I’m a producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. Though turning your volume up high isn’t recommended, it’s nice to know that the option is there if you need some extra volume. And possibly CDP-S150 has the same too short piano sound as the other lower end CDP-S models of that time. Being in love with music for as far as he can remember, Lucas started this blog as the “ go-to” place for the most accurate and detailed information about the world of music. The CDP-S100 uses an updated version of the AHL sound engine from previous keyboards, delivering up to 4x higher-res stereo audio compared to the previous sound engine.

We’ll cover this in detail in the Connectivity section, but the experience was just fine without it.In conclusion, the CDP-S100 is a great choice as a budget digital piano and is worth considering for beginners and intermediate players alike.

As we’ve covered in the respective reviews, these key actions are designed to accommodate the compact form factor and have shorter pivot lengths to reduce the overall width of the keyboard. Advanced piano players will no doubt experience note dropouts with music containing complex passages and heavily sustained phrases and they will be better off with the Casio PX-S1000 .Personally, I recommend practicing with the standard preset, as it has the clearest tone of the bunch and allows you to pinpoint mistakes and weaknesses easily. One of the main differences is that the CDP-S100 has a slightly “quieter” key action compared to the PX-160.

A major selling point of this digital piano is the compact form factor making it the most portable graded hammer action 88-keys fully weighted digital piano . The standard piano is the perfect all-arounder and can handle songs from any genre with its clean, neutral tone. But that being said P45 will work fine for beginners because they mostly use the middle range of dynamics. I’m guessing the greater weight of keys at the low end and vice versa is implemented by just the touch response (velocity) of the keys and the weights are kept the same.Can anyone tell me the difference between the two if there is one, or is Costco just having a really good sale? I know what VSTs are and I've heard some that I find great, but maybe it's uncomfortable for me to use the piano and my laptop at the same time, although I suppose that over time and in the absence of a better sound I will do it in the future.