Kawai CA-401 B

Ich bin von einem Kawai ES 110 und mit spielerischen Grundkenntnissen auf das CA 401B umgestiegen: der volle Klang, die angenehm schwere Holztastatur, die leisen Nebengeräusche von Tastatur und Pedal machen richtig viel Freude (der relativ kleine Preis auch). Zum Ausprobieren der vielen Sounds und Features bin ich noch gar nicht gekommen, weil mir der Klang vom SK EX Competition (standardmäßige Einstellung) so gut gefällt. Optisch spricht mich das Kawai CA 401 auch sehr an. Das Display ist ein bisschen sehr klein, aber irgendwann werde ich mich da mal durchklicken. Danke an die Fa. Thomann für die rasche und günstige Zustellung mittels Spedition in den Süden von Österreich. Kurz: das Kawai CA 401 macht mich rundum glücklich.

First of all, thanks Thomann for sending me in a very good packaging with a wood palette under the box.
The action of the keybed was awesome. It is safe to say that you can't find such quality even in some of acoustic upright pianos.
Although the white keys are covered by synthetic ivory touch (which is awesome), the surface of the black keys didn't satisfy me.
The soundbank is included with high quality samples, not as perfect and realistic as something you may find in a Nord piano or the best digital models of Kawai, but it was enough for me.
I think the speakers are loud enough for a 30m2 room. But if you wanna play in a jam session, I don't know. If you put the volume on maximum, in a radius of 1meter, you will get around 98 dB.
The stand and the cabinet are rigid and aesthetically well-designed.
And in overall, I love it! Even more than my previous acoustic piano.
And the cool thing is, you can use the app "virtual technician" to connect to its midi bluetooth on your iOS device and record the midi with garageband, although I must warn the only pedal I could record was the suspend one. I still have to figure out how I can record the sostenuto and soft pedals.
The feature that I found missing is "the temperament". Although you can find something like that in CA501 and pricier models.