How good of a digital piano for $2k?

[mark]

If you had $2k to spend on a digital piano, which one would you get?

Why?

A buddy of mine just put his 6'3 Estonia into long-term storage and is looking for a good action above all else.

[Copper]

@mark said in How good of a digital piano for $2k?:

If you had $2k to spend on a digital piano

I did

I bought a Yamaha P-250, 15 years ago last month, $1,899.99.

It still works fine.

[Klaus]

I'd get a used Yamaha NU1X or NU1.

By far the best action in that price range, IMO. They use a full upright piano action. Feels quite different from the typical Clavinova.

[Jolly]

Maybe not the hybrids, but Yamaha, fer shur.

[LuFins Dad]

@klaus said in How good of a digital piano for $2k?:

I'd get a used Yamaha NU1X or NU1.

By far the best action in that price range, IMO. They use a full upright piano action. Feels quite different from the typical Clavinova.

Yeah, but you’re not going to get an NU1X in that price range in the US... Everybody say thank you, California, you no good bastard of a state...

Sound? I would look at Clavinovas. Touch? Roland. At least in the 2K range. Maybe an HP702 or Clp725?

[jon-nyc]

I always found the Clavs the most compelling even when not too constrained with price. I'd imagine that would hold at the 2k price point too.

[LuFins Dad]

$2k is a rough range for a digital. You can just squeeze into the lowest models of the really good series or you can get the best of the so-so...

If he can step up to $3k it’s a whole new world...

[mark]

Thanks all! I will pass it along.