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Anyway, I want to share a trick, maybe already known, if you keep the piano at least 30cm far from the wall the sound improves a lot!
Sorry for double post.
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Hi,
Also a new owner of CA79 here. I just received it yesterday and I am really enjoying it so far.
@Dennyzz - Thanks for the audio tip about putting several inches from the wall. It does indeed sound better
My only negative so far is the boot-up time of the user interface. On my unit with the latest version of both UI and firmware, it takes 33 seconds to boot.
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Robert
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CA99 arrived this weekend, upgrading from Casio PX-160 :-) Got a good deal due to virus-related dealer liquidation. Wasn't sold on the rosewood color but that was all they had. In person it looks nicer than I expected. Is it strange that I prefer the sound of the EX Concert Grand over the SK-EX? The SK sounds a little... muddled? ![[Linked Image]](https://forum.pianoworld.com//gallery/42/full/12815.jpg)
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Could that be caused by room acoustics? Hardwood floors, no soft surfaces? The SK sounds a little... muddled?
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I have not only tested but now own ca79 (in polished ebony), I did weigh the middle c, around 54 gms at normal temperature.
Speakers are more than loud enough. Feel is excellent which I regard as a strong point of the piano.
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My only negative so far is the boot-up time of the user interface. On my unit with the latest version of both UI and firmware, it takes 33 seconds to boot. If it's software is similar to Kawai Novus NV10 (which I guess that it is) then you don't have to wait for the screen to show the UI to start playing. You can start playing about 3-4 seconds after pushing the power button while the UI is still booting up. Osho
Mason & Hamlin BB Kawai Novus NV10 + VST + Genelec 8050B monitors. Current VST favorites (in the order of preference): Pianoteq 7/VSL Synchron Concert D//Garritan CFX/Embertone Walker D Full ![[Linked Image]](https://forum.pianoworld.com//gallery/42/medium/14094.png)
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Is it strange that I prefer the sound of the EX Concert Grand over the SK-EX? The SK sounds a little... muddled? Not strange, if you are coming from a Casio. Your ears still have a different baseline for what you think as a the "normal" piano sound and the EX comes closest to that. I had the same effect when I went from a P105 to the CA97 years ago. At first I preferred the EX over the SK-EX. But over time that changed and I noticed how "dated" the EX sounds in comparison to the more complex and refined SK-EX, so I migrated away from it more and more. And then with the even better SK-EX Rendering in the newer models, even more so. These days, I play the SK-EX rendering more or less exclusively. Even the "normal" SK-EX sounds bland in comparison. And whenever I try it again, I really wonder how I could ever have preferred the EX. But then again, it's also totally a matter of taste. There's people who posted here, who said that the Standard Grand (or was it Warm Grand?) is the only acceptable piano voice. And that sound is really getting long in the tooth...
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CA99 arrived this weekend, upgrading from Casio PX-160 :-) Got a good deal due to virus-related dealer liquidation. Wasn't sold on the rosewood color but that was all they had. In person it looks nicer than I expected. Is it strange that I prefer the sound of the EX Concert Grand over the SK-EX? The SK sounds a little... muddled? Looks lovely. What I've noticed is that in the US, most cabinet pianos come with the bench included (I assume yours was included as it seems to match perfectly), whereas in Europe, pianos never come with a bench (unless it's in a bundle and the bench is from some obscure and cheap brand). And it's not just Kawai. I wonder why that is...
A long time ago, in a musical galaxy far, far away...
Eminent-Solina B412, Yamaha DX21, Yamaha V50, Yamaha U1
21st century...
Kawai CA58, Korg Liano, Arturia Minilab 3, Arturia Minilab MkII, Arturia Minifreak
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Nice shiny beast you have there - feed it well to look after it/she 
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I’m sorry, but that there piano is definitely a ‘he’! 
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I’m sorry, but that there piano is definitely a ‘he’! True that
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Have you both checked for gonads? he he Mine is deffo a she as she repeatedly refuses to do what I want her to do - (it cannot be my fingers) 
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Must ... resist ... temptation ... to ... reply. Mine is deffo a she as she repeatedly refuses to do what I want her to do - (it cannot be my fingers)
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Mac, I’ve decided to pass on this one, too, but the temptation is killing me! 
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Mac, I’ve decided to pass on this one, too, but the temptation is killing me! Well Pete we don't want you to kill yourself so go ahead lets see what you got LOL
All these years playing and I still consider myself a novice.
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I'm surprised the midi player on the new CA79 series cannot fast forward, adjust tempo, play sections etc
My previous digital piano was a Yamaha clp170 about 15 years old and could do all this, the midi on the ca79 is very limited, i was hoping the new update would have featured all this.Only for the heavier action I would have kept the Yamaha for the piano sound, but due to arthritis and the lovely light action Im hoping this piano will grow on me.
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I have the CA79 and have the sound turned to 2 bars there are 6 altogether. There again I am 62 year old with Tinnitus
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How light/easy to play it´s Ca79/99 compared to Casio GP ?
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Guys, do you know if is possibile to add 2 speakers, but without mute the piano speakers?
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