I was surprised by the outcome of mine, there was one unexpected one in my top 3....

There is 6 piano's in this video, they are played with the screen turned black, afterwards, they tell you which is which.. Which one did your ears favor?

The blind test,I chose 5, slightly over 6,followed by 4.
Visual and extended test,I chose 6 over 5, again very close.

I was also surprised, for me to select 5 equally to 6.
4 made a good rock piano, cutting thru a mix.

The first 3 are over rated.

Question is, are you listening to the sound system(PA)or the keyboard?

My former Tyros, S970 and now PA 4X all sounded a bit different depending on the sound system I used.

5,3,6,

Not a pre-set I would use on any of the models, as I prefer a fuller sounding acoustic piano (Steinway or Bosendorfer) however out of the 6, I preferred 3 (Korg PA900) and 5 (Tyros 4).

Acoustic pianos are very personal things, both in sound and feel, so just using 1 pre-set is not ideal.

Bill

My Favourite when it comes to sampled pianos is by Synthogy though Kurzweil run it close on the hardware front.

I choose 1,5,2 .. surprised that i put the T4 ahead of the Kronos
The Nord, just sounded more alive and dynamic then the others..

To me the Roland Fantom sounded thin and unnatural, i put him deadlast, while normally i am a big fan of Roland Piano sounds.

with all,............... EQ'ing of the video & kb's, let alone in a mix is a big factor hard to get any true piano opinion unless listening live in person audition. They shouldn't of revealed the answers and I'd bet we'd have different answers for sure..

Bachus,
I liked number one (Nord) best followed by 5. Lloyd

When I listen to piano comparisons on line, knowing they are mp3's, compressed file.
I listen for layers that are velocity switched.
Better piano samples switch smoothly and do not jump out screaming of a velocity switch.
Secondly, I listen for tonal quality, to the extent , not too synth.
Playability, and how the samples respond to the touch, are most important...and the only way to judge a piano sound..
Any sample can be eq'd for fullness, clarity, big bottom etc.

Interesting sound test! I chose 5 then 6.

Dick

Yes, to my ears I find 5 and 6 the most authentic sounding. The fact that I was never taught on piano, I cannot be the best judge from a piano player perspective, but from using the Tyros piano's I can say they sound very authentic in the total mix, style or multipads.

For straight or solo playing, at least from an arranger perspective, I would think best results would be achieved played through a connected weighted controller. Of course the better quality samples and complexity of the total sample set will show through.

For me, programming piano tracks within a mix and the odd solo piano part played on my Tyros arranger work fine for me.

Marcus

One of the most interesting threads!

Using very tiny and battered netbook speakers, 3 and 5 caught my ear. 1,2,3 sounded too bright, almost harpsichord like
3 and 5 were a little darker
Always the bozo, I didn't realize there was a 6th piano, an i missed it.

With headphones, almost the same, though 1,2,3 became more full bodied
6 sounded weird to me, like it was a little out of tune, like old real piano.

I remember many many years ago someone here had posted a website full of sound samples from different pianos.

Hi,
I was only listening thru my iPad,
First choice 1,
followed by 5.(I've always been a big fan of Yamaha piano sounds.)

1 and 5

1 and 5

Marginally off topic but I am most curious to learn your views on this piano sound for reasons that I will explain later on.
Any guesses by the way ?

https://youtu.be/gyQWwFHDlA8

regards,
John