The CN301 B from Kawai is a pleasantly playable digital piano with a noble appearance and excellent sound characteristics. The instrument features a weighted 88-key "Responsive Hammer III" keyboard with hammer action along with optimized noise dampening, which is velocity sensitive and provides an excellent playing feel thanks to the Ivory Touch surface. Precise 3-sensor technology in the keys allows for nuanced playing. The keyboard weight is graduated to perceive the heavier bass hammers and lighter treble hammers of a mechanical piano, while structural reinforcements in the action ensure greater stability during fortissimo and staccato passages.
The digital sound generation system holds a total of 45 premium sounds, including SK
For the recording function, you primarily have two options: recording is done as an audio file in MP3 or WAV format on a separately available USB stick or in note form in the internal memory. The latter has a capacity of about 90,000 notes and manages ten songs that can be two-track. This is useful to check yourself, but also to replace the third and fourth hand on the instrument.
The 2x 20 watt stereo speaker system shines with upward-firing speakers and 360° diffusers, which offer the most realistic listening experience possible, and because of the built-in Low Volume Balance feature, the sound is convincing even at low volumes. This is also helped by optimized power supplies, which have a supporting effect on the clean output.
Other innovations in the Kawai CN301 B are an improved user interface and OLED display that ensures a more intuitive operation, the SHS headphone system (Spatial Headphone Sound) which provides so-called psychoacoustics for spatial depth when using headphones and the Grand Feel Pedal System, which adapts all the features of the pedal system of the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano.
The CN301 supports the Kawai apps PianoRemote and PiaBookPlayer. Via PianoRemote app, you can handle almost all functions and sound switching even more clearly. With the PiaBookPlayer app, you have access to hundreds of practice pieces. Both apps are available for iOS as well as Android. Bluetooth connectivity also allows you to use the digital piano as a