Key actions, sound engines, pedals and practice features for home players.
Key feel, speaker quality and pedal behaviour decide whether you practise daily or dust weekly. A room-by-room guide before you spend.
Specs list hammer action on everything above the entry tier. What the term actually covers — and what your fingers will notice in the first minute.
All three have 88 keys or close to it, but they are built for different rooms and different players; the differences are in the speakers, the panel and the pric
Fifteen focused minutes with the same three test pieces tell you more about a digital piano than an afternoon of reading spec sheets.
One pedal does almost all the work in everyday playing, but the other two have real jobs; and half-pedaling is the spec line most buyers skip.
Headphone practice keeps the peace at home, but the wrong pair makes a good piano sound thin; what to look for and what to watch out for.