Kawai ES8 Piano Complete Buyers Guide - Everything You Need To Know! 

I love how everyone adores the sound of these Kawai digital pianos :D

This is really helpful! I am a classical pianist and bought ES8 recently ( I have an upright piano as well ) . I’ve compared this keyboard to Roland FP / HP series, Yamaha CLP 645 and many other digital pianos, literally spent months on deciding. Also I was very torn between Roland and Kawai (liked yamaha for the sound but the keys..) but now I am very happy with my decision and purchase. :) I actually found ES8 through your channel and I liked the sound of it very much, a lot better than Roland for sure! I’d recommend this for classical pianists. Thanks for introducing such a decent digital piano ☺️ Also, I think ES8 is better than CN37 as well. the keys feel a little smoother and the sound is better as well. personal preference !

I have a Kawai ES8 and it’s an incredible practise tool ... I find it has a light action but I love how you can adjust the touch and load it to memory registration with the preferred sound settings. I find it easy to structure the practise because I don’t have to get hung up on track sequencing like on other synths, but when Kawai release their next ES edition I would like more sequencing expansion and other features found in Yamaha P515 to meet with the competition. Also Bluetooth would make things a lot easier, but I still want them to keep the button control operation as touch screen is virtually inaccessible to use.

I bought some months ago the ES8 and the longer I play it, it is addictive so great sound and feel! Really great feature is the audio in for playalong with backing tracks from mobile devices. Amazing is the easy to use USB connection where I just record my own playing to a stick and carry the music in a second with me. in super high quality. for transport I bought additional the ES110 that's all I need :-)

Awesome review! :) Do you still recommend it in 2020?

Had an ES8 now for more than 3 years, never knew about the amp simulator... Another sound not be overlooked is the upright piano, really nice for blues. Funny how this completely different sound changes how the keyboard feels to me, I know it is the same but somehow with the upright it feels different. I love my ES8 ! Will there be a 9 ?

Thank you for this fine demonstration. This Kawai ES8 wins my vote for best sound (most true to fine acoustic grand). It has knocked my previous favorite, Roland, down to 2nd. I propose an audio comparison challenge, believing this Kawai ES8 could well fool blind judges: Have a fine 7' or 9' grand, just tuned, and also the ES8 both unseen (perhaps behind a closed curtain, in a theater / auditorium). Have an audiences of "judges" with keypads to enter their votes for real grand, or the digital. Patch the ES8 into quality stereo speakers and a subwoofer (to closely as possible approximate the volume and presence of the grand), with speakers placed in same area behind the curtain with the acoustic grand. Then have pianist play short, SAME demo on both grand and digital. No doubt some keypads will enter votes in error both ways: some will attribute the digital as the acoustic, and the acoustic as the digital. But the grand must be perfectly tuned--beating unisons immediately identify an acoustic grand in any comparison demo. __ This challenge was done between a real Pipe Organ, and it's rank equivalent in an Allen Digital Organ--and the audience was stumped. Majority Keypads voted the Allen, when pipes had sounded, and a few, vice-versa. But what most shocked the audience was that the Allen was voted best sound over all--it beat the pipe organ, to Allen's delight of course. (I have no affiliation with Allen--but did buy an Allen 3 Manual Digital organ, after this demo!) I had to eat crow, as one who declared, "digital organ tone can never equal nor truly copy real, wind blown pipes." YES IT CAN! __ I heard this Kawai sound so fine as to fool me--I'd have believed it was a fine acoustic grand, had there been only audio with no video. KUDOS to Kawai, and to the Gent's fine demo!

Excellent job Tony!

Verry beatiufull sounds.thanks

No offence but I've had 2 of them BUGGER UP on me in 6 months. One of the ES8s stopped working after about 6 months and repeated notes were muted to the point where it was unplayable, and a second one we bought had inconsistencies when playing repeated notes, as if the clarity, and mellowness would change on each repetition despite playing consistent volume. I wouldn't recommend it - 2 buggered in less than a year? Nope.

Hi when you set up details of affects and keyboard and amp affect can you save that whole set up ? To use and play the tone keys anytime the unique tone you made? Will it save it ? For later use ?

Bonners: Please change the heading from: "Everything," to something like, "Many things..." For this is similar to the Yahama board, where one viewer was freaked out by this -- especially, when the *demo vid was inadequate!*

How was the name of the channel chosen?

Hi Toni, which store is closest from an airport? Which airport? How far from airport and in which store are you? If combination is easy enough and if I find a cheap enough fligh etc, I think im going to visit you guys

Why do all stage pianos sound terrible in the middle? I mean the highest octave and the bass notes here sound fantastic

Thanks for the excellent video. Es8 looks fantastic. One question is can the sounds be held on a change? Ie if I change from Stings to piano can the strings be sustained with pedal under the piano until I let of the pedal, or does the sound cut out?

How much better than the ES7 ? Just the 3 sensors keys ?

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ok I'm sold

Thank you Borners for the awesome demo. I would like to know... Is there any drum kits/percussion sound voice on the ES8? So we can record our own beats/drum pattern...?

This piano sounds plain amazing from line-outs, but what about it's speakers? I know they won't do much in terms of volume, but how about fidelity?

Where is the serial number on the ES8 please?

Is there anything on this that makes it better than MP7-SE if you don't exactly need the onboard speakers?

How does the ES8 compare to the KDP110?

Is it really worth upgrading my es7 to an es8? I am as well a classical as jazz player, really better sound, responsive action worth upgrading, speakers?

The worst feature on this is that the line out jacks are not controlled by the volume slider -- which makes using it on stage with an external amplifier difficult. Not too bad for solo / duo work but not great in a band situation. Likewise burying the EQ in menus is not as good for live work than having dedicated sliders.

Do you think that the ES8 is to far advanced for a beginner

How does it compare to CN39?

ES8 V MP11SE? I have been torn between the two for months now and cant make a decision. Speakers don't bother me as i have a pair of LS50 Wireless but the sound is most important factor to me. Anyone got any advice?

Something synthetic sounding about it.

Can this be used as a midi controller as well?

I tried the roland FP 90 and was disappointed with the piano sound. Is this this better than the roland and the yamaha p 515 would you say?

Does the song starting @3:43 (SK-5 Demo) have a name? Sounds great :)

sk ex sample?