CLP 800 series

kotlos

Since in the other forum heavy moderation makes any interaction there quite hard, lets start one discussion on the new clp line here.

Here is a sum up with improvements from the 700 series:

New speaker system with optimized placement, orientation, and volume balance of the speakers for low, mid, and high frequencies, based on how sounds radiate from a grand piano. Additionally, they used diffusers, waveguides, and Bidirectional Horns to reflect sound off walls, enhancing reverberation.
New GrandTouchTM and GrandTouch-STM keyboards, alongside GrandTouchTM pedals. Other than the improved sensors the GrandTouch-S are even more responsive due to adjustments in hammer weights.
New tone generator chip for Virtual Resonance Modeling
Improvements of spatial sound with Grand Acoustic Imaging
Improvements on Grand Expression Modeling with more varied and textured musical expressions

Videos:

https://www.maene.be/media/akeneo_connector/media_files/Y/a/Yamaha_Clavinova_CLP_800_series___Product_folder_ENG_1c1f.pdf

kotlos

All in all, I personally find these enough to call it an upgrade. For me the sound without headphones was the major limitation of the 700 series so an improvement on that end is good (especially on lower end models). Also the GrandTouch-S might be more usable now. The weight of 875 keys might still be on the very heavy side though...

I would appreciate a soundboard as the CA901 but it remains to be heard how the new system compares. I will wait for some more reviews before I commit to any of these, but since the quality control of the Kawai CA line is problematic, the CLP800 Yamaha series is for me the way forward.