Casio PX-800 Privia Digital Piano Keyboard
Casio PX-800 Privia Digital Piano with Weighted Scaled Hammer Action Keys
The Casio Privia range of digital pianos was of revolutionary design when they were first introduced in the year 2003 and they had won a popular following with their stylish design and realistic piano performance. Its ultra light weight body made it easily portable and since the keys are fully weighed, they feel like an acoustic piano. It possesses excellent speaker system that offers reasonably good piano sounds. Next, in the year 2005 Casio bought in a new range of Privia digital pianos that were much more improved than the original models. These new models had an even better speaker system, very much near to realistic touch and had much better piano sounds.
The Casio Privia PX-200 and PX-800 are the two new models that were introduced in the early 2007. These two models are distinctively stylish and Casio has employed its latest “Triple Element AFI Sound Source” technology in order to provide a rich and expressive realistic sound. In the following review, let us have a detailed look at the Casio Privia PX-800 model digital piano.
Compact and Elegant:
The Casio Privia PX-800 Electronic Digital Piano has a unique European design and an extremely elegant finish which was achieved by its two toned cherry wood body material and chromed metallic parts. The PX-800 is an 88 keys piano keyboard with touch response. It is a very compact and lightweight model that has a slim and simple design that it can be setup anywhere and is very convenient for moving from place to place as the main body weight along with the stand of the piano is just 41Kgs. The entire dimension of the piano is just (H x W x D) 79.6 x 143.6 x 29.8 cm. The stylish Privia PX-800 is sure to fit in any kind of decor.
Parts maintaining the elegance:
The PX-800 is an integrated model with stand and pedals and this model is equipped a sliding keyboard cover that preserves the distinct stylish form of the piano even when the lid is left open. The piano has a built-in SD card slot and expanded song memory. The SD card slot supports the SD memory cards and supports cards of up to 1GB and cannot take cards of larger capacity.
Excellence in sound quality:
The Privia PX-800 88 key Digital Piano takes the digital piano sound quality to an entirely new level. It has four powerful, high output two way speakers, twenty watts each. It has a three pedal unit that is capable of half damping expression and the PX-800 manages to achieve true reproduction of the rich sounds of a two grand piano. The state of art sampling engineering allows this digital piano to produce the most advanced acoustic piano sound.
On-board effects and an Extensive Library in PX800:
The Casio PX-800 piano keyboard has 162 tones with layer and split. The digital effects of the piano includes four types of reverb, four types of chorus, DSP, acoustic resonance and brilliance of range -3 to -1 and 1 to 3. This model has 72 demo songs and 60 tunes. This music library gives you plenty of tunes to play along with on the Privia. Auto Accompaniment functions include 20 rhythms, different fingering and chord ranges, adjustable accompaniment volume, intros, fills, and adjustable tempos. The song volume is adjustable.
Recorder and its functions:
If you wish to record your own composition in real time and hear it play back, Casio has thought of it earlier and equipped the piano with a recorder. The two functions of the recorder are, real time recording and playback. The recorder has a capacity of 5 songs or 2 tracks or approximately 50,000 notes in total. The recording media is the built-in flash memory that we had mentioned above.
Loaded with Latest Advanced Features:
Casio has loaded its Privia PX-800 with heaps of advanced features. It has the New Advanced AIF (Acoustic and Intelligent Filtering system) Stereo Sampled Tri element sound source. It has 128 polyphony notes and these notes reverberate naturally without having to be cut off during the high speed passages and performances that demand intensive damper pedal operations. With the aid of the piano’s New Advanced Filter, the notes change and decay naturally with the realism of an acoustic piano. The New Touch Response Sensitive System makes the sound source to respond according to the amount of pressure that is applied to the keyboard. This provides the player with an opportunity to shape and colour their performances with everything from blooming fortissimos to delicate pianissimos.
Incredible sound and feel:
With the above mentioned features you might have guessed correctly that Casio has built incredibly realistic grand piano sound and feel into the PX-800. Its 88 touch sensitive keys offer an incredibly expressive playing experience.
Warranty:
Casio has offered its Privia PX-800 one year standard warranty for parts and labour.
Verdict:
The Casio PX-800 88-key digital piano gives you amazing grand piano sound, advanced features, and a powerful stereo speaker system. Some of the reasons why you simply cannot miss this keyboard are its real piano sound and feel, onboard effects and processors, built-in recorder and the extensive song library. The instrument accomplishes its goal to play and feel like a full sized manual piano with the help of its hammer action keys. Said that, we do not have even the slightest of hesitations to strongly recommend this Privia digital piano keyboard.
Casio PX-800 Privia Compact Digital Piano - Technical specifications
| Manufacturer | Casio |
| Model Name | Casio PX-800 Privia Digital Piano |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 79.6 x 143.6 x 29.8 cm |
| Weight | Digital Piano + Stand: 41kg |
| Keyboard | 88 Piano Keys (with Touch Response) |
| Display | Single line LED display |
| Polyphony | 128 Notes, maximum |
| Tones | 162; with Layer and Split |
| Digital effects | Reverb (4 Types) Chorus (4 Types) DSP Acoustic Resonance Brilliance (-3 to -1, 1 to 3) |
| Tuning | A4 = 440.0Hz ± 50 cents (adjustable) |
| Metronome Time Signatures | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Metronome Tempo Range | 20 to 255 |
| Demo Songs | 72 (All-song repeat playback) |
| Number of Tunes | 60 |
| Adjustable volume | Yes |
| Recorder functions | Real-time Recording, Playback |
| Recorder capacity | 5 songs, 2 tracks, 50,000 notes |
| Recording media | Built-in flash memory |
| Pedals | Damper, Soft/Sostenuto (switchable) |
| Computer Interface | Yes |
| Computer Interface Type | USB1.1 |
| Audio Connections | Headphones Stereo Standard Jacks x 2, LINE OUT R, L/MONO jacks |
| Speaker Type | 12cm x 2 + 5cm x 2 Output: 20W + 20W |
| MIDI | 16 Multi-timbre receive |
| Memory | SD memory card slot Capacity : Up to 1GB Functions: SMF playback, file storage, file recall, card format |
| Power | 12V DC |
| Power Consumption | 12V - 18W |
| Accessories included | Stand |
| Warranty | One year |
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