Misiak

Ah, this noise you mean. Sure, I will do that. It's much more less than Casio. I will ask my wife if she can hear it in the next room tomorrow I've tested the sustain pedal and it is progressive ;-) But I didn't test pedal which comes with piano, this is maybe on/off only. I lack trebles a bit on grand piano sounds. It's a bit dull for me but I'm "treble" guy so maybe that's the problem. Some EQ would be handy

Yeah I bought with KPD-70-BK pedal and KSC-70-BK stand. Looks great. Also piano with this stand is higher now which is great because I'm pretty tall (190cm). Well, as I said I'm only a beginner so I didn't taste sustain and sympathetic resonance much now. What should I look for to check ? Sustain I can check but have no idea about this resonance thing :) And how to check noise level ?

Thx. Sure I wasn't talking about metal - plastic chassis. FP-30/PX160 is similar plastics construction but Roland is 3kg heavier. It must reflect somewhere. I think it's mechanics. Yeah, it has no true midi but for me it's not so important as I'm only beginner and don't plan to go away with my piano any soon With USB midi it's very convenient to connect to PC and the Bluetooth connection is great advantage. But a brief update as I haven't had much time to test so far. The piano arrived 2 hours ago. The box is much more robust and obviously heavier than Casio's. Instrument feels much better build quality and the key action is night and day difference. No noisy and clunky keys whatsoever. They feel is great. It's also louder than Casio but headphone output is similar to PX160. I would like to have louder output but tested only with 250 ohms Bayers. Think I need to buy amplifier or connect it to my Sound Blaster Z card. I had to update newest bios to make it working with Piano Partner 2 and everything works fine now. What I've noticed that trebles are maybe not so pronounced as with Casio, I think it's because there are no treble speakers in front of piano. Need to try with headphones. But I still need to play with Brilliance and overall piano functions. But with the keyboard I'm very happy so far. I will keep you posted once I get more familiar with it.

Yeah, I've already sent it back and ordered Roland FP-30BK instead. I will get it tomorrow so I'm very curios on keys action and overall quality. Only regret I did not find it sooner. I could save myself lot of time and hassle. Needless to say, Roland is much more fun for the money. But recently I was thinking about the weight. Well, it is really a benefit as marketed ? If we realize that the piano itself is appx. 3 kg lighter than competence with +/- same dimensions and materials used which is 1/4 of the overall weight we should ask the question where these 3 kilograms lost ? It's not chassis or electronics but you can guess what.... Here is a rule in my opinion - the heavier product the chance of better build quality. This is what I was afraid of... That it become worse and worse over the time if it's like that on brand new product. But as I said, maybe I had a really bad luck with this one but I'm definitely done with Casio.

Yep, felt cushions would be definitely way to go if the product is out of warranty. I would definitely do that as well to reduce the noise. Thx for your opinion, I've already sent an email to Thomann and waiting what they say about it. I really believe this is not common with new privia 160 line and eventually the replacement will be without this noise or maybe I get another lemon again with my luck I saw Yamaha P155 at friend of mine and the noise was much better. Also keyboard felt much more sturdy. This looks like a cheapo product while it's quiet expensive. Also noticed that headphones signal is pretty weak. It's not loud enough for me at all. And it does not matter if I use 250ohms bayers or cheap plugs.

So here I made a video to test the noise of all keys. I've found that I have actually 2 problematic keys. What do you think? I'm a bit worried that a replacement will suffer from same issue but probably with another keys What do you think ? Horrible in my opinion...

Thx for reply. Yes, it was sealed so it's definitely brand new. There was a tape over keys as well. Every stuff in original package. They've had also B stock item (wonder why it was returned, maybe because the same issue) but I've intentionally not bought that just to prevent such issues I think I really got a lemon. Maybe it was a bad batch but then Casio quality control sucks badly. I can't imagine all Casio keyboards are like this. I really hope not. So also adjacent keys does not sound good to you ? There are bit noisy as well in my opinion but at least I can feel dampening and I could live with that. But this one E4 is really crazy, it's like you said maybe there is no dampening at all. I will try to make other video of all keys and you may judge. There is also other keyboard (I think A7, not sure) which is similar to noisy E4 but far not so bad. Yeah, I think it would be fixable and I saw you pictures - nice work, but this is brand new product with 3 year warranty and I don't want to void it. I will write Thomann what's their opinion and hopefully they will agree it's a fault and send a courier for replacement.

Hi guys, I've just bought this piano brand new from Thomann (really great shop to buy music instruments) but don't know what to think. I don't have many experiences with digital pianos and I've learned that Casio keyboards are generally more noisy comparing with Yamaha and I'm fine with that but one of the keys is extremely clunky on back stroke. What is even worse it is E4 key. Sounds like keyboard or hammer is touching some plastics when returning to it's default position. Like there is no damping on that place. There is another one which is a bit more noisy than rest but not as bad at this one. The rest of the keyboard is OK. I've made a video of that so what do you guys think ? Return and replace ? What are the odds to get another one with the same issue ? It's kind of expensive to send back to Germany. I'm not sure if it's a defect or not. Is this rare thing or normal for Casio keyboards ? The noise is pretty annoying during play and I can hear it even with headphones. Also it's not pleasant once the finger leave the key. Everything works flawlessly but this is pretty distracting. Thanks for your opinions...