP144.

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Overview

This is likely to be one of the most widely discussed matchups throughout the entire digital piano world throughout 2021 and 2022. Both instruments are their respective offerings in the highly competitive mid-range home digital piano category, though the YDP144 may be receiving an upgrade sooner rather than later as Kawai has just done in upgrading the KDP110 to the KDP120.

The KDP110 matched up very well with the YDP144 already, and you can see our video of that comparison here:

The 120 features a few upgrades over the 110 including a new keybed, a newer version of Bluetooth MIDI, and is available in multiple finishes.

Piano Sound

The KDP120 uses Kawai’s Harmonic Imaging sound engine with the SK-EX sample set (88 note stereo sampling) 192 notes of polyphony, and 40 watts of speaker power.

The YDP144 uses their stereo sampled CFX engine, which also features 192 notes of polyphony, but less powerful speakers with 16 watts of output power.

Both of the concert pianos these samples are derived from are nothing short of spectacular in real life. The CFX is a very nuanced and colourful instrument with a tight mid and rebel range, and very clean bass.

The SK-EX is about as colourful a piano as any that exists currently, with just a staggering amount of harmonic output, with a very fat treble attack like a great New York Steinway D. Both pianos have a lot to like about them.

Back to the digital pianos, the KDP120 is definitely delivering a clearer bass and more complex overall tone. The pianos sound much closer in real life, whereas as the YDP144 is sounding quite a bit simpler than the KDP120 here.

The 110 is also a lot more powerful with more than double the rated output. If you’re mostly playing with headphones, this concern becomes moot, but if you plan on playing regularly with the onboard speakers, this is quite an important aspect to consider.

Piano Action

The KDP120 is using Kawai’s Responsive Hammer Compact II action (RHCII) with some newly updated cushioning. The new cushioning changes how the action feels and brings it closer to the more advanced RHIII action featured in more expensive instruments.

This action features a triple sensor and a nice texture on both the black and white keys.

The YDP144 is using their base digital action, the Graded Hammer Standard (GHS.) This action features a dual sensor, which means the MIDI accuracy won’t be as good as the 120, and the advanced repertoire will be harder to execute.

This action also features a glossy finish on the white keys, and this becomes a problem over longer playing sessions as far as grip is concerned. Yamaha includes textured keys on their more expensive actions, so it would be nice at this price point if they would upgrade the GHS to feature this as well.

Features/Connectivity

The KDP120 features Bluetooth MIDI, while the Yamaha YDP144 does not have any Bluetooth functionality.

Standard features are a wash as both instruments have Layer, Split, Transpose, Metronome, and builtin lessons. The KDP120 has three finish options available, while the YDP144 only comes in one finish.

Summary

If you’re playing mostly with headphones, you’ll basically be choosing which sound you prefer between the CFX sound and the SK-EX sound.

If you’re not playing with headphones, the extra power the 120 delivers equates to significantly more bass and dynamic range is certainly going to be a huge benefit to anyone learning piano, and puts the 120 firmly ahead.

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