Digital Piano Korg LP 180 Full Review. Is it a good choice?

Korg has long been one of the best digital piano makers in Europe, catching up with giants like Yamaha. Their pianos are aimed at a professional audience both in studio and live performances. Today er will give you a skillful and brief review of this digital piano brought by Korg.

Features

• 88 Keys keyboard with Hammer Action (The weight of the keys on an acoustic piano that digital pianos try to imitate to match the touch of a real acoustic piano. The keys in the high register are heavier and in the high register less. This is a different concept of sensitivity on the keyboard that serves to regulate the volume of the note. But a hammer action keyboard always has sensitivity on the keys.)
• 3 Touch curve
• 10 Sounds (Different sounds of piano and other instruments)
• 120-Voice polyphony (Number of notes that can sound at once. This includes songs that sound at once. So if you play over an accompaniment sound, more notes will accumulate.)
• 10 Demo songs
• reverb (Reverberation effect which is a reflection effect of the sound) effect
• chorus (Effect of touching in places similar to a church or cathedral) effect
• Triple pedal (The most important pedal of a piano or keyboard is the sustain pedal and is used to keep the note playing even if you stop pressing the key.)
• 2 Headphone outputs for Duet mode (Duet mode allows you to divide the keyboard into two pianos to play four hands or the teacher and student on the same keyboard.)
• Standar midi (MIDI allows you to do such wonderful things as connect the keyboard to the computer, record a soundtrack and with certain programs pass with a click what you have played to musical notes in a score. MIDI tracks store information from musical notes) out
• Speaker system with two x 11 W
• Incl. power supply, stand ans music rest
• Sustain pedal included in triple pedal unit
• Dimensions (LxWxH): 1365 × 274 × 781 mm and a weight of 23.3 kg

Now that we’ve listed and described the features of this digital piano there’s no better than taking a look at the following video where they tell us more about the Korg LP 180 and you can hear the different sounds of this piano.

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Now let’s compare the Korg LP 180 with its more common alternatives. Also at the end of the post you will find a section with the best shopping possibilities for this digital piano. But you can go directly to that part of the post by pressing the following button.

Korg LP 180 vs Korg SP 280

Comparing it with previous models the Korg LP 180 stands out for emphasizing its functions and improving them much without increasing too much the price and is that to comparison of its predecessor the Korg SP 280 a superior piano at the time of making live presentations and in recording in studios.

The Korg model LP 180 has 88 keys with a hammer function with 3 touch curves, 10 sounds, 120 polyphonic voices, 10 demo songs, reverb effects plus chorus, integrating also a trple pedal and standard MIDI ports including high generation speakers.

On the other hand the Korg SP 280 has the same number of keys (88 with hammer action), plus three levels available for the weight of the keys, 120 polyphonic voices, 30 sounds, transposer, effects like reverb, chorus and including a battery that allows you to use it without being connected.

The digital piano Korg LP 180 is usually about 44 € more expensive than Korg SP 280, but with so little price difference this can vary.

Let’s put the features of each of these pianos in 2 different columns to make it easier to see the differences

And below a video of the Korg SP 280

If you want to know more about this model do not miss our Korg SP 280 review

Korg LP 180 vs Korg C1 Air

The Korg C1 Air model is made in such a way that it is an easy piano to carry and easy for live presentations sacrificing some functions such as reverb and chorus effects and also sacrificing a little the triple pedals that if it has the LP 180 model, taking into account that it has a much lower price than its competitor.

The Korg C1 Air model has 88 heavy keys with hammer action function, having also 120 polyphonic voices, 30 sounds, effects like Hall, chorus or brilliance, metronome, connections for external lines, midi format and two connections for headphones in duet mode, bluetooth as well as two powerful 25w speakers.

The digital piano Korg LP 180 is usually about 250 € cheaper than Korg C1 Air.

Let’s put the features of each of these pianos in 2 different columns to make it easier to see the differences

And below a video of the Korg C1 Air

If you want to know more about this model do not miss our Korg C1 Air review

Korg LP 180 vs Yamaha YDP 143

The Korg LP 180 shows that even with mid-range pianos can compete with Yamaha and its model YDP 143 dedicated to live presentations, having functions like triple pedals and also auxiliary MIDI inputs that puts the KORG LP 180 as a piano ahead if we consider the price of its competitor.

The Yamaha YDP has a GHS keyboard with 88 heavy keys and hammer action, a CF sound engine, intelligent acoustic control and acoustic optimizer, stereo optimizer, 192 polyphonic voices, 10 sounds, reverb and dumper resonance effects, dual function and four hands for duets, recording function, 50 preset songs, possibility to connect via USB and two 6 watt speakers.

The digital piano Korg LP 180 is usually about 146 € cheaper than Yamaha YDP 143.

Let’s put the features of each of these pianos in 2 different columns to make it easier to see the differences

And below a video of the Yamaha YDP 143

If you want to know more about this model do not miss our Yamaha YDP 143 review

Korg LP 180 vs Korg LP 380

A superior model that innovates in several functions such as the integration of sensitive curves and many more sounds in the piano at a considerably higher price.

The Korg LP 380 model has 88 sensitive keys, with up to 3 sensitivity curves, 30 sounds plus 120 polyphonic voices, 30 demo songs, transposer, reverb effects, chorus, triple pedal, metronome, a line to connect to the amplifier, a MIDI output and 22W high quality speakers.

The digital piano Korg LP 180 is usually about 100 € cheaper than Korg LP 380.

Let’s put the features of each of these pianos in 2 different columns to make it easier to see the differences

And below a video of the Korg LP 380

If you want to know more about this model do not miss our Korg LP 380 review

Where to buy Korg LP 180

Thomann

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• Usually Best price.
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Amazon

• Free Shipping and possibility of shipping in one day with Amazon Premium.
• Full Guarantee but they are no experts in music equipment.
• Sometimes better price.
• He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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