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I got worse.

I have a Roland RD700 NX which I play through a CGiant guitar amp and, in case there is any doubt, let me assure you right now, it sounds simply terrible.

I will get around to buying a Roland keyboard amp or two for it, but use it on headphones at the moment.

Considering how bad I am at playing the piano I just hope the neighbours are grateful.

I use a pair of Yamaha HS50 and a KRK10 subwoofer, and am pleased with this set-up in my small studio. If you choose to go with studio monitors, make sure you place then at ear level in an equilateral triangle to your head -- it makes a huge difference. A pair of good stands is worth the investment if its the only way you can get the monitors properly positioned.

Thanks that answers my question somewhat.Are the speakers good at low volume? I don`t want to wake the whole street.

In reference to the M-Audio studio monitors I'm using, they're designed for close listening so they don't go ridiculously loud like a stage amp would. Though if I crank up the subwoofer, I can certainly rattle the heck out of the room they're in. They sound great at lower volumes.

Yes, they sound great at low volume.

I just got my Kawai ES6 and knew going in that the onboard speakers were going to be lacking. I have an old Yamaha receiver and a pair of Boston Accoustic CR7 bookshelf speakers sitting idle that I dusted off and hooke up. This setup really makes a difference. The bostons are known to be neutral as far as hifi speakers go and they really bring out the lows that sounded hollow from the onboard speakers.

I cant believe some of the money jumps between DP models that people are paying for accoustic "improvements". Piano companies are not speaker companies. If you want it, throw some money to a speaker company and you will get more for your money.

FWIW I owned the M-Audios previously and I did not like them as well as I liked the KRK's. There was also a quality control problem (one of them buzzed like crazy and got louder as it warmed up even when nothing was playing), so I ended up returning them for two reasons.

A site,(thomann.de), I was in sold Roland CM-110 consisting of a sub plus two satellites. Has anyone tried these?