Hi there! I don't have a Yamaha P45 around to try out against our CN201s at the moment, but I'm familiar with how they feel and we recently had a Yamaha P71 which has a similar but slightly downgraded action from the P45. Yes, the CN201's newly improved Responsive Hammer III action will be noticeably better. I would think of the GHS action on Yamaha's P45 to be comparable to the Responsive Hammer Compact I action found on the older ES110 model. Basically, you'd be making the jump up from an entry-level compact (meaning slightly scaled down design for slab keyboards like the ES110) plastic action to the non-compact Responsive Hammer III which is, in my opinion, the nicest plastic key action I've experienced. I feel it's very well weighted, almost certainly a bit heavier than your P45 but I can't recall from memory enough to say definitively. However, if you're looking to take a real nice step up to something very realistic, I'd suggest looking at wooden key actions like those found on Kawai's CA49/401 or CA59/501. Bit of a price increase, nothing too bad, but the quality increase is amazing and would really help out the level of sensitivity and musical detail in your playing in the long term more than a plastic action, even a very good one like on the CN201, could. -Max
For your purposes of studying for an advanced collegiate level piano exam, yes this one would be too entry-level. For beginners all the way to late intermediate levels, the CN201 delivers quite a bit of bang for the buck! For someone at the level of learning, say, the Beethoven piano sonatas, the RHIII action would be workable for general note learning and supplemental practice but would not make the cut as an advanced level pianist's main instrument. It is my favorite plastic-key action on a digital piano but in general wooden key actions like on the CA701/901 (or even better yet, the hybrid millennium iii action on the Novus series!) are just going to be much more responsive, expressive, realistic and fit for advanced study. -Max
@@familypianoco Thank you for your reply. Yes you're right. Are you the same Max that we chatted about the Kawai 701; that you have the predecessor CA79. And My dilemma was about if the 701 has a too light touch? The novous is not affordable for me and, I have to test the Kawai CA701 yet
![Milo Paulus - "Omphalos: Scene 2, Marionettes and Mechanisms" (2023) for ensemble [Score Follow]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wZ93M2A0xms/mqdefault.jpg)
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
nice
I am currently using a Yamaha P45 is this keay action better? I feel like my keys feel kinda light in comparison to a real piano, is this better?
Hi there! I don't have a Yamaha P45 around to try out against our CN201s at the moment, but I'm familiar with how they feel and we recently had a Yamaha P71 which has a similar but slightly downgraded action from the P45. Yes, the CN201's newly improved Responsive Hammer III action will be noticeably better. I would think of the GHS action on Yamaha's P45 to be comparable to the Responsive Hammer Compact I action found on the older ES110 model. Basically, you'd be making the jump up from an entry-level compact (meaning slightly scaled down design for slab keyboards like the ES110) plastic action to the non-compact Responsive Hammer III which is, in my opinion, the nicest plastic key action I've experienced. I feel it's very well weighted, almost certainly a bit heavier than your P45 but I can't recall from memory enough to say definitively. However, if you're looking to take a real nice step up to something very realistic, I'd suggest looking at wooden key actions like those found on Kawai's CA49/401 or CA59/501. Bit of a price increase, nothing too bad, but the quality increase is amazing and would really help out the level of sensitivity and musical detail in your playing in the long term more than a plastic action, even a very good one like on the CN201, could. -Max
I love the piece but i cannot bear the digital piano sound... 😢😢...
Fair enough, I lean strongly towards acoustics for sound too -Max
Seems a too entry digital piano
For your purposes of studying for an advanced collegiate level piano exam, yes this one would be too entry-level. For beginners all the way to late intermediate levels, the CN201 delivers quite a bit of bang for the buck! For someone at the level of learning, say, the Beethoven piano sonatas, the RHIII action would be workable for general note learning and supplemental practice but would not make the cut as an advanced level pianist's main instrument. It is my favorite plastic-key action on a digital piano but in general wooden key actions like on the CA701/901 (or even better yet, the hybrid millennium iii action on the Novus series!) are just going to be much more responsive, expressive, realistic and fit for advanced study. -Max
@@familypianoco Thank you for your reply. Yes you're right. Are you the same Max that we chatted about the Kawai 701; that you have the predecessor CA79. And My dilemma was about if the 701 has a too light touch? The novous is not affordable for me and, I have to test the Kawai CA701 yet