Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Recently Kawai released the ES920, the long-awaited successor to the well-loved ES8. Initially I wasn't very impressed with the ES920 especially compared to its predecessor. Its build quality seemed like a downgrade from the ES8, the action was the same rubbery RH3 mechanism, and although the sounds in the ES920 are very, very good the speakers are not perfect and tend to buzz and distort. The ES520 has many of the same problems, and seeing how they stack up to the cheap ES110 has a very interesting outcome...
Recently Kawai released the ES920, the long-awaited successor to the well-loved ES8. Initially I wasn't very impressed with the ES920 especially compared to its predecessor. Its build quality seemed like a downgrade from the ES8, the action was the same rubbery RH3 mechanism, and although the sounds in the ES920 are very, very good the speakers are not perfect and tend to buzz and distort. The ES520 has many of the same problems, and seeing how they stack up to the cheap ES110 has a very interesting outcome...
