Allan Speers Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Has anyone tried the Kawai MP9500 yet? How's the action? Is it as good as the 9000, just heavier? I don't care about the sounds, but I'm really looking foward to trying this beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Speers Posted April 8, 2002 Author Share Posted April 8, 2002 bumpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan O Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Allan MP9500 is rated by keyboard magazine as best action and sound . MP9500 has a real grand piano action (you can't beat the real deal ! IMHO) . I have played the MP9000 and I was told the MP9500 is even nicer ! The keyboard is heavey in weight . That's the only limitation IMO . dano www.esnips.com/web/SongsfromDanO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuksu Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 Allan and folks Finally got my mp9500 yesterday... if I was American I´d say it´s WONDERFUL and I LOVE it!! But seriously, by first impressions, and trying to remember the mp9000, the action in the mp9500 is somewhat heavier... the counter-balancing in my opinion is realistic. You guys try it yourselves as soon as possible! Nuksu PS. Dano which issue of Keyboard mag you mean? Thanks! btw does anybody happen to have the German "Keyboards" issue 04/02? It also has a review on the mp9500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiel Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 Nuksu, What about the sounds? Good rhodes, clavinet? How;s the grand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdman Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 Originally posted by nuksu: Allan and folks Finally got my mp9500 yesterday... if I was American I´d say it´s WONDERFUL and I LOVE it!! .The mp9000 had a problem with the keys. The tops are plastic, the bottoms wood, and on some keys the fit was not good so that some keys had sharp edges. Has this been fixed? (Other than that and the weight, I really like this board) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuksu Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 The sounds: they sound great but I´m afraid I can´t say much about them yet except something in general of the preset sounds. The piano section has a couple of new ones, I like the warm jazz grand. The basic pianos there correspond to the mp9000 I guess. Then there´s plenty of EPs and drawbars/organs (I´m not very experienced with these, but there´s variety and they sound good to me), basses + marimba, vibraphone, strings, brasses, pads etc. Some synth-type variations as well, quite nice actually. 64 sounds altogether and 21 effects + 7 reverbs. 4 prog. zones, can all be set int/ext/both. Haven´t noticed sharpness in the front or middle edges of the keys. Hope this helps but it´s really about trying it yourself! Should be in stores by now already, or soon, also in Europe. Nuksu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Speers Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 dano, I thought it was a real grand action also, but This is not so. I just got info from a Kawai tech. he said it's not even a real escapement. I'm almost certain that they used to advertise the MP9000 as having a real escapement. It sure felt like it. -Just a tad light for my taste. Hoping to try the 9500 soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Speers Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 So, Anyone yet besides Nuksu? My dealer had one but sold it before I could check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Speers Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 I'll just keep bumping this for a while. Sorry to be a pest, but it's hard to believe that only ONE person has played the 9500 so far. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdman Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 Originally posted by Allan Speers: I'll just keep bumping this for a while. Sorry to be a pest, but it's hard to believe that only ONE person has played the 9500 so far. Anyone?I got to try one out in Portland Music. They seemed to have fixed the sharp edge problem. It sounds wonderful, even through the cheesy speakers they had it working through. Only thing was I wish there was a way to reset the defaults - I hacked on the various parameters and managed to mess the sound up something aweful! Probably there is a way to do that if you read the manual. The action seemed fine. What do these suckers weigh? I like the flat surface on top too - could probably just sit my top board on it without having to mess with stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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