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Is it save to asume this list of stage pianos as being best in pricerange..

Casio PX-5S ( <1000 )
Kawai MP7 ( 1000-2000 )
Nord Stage 2 EX (>3000 )

But then there is the pricerange (2000-3000) where the MP11 rules if you only want to play piano sounds.. And there is a Battle between Roland RD800 vs Yamaha CP4 for multifunctional stagepianos. ( personally i prefer the RD-800 in both keyfeel aswell as sounds and UI, but that is a personal opinion ). And some even may prefer the Kurzweil forte.. But that is a little more expensive and the keybed feel is a topic of discussion..

In the end, one can asume that the PX-5S probably suited for almost any task..

So what reasons can one give to upgrade to a MP-7 instead of a PX-5s?

The reason for a MP11 above an MP7 is clear to me, that is the keybed... Which was reviewed as the best grandpiano keyfeel in any digital piano

And then there is the Roland RD800, when would you choose the RD-800 above an MP7? While i really like the RD-800, i can not find any reasons to spend €700 more on an RD-800 .. Except that the RD-800 has a broader soundpallete

And what justifies someone to spend almost €4000 on a Nord Stage 2 EX? For that money in my vision the Kronos ( while not a true stagepiano) is a better choice.. As the strength of the Stage 2 is not really in its acoustic piano sounds and keyfeel...


This whole makes choosing the perfect stage piano far from easy... But i dont think if you buy a stagepiano that there is any reason to buy a Nord stage 2 other then that you favor the color red.. Why would anyone spend so much for a stagepiano if a comparable or maybe better solution can be bought for much less?


Yet still the Nord stage seems to be the bestselling stage piano overhere in europe...

Half damper pedal.

Pedaling is Casio's weak point on all models.

About the Nord, it's like asking why you'd buy Apple when you can have Android/Windows/Linux for x times less.

Pedaling indeed appears to be a weakness of Casio, but I still decided that it's by far the best I can have in that price bracket.

I wonder what PianoManChuck would say?

James
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I brought this insanity up in another thread, but it's a running conversation at the Keyboard Corner.

In the US we are grossly over paying for the Nord Stage 2 EX, and all Nords, the branded case and stands, actually.

Stage 2 EX 88 in the US $4,999.00 ( Sweetwater, Kraft etc..). Shocking.

Stage 2 EX 88 (same board in US dollars, same currency from Thomann in Europe) $3,212.85 plus $37 in shipping.

The US price is $1,786.15 higher. an over 55% increase.

It makes little sense. The same is not true for instruments from Roland, Yamaha, Kawai etc.

Nord Soft Case for Stage 88k.
US dealers $499
Thomann in US dollars, $164.36

Nord C2 Organ Stand in US, $499
Thomann in US dollars, $228.63

No, thank you. Buying two times overprices fancy religious thing, which is incompatibile with everything else on the world and you have to pay ridiculous amounts for any connection device... just to have my mind masturbated each day looking on the apple is not in my, and many others, liking.

I think you just took bad comparison. A very bad

A bit harsh, I feel.

The entry level ones, like my AP-250 and PX-150? With the pedal board support half-damper. The 850 / 860 and 450 / 460 and 650 support variable damper pedal position.

That's why I was stuck between such models and the PX-5S. There probably is a very good reason they didn't incorporate it, but I'm not aware of it.

There is a solution

http://www.casiomusicforums.com/ind...tions-pedal-controller-for-half-damping/

So you can have a functioning half pedal on the PX/5S