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Hello piano person! Welcome to our Yamaha Arius YDP-165 review blog. I suppose you’re thinking about buying yourself a nice new piano, aren’t you?
Well, if you’re a beginner, or you’re buying for someone else who’s learning to play, then I’d say this piano is probably going to meet most of your needs.
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First of all, let me explain how easy it is to use. You simply turn it on, sit down, and play. Yep, that’s it. Just because it’s a digital piano doesn’t mean it’s going to be complicated, indeed, the Yamaha Arius YDP-165 has been designed with simplicity in mind.
As you begin to play, you’ll notice that the keys feel just like ‘real’ piano keys under your fingers. That’s because they have a clever ‘weighted’ mechanism that closely mimics traditional piano keys. (Read our blog about why this is so important).
The sound itself is very impressive. Yamaha have consistently been pioneers of digital piano technology and have a rich heritage of making world-class pianos. There is no doubt that you feel (and hear) the benefit of this when you’re playing the Yamaha YDP-165.
Piano teachers will be pleased to hear that the sound samples within the Yamaha Arius YDP-165 allow you many levels of expression in your playing. This is especially important for people who are learning to play because as their standard improves, they will typically require more range to play with ‘light and shade’.
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The volume of the Yamaha Arius YDP-165 can be controlled with a small dial on the right-hand side of the front panel, but for beginners who might be a little shy of practicing in front of others, a welcome addition is a headphones facility that cuts the signal to the main speakers so you can play without anyone else hearing you!
There is also a 2-track recording facility built-in which is not only a very handy facility for people learning to play the piano, it’s also very useful for people who like to compose and record music e.g. songwriters. Transferring recordings to a computer is also very easily done via a USB cable.
There is a small selection of additional sounds (called ‘voices’) on the YDP-165 and they all have a practical use. Even if your intention is to simply play the piano, most people actually find the extra voices quite good fun, particularly when combining the piano and the orchestral strings using the Duo mode.
When it comes to the maintenance of the Yamaha Arius YDP-165, I’ve got good news for you. There’s isn’t any required. Unlike traditional pianos that require regular tuning and need to be kept in a temperature-regulated environment, the YDP-165 will never go out of tune as there is no internal frame or strings.
The Yamaha Arius YDP-165 is also remarkably lightweight at only 42kg. If you are limited for space in your home then this means that you can quite easily pick up the piano and move it from room to room.
If you think that you’d like something with a little more technology built-in e.g. musical backings, multi-track recording, etc, then have a look at the Yamaha DGX-670 or the Yamaha CVP range.
I hope this review has been useful to you. Before you go, I must mention that here at ePianos, we’ve made it our mission to bring our piano showroom to you virtually with video demonstrations, comparisons, and reviews. See our complete selection of videos on ePianosTV by clicking here.
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