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The FP-90x is currently at the top of my list. The price and portability makes it much more practical for me than the bigger console pianos, even though I am very allured by some of the nicer actions with longer keysticks. I’ve played the RD-2000 enough to know I’ll enjoy the action, but I haven’t been able to find an FP-90x in a showroom yet to hear it in person. The piano sound samples I’ve listened to aren’t super impressive, but I’m not super concerned about that.

One of the things I plan to do is connect my iPad and laptop and play around with all the newer piano VSTs that I’ve missed since being away from that world for about 10 years. Sadly Kawai pianos don’t work as USB audio interfaces, so you can’t pipe the VST output back into its onboard speakers. The Roland pianos all support this feature, as do I believe most or all Yamahas.