🎹Kawai ES920 vs Roland FP-90X Digital Piano Comparison - Feature Rich Flagship Digitals🎹

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Comparable Alternatives:
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Thanks for joining us here at the Merriam Pianos YouTube channel! Today’s video has been heavily requested to say the least as we compare what are arguably the top two all-in-one portable digital pianos currently available - the Kawai ES920 and Roland FP90X.

Very different in what they offer musically, there’s no clear cut winner between this two, but hopefully this review will help guide you to determine which might be the better fit for you.

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Background:

While there is a several hundred dollar difference between these two pianos, with the FP90X being the more expensive of the two, there’s not a dramatic difference in price, and both are ultimately targeted at the same end-user.

Piano Sound:

The FP90X carries a 60 watt rating of power output, while the ES920 offers 40 watts, but even 40 watts is quite high for a portable instrument.

The FP90X is offering Roland’s brand new ‘PureAcoustic Modelling’ engine powered by their equally new BMC chip (also found in their LX series), while the ES920 offers Kawai’s Harmonic Imaging Engine XL engine.

Playing them side by side. The FP90X sounds very immediate and right in your face, while the ES920 sounds closer to what you would get as a player sitting behind an acoustic piano. There’s no right or wrong here, but these are interesting observations to note.

Our impression is that the FP90X would be more versatile for tracking, but those used to an acoustic piano experience might prefer the Kawai.

All of this said, both instruments offer quite a bit of control as far as manipulating the sound is concerned - Kawai’s Virtual Technician feature on the ES920, and Roland’s Piano Designer function on the FP90X - so both pianos are quite customizable to the users preferences.

Moving beyond the acoustic piano sound and into quantity of sounds, the FP90X boasts in excess of 300 sounds (though most are GM2), while the ES920 offers around 50 or so. This might not matter to some, but could be quite significant to others. The E pianos are superb on both instruments.

In terms of polyphony, the FP90X has limitless polyphony, and 256 notes for all other tones, while the ES920 has 256 notes across the board.

Both have an on-board equalizer which is a huge plus for real time playing, and the ES920 offers on-board auto accompaniment, whereas you need an app to access the auto accompaniment on the FP90X.

Piano Action:

There’s a pretty significant difference with regards to the actions these instruments are offering. The FP90X features the PHA50 wooden hybrid action, while the ES920 used Kawai’s Responsive Hammer III (RHIII) plastic action.

The RHIII is widely held as the top plastic action on the market and is even used by Nord for their top instruments, but the PHA50 undoubtedly has a durability advantage by virtue of it being made out of wood.

While the sensitivity is quite similar and both have a triple sensor and escapement, they ultimately feel quite different, so a player's preference will largely come down to playing style.

While we feel the RHIII is better for finesse playing, and the PHA50 is better for more heavy handed styles and trying professional gigging scenarios, your mileage may vary.

Summary:

More than any other difference, these instruments sound extremely distinct from one another, so if you can compare them in person, it would be quite beneficial. Other big differences include the weight difference, on-board accompaniment on the ES920, and a big difference in terms of the touch, as well as the speaker output. At the end of the day, these are two class leading options that pianists are frankly lucky to be able to choose from in 2021.

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