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You're comparing something that costs $35k and needs constant maintenance with something that costs $3k (adequate) and $10k or so (top end) and requires almost

You're comparing something that costs $35k and needs constant maintenance with something that costs $3k (adequate) and $10k or so (top end) and requires almost no maintenance at all. Add a $15k studio monitor system to a $10k sampled weighted-action piano and it's going to sound pretty decent. Actions are getting better all the time - although manufacturers are worried about competing with their own premium products so they tend to cap the action quality on electronic ranges. And for comparison, modern $10-15k baby grand acoustics tend to sound a bit crap too. You get all the non-linearities of a shorter string length with a so-so action. And they're rarely kept in tune and maintained properly.

j7ake 4y ago
I’d happy take a 35k Steinway B if available. Quick search says model B is almost 100k https://bradfieldpiano.com/steinway-piano-cost/#:~:text=Model%20B%3A%20Measuring%206%E2%80%B2%2010,ranges%20from%20%2492%2C400%20to%20%24101%2C700 https://bradfieldpiano.com/steinway-piano-cost/#:~:text=Mode....
- chopin 4y ago
  A used one in good condition can be had for this price. For Steinway (in Europe) older ones are said to be superior to current ones anyways.
stinos 4y ago
$15k studio monitor system Assuming this includes acoustic room treatment (which is at least as, and usually more important than, speakers let alone amplifier) this still sounds quite steep. As in: I've listened to ~$5k systems with some DIY room treatment which are essentially of such high level that most people out there have no idea this is even possible at home, and of which the difference with any system 3 times the price is going to be tiny if not indistinguishable. But anyway: what did you have in mind? I'm talking general music listening, maybe someting for a piano is completely different?
teknico 4y ago
Only Yamaha and Kawai make both acoustic and digital pianos. Both make expensive, cabinet digital pianos with grand piano-like actions. Yamaha caps action quality as you say, Kawai does not, and is the only one making a stage piano with a great action: the MP11SE.

j7ake 4y ago

I’d happy take a 35k Steinway B if available. Quick search says model B is almost 100k https://bradfieldpiano.com/steinway-piano-cost/#:~:text=Model%20B%3A%20Measuring%206%E2%80%B2%2010,ranges%20from%20%2492%2C400%20to%20%24101%2C700 https://bradfieldpiano.com/steinway-piano-cost/#:~:text=Mode....

chopin 4y ago
A used one in good condition can be had for this price. For Steinway (in Europe) older ones are said to be superior to current ones anyways.

stinos 4y ago

$15k studio monitor system Assuming this includes acoustic room treatment (which is at least as, and usually more important than, speakers let alone amplifier) this still sounds quite steep. As in: I've listened to ~$5k systems with some DIY room treatment which are essentially of such high level that most people out there have no idea this is even possible at home, and of which the difference with any system 3 times the price is going to be tiny if not indistinguishable. But anyway: what did you have in mind? I'm talking general music listening, maybe someting for a piano is completely different?

teknico 4y ago

Only Yamaha and Kawai make both acoustic and digital pianos. Both make expensive, cabinet digital pianos with grand piano-like actions. Yamaha caps action quality as you say, Kawai does not, and is the only one making a stage piano with a great action: the MP11SE.