in your research and I assume after lockdown you were able to test out the Yamaha ? Do you regret going the NV5s instead of NU1XA? Loud note issue seems to pale in comparison to what seems like pretty serious hardware issues on Kawai
We did actually get to have a look at the NU1XA late last year after a recital my son did. The action didn't impress us - it felt weaker than the NV5S. I'm not sure about QC on the Yamaha but according to some sources it does seem a bit better. We ended up with an acoustic, which we are getting on a lot better with.
Thank you for the review. It indeed takes up eternity to start up. I saw you eventually went for the acoustic. Is it placed in the same place or you arrange it somewhere else? There was almost no space for the nv5s ;) Would love to see how it looks like now. Good review, I am sad there are some quality issues with such a pricey piano. Cheers! EDIT: Oh, I see you have other videos with the K500 ;)
Thanks for the kind words :) Yes we ended up returning it for a K500. The K500 is on a different wall but only a few feet away from where the NV5S was located. We have even less space now than before - it's really quite a pain having such a big piano in such a small space! But honestly, we needed a decent acoustic because where the hybrids are currently.... they just aren't quite there for advanced playing in my opinion. Do you have an NV5S? How are you finding it?
@@DeckardWill Thanks for the answer! No, I don't have NV5S but I am looking on it after I watched the Merriam Music reviews on it and I know that Stu from that channel is using this privately (NV5). I am just fresh piano learner playing on Kawai CN201 digital piano and as I am finding it more fun every day and practicing 2-3 hours a day sometimes, I am looking what are the options so maybe in the future, 1-2 years ahead I'll invest in something more real. Honestly for now I am either looking for something like NV5s or the K300 Aures 2. The problem is I am playing a lot with headphones at late evening but also during the day with 40-50% of the volume, so digital functionality is a must for me. We'll see ;)
@@DeckardWill Also, I have like 145 cm deep space between wall and the dining table that I'd need to fit the piano and I am concerned if the big upright piano will fit this place and will not add clutter-like feeling to this space.
How much space do you have from the wall (back of the K500) to the side of the table with this K500? I have 145 cm and I am wondering if upright like this would fit in my space. I have no chair on this side of the table. Will have only piano chair on this side.
@@tomasz-piano-adventure Too little space! 😀 I'll send some measurements later on (working currently) but it's really tricky. The NV5S certainly fits better in our place (even that was occupying a lot of space). Having said that, if you intend to progress to difficult pieces the K300 sounds like a better option, with the Aures system.
We can get you to Birmingham really quickly. I don’t want to go to Birmingham. But if you did, you could get there quickly. I don’t want to get there quickly either.
Taku Iwasaki (Evangelion, Jojo's BA, etc), and Sawano Hiroyuki (Attack on Titan, UC Gundam, etc). These three (including Yoko Kanno) are really impressive and blow most competition out of the water in sheer quantity and range when they get the chance to shine. Ironically these three almost completely dominate sci-fi anime soundtracks between GiTS, all of the recent UC Gundam series, Evangelion, and some Macross. They do a bunch of smaller series too but I'm not gonna list alla that, because again they go for quantity too 😂
@@VertietRyper I absolutely love Sawano but I kind of disagree on him having much range. I think he does something fairly specific and he does it extremely well. You can usually recognize his work right away. Still one of the GOATs though without a doubt. Taku is awesome.
I was excited owning one because I saw the best reviews. Now I have had nearly 2 years. I don’t think it is that worth. I could have spend less money with other digital piano. 1. I realized that there are no Kawai special technicians. It took me over a year to have someone come to see my piano issues. He only solved one problem - pedal was not responsive . Still have squeaky noise . Also my piano has ringing sound issues , he had no clue. He said he was not Kawai tech? But general digital piano tech. I don’t feel much different from less priced kawai digital piano. If I could buy one , I’ll spend less money with other one.
Thanks for your feedback. We eventually moved to a Kawai K500. It's almost comical how little space we now have in our house but at least the piano itself is flawless. Really do think it takes a very specific person to see any benefit from the NV5S. For us ultimately the problems outweighed the benefits.
It used to be top floor of galleries, right side as entering from Union St. Last time we saw it though it had unfortunately been vandalised some more and wasn't so playable.
