Kawai ES120 88-key Digital Piano with Speakers Demo

Nothing about the Rhythm section !?

where are the speakers located?

This is a good demo, but you forgot to put a chapter for the vibraphone that comes after the harpsichord and is before the features chapter.

How does the kawai es120 compare to the kawai kdp75? in terms of sound output. since the kdp 75 does not have tone ports on the top like the es120?

what u suggest under 1000 usd,,,, for closest to rhodes

Hii would like to ask which one should I buy with the piano only or piano with 3 pedals, dun really know if one sustain pedal is provided in the piano only package

What colour is this? Thanks

I want a digital piano that has a lighter action and responsive enough to play fast passages.
I bought fp30x and hated its action. It wasn't responsive at all.
As of es120,
1. Is it a reaponsive action?
2. Would it give muscle fatigue as fp30x(awful) was giving me?
3. Is it too stiff and hard?
4. Is it ideal for playing fast passages and repetitive notes?

Thanks for the interesting review, and nice playing too. Are you using much compression? The bass end sounds a bit woolly.

This pianos looks to be an important upgrade to the ES110, and (reluctantly accepting the trend to eliminate built-in screens) I agree that it has everything you should wish for on an entry level DP.

You mentioned how a piano like this can be used for simple gigs (and I would add rehearsals too) so portability is a big issue.

Actually, it's a very big issue. A lot of us have trouble squeezing 88-key pianos into cars, motor homes, hotel rooms, boats and so on. Only yesterday, I used an unweighted 73-key piano in a rehearsal because that was what fitted in the car. Like myself, an increasing numbers of viewers on these channels are asking for smaller versions of portable DPs with proper weighted actions. There are a few 73-key stage pianos (with many extras and no speakers) but the Yamaha P-121 is the only 73-key "portable piano" available. No other manufacturer is listening.

Thank you, really nice review. I love the sound of it! <3

I just bought one and love it. Mostly a beginner pianist that can grow into this very nice instrument.

I ordered a white ES-120 months ago (from Sweetwater), and finally got it a few days ago. I wish I had known about the gray option. Sounds wonderful through my music system. Not so great using built-in speakers - kind of tinny I think. I wish it had standard bass and treble controls , because its seriously lacking in the bass when using the built in speakers. That may be because I have it on a slide out drawer with a solid bottom, so that may be blocking the sound. Setting the EQ for "on a table" setting seems to help a bit, but not enough. Also the old ES-110 came with a good solid damper pedal, but this comes with a plastic piece of junk. But my biggest complaint is the bluetooth functionality. The phone app works great and is the best way to control the keyboard, but it does lack some functions, like being able to disable or enable the on-board speakers. That's just a weird omission. But the big problem is that when using the app, it's using bluetooth. So as soon as you do that (enable bluetooth) it disables the USB midi functionality. But in order to choose a midi channel to output on, it would be easiest to use the app, but obviously you can't, unless you pair it with bluetooth, make the selection, then unpair it again. You can also set the midi channel on the device itself but you will need to refer to the manual every time, because there are no menus or anything like that. You can also use it as a a bluetooth midi controller. But again, you have to unpair the app to do that, because it can only pair with one thing at a time. So that's a pretty major dissapointment. I know there are way better midi controllers out there, I was just hoping that this could do double duty.

I bought this on the strength of some reviews of the ES-110. I figured I'd wait for the ES-120. Currently I have a Roland DP-90, which sounds and feels amazing, but is way too big and heavy to bring to gigs. I also have a Roland RD-88. It is fantastic as a MIDI controller, and has a good feel, but the piano sound itself is modeled, and not good IMHO. I have a Roland half-pedal capable damper pedal (DP10) which is the wrong polarity for the Kawai, and can't be easily switched. I don't think I ever really used half-pedaling anyway, so I won't be buying Kauai's version (F-10H), which is $70.. I'll probably just keep the RD-88 as my controller, and gig with the ES-120.

One final comment on the ES-120: the headphone jacks are on the front, and come in both sizes, which is a very nice touch. Headphone jacks on the back of keyboards is kind of stupid, IMHO. But the other jacks are on the back and inset very deeply, and very poorly marked. You will have to basically either go around the back with a flashlight, or pick the piano up and tilt it on its edge to find them.

How do I know if the Speaker EQ is off on this keyboard? 🤷

Great video and review :). Can you please confirm what stand you're using to support it?
I've just bought Kawai ES120, which comes with a cheaper stand model (Audibax Onyx 130), but it does not hold properly, feel secure, anyone recommendation on this? Thank you

the sound is thiny and clinky, are you sure of your mikes ???

Hi, thank you for awesome video! Do you think that upgrade to ES520 is significant ? I mean key action, main piano sound and speakers?

Anybody know if bluetooth headphones can be used with this? I know this has bluetooth capabilities but the user manual doesn't specifically say the bluetooth can be used for wireless headphones.

Se você comprou o KAW ES120 e quer fazer uma melhoria??????? e só voltar para o KAW ES10 .comprovei isso na loja .

$200 more than the ES110 was and you get a worse pedal… unbelievable

No Midi IN/Out. ES110 have classic midi.

The Kawai ES110 included the awesome weighted pedal. Does the Kawai ES120 (at $200 higher price than the $110) come with that or any pedal?

Thank you for the review. If you compare the key action (heaviness in particular) and dynamic range of this with Roland fp30x what can you say?

Right now it is over priced.

Treble sounds too bright.

This is a really good digital piano

I love your playing,lots of progressive rock and jazz and classical vibes.

one advice: since a portion of your customers will be playing classical music, when you demo, at least be able to demo first 10 seconds of some famous or good to the ears classical music... learn 2, or 3, for only the first 10 seconds. If you play some cocktail or improvised songs likes these, customers cannot really get a feel to compare to what they have heard before

Stop doing demos on pianos that you can’t buy at your local stores… the 120 and 920 no one knows when they will be at the stores. And of course so give you an approximate ETA

This was supposed to be available in August. It's almost October and still pre-order only (every store). Any word when it's going to be released by Kawai? I've been trying to get my daughter one but I don't want to get the 110.

*Edit, I just paid-up for the ES520, super impressive.

You are doing absolutely brilliant job, but I have questions🙋
How you will compare Roland fp30x with Kawai es120?
I thinking about to buy one of these and I have big dilemma.
Thanks

The es 120 costs 799 euro over here .... the es 520 999...... wonder how much of a difference between these piano's....

All the glissando’s sound terrible. What’s the polyphony?

Before buying, please test this piano on its OWN ORIGINAL PIANO STAND!!!. There is a hidden flaw: the keys hit the piano case really loud because it bends in the middle. The piano stand that this man is using puts pressure up near the middle!, therefore, the case does not bend in the extremities. There is nothing new with this piano in comparison with the es-110 (identical to es110 - this piano has 197 voices = the same!!!). So watchout!

Do you believe the sound or the keyboard touch are noticeably superior to the ES110?

Can you directly connect it to external speakers? RCA outputs?

Please turn Off the internal “Speaker EQ” in order to hear the actual full-bodied piano sound. Kawai chose to have a bright EQ speaker boost set to "On" in default when powered On, to help the piano sound brighter, and unfortunately thinner, in a noisy sales showroom. The first thing I do is turn the weird “Speaker EQ” setting to Off and save that setting to Off. I am also a huge Fender Rhodes fan and believe Kawai’s Rhodes becomes more authentic and “vintage clean tone” when the Touch setting is changed too Heavy Touch. It responds too aggressively with Kawai’s default Touch and sounds like it is being pounded. I also turn off the Rhodes tremolo and it becomes even more authentic-sounding, IMO. I guess it was set in an over hyped manner for the sales rooms.

How does the Kawai ES120 compare to the Roland FP-30X? In terms of general differences, features, action, etc.

Also, I loved your playing! What's the name of what you were playing in the beginning of the video / what you played for the acoustic piano sound demo?

I really wish the new 120 still came with the F10h Pedal, they've increased the cost about 25% and removed the pedal here in Australia.

Probably I'm wrong, but it seems that grand piano acoustic inside Es 110 sounds warmer than Shigeru sample in this new 120. This latter sounds too bright for my tastes!!!! Not possible a comparison with Roland fp30x, which sound is more round, well-defined and a grandlike playing experience!!!!!!

The low and high keys sound great, but the upper mids seem a bit anemic. I don't recall it sounding like that on a different review - was there an unintended filter or EQ in your sound chain somewhere?

Just preordered mine with you guys! Any word on release date?

Should I go for Kawai ES110 or Kawai ES120?

Woah! I thought my ES110 was great, but it's nothing like this new ES120. Wish I could justify upgrading.

I wish it came in with 73 keys

Does the es120 do anything the es520 can't?