Yamaha P-515 club

nhanzero

Just got here from PW, I do feel this place is much more elegant, and because I want to tell the world about my new beauty also!

magicpiano

nhanzero Just got here from PW, I do feel this place is much more elegant, and because I want to tell the world about my new beauty also!

It looks very clean and solid. I'm not a fan of the P515 aesthetics but for sure it looks much better (IMHO) than its main competitors (ES920 and FP90X).

theodorn

Welcome to the forum, nhanzero! Your P-515 looks greeat, if I was thinking about getting a new DP, the Yamaha P-515 would be among the first options I'd check out. I played it briefly a few years ago in a store in Southern-Denmark, and I remember liking the action.

MBiG

You may have to wait a bit until this forum fills up further to get into conversation with other P-515 owners.

How satisfied are you with the instrument? What do you like best, what do you like less?

nhanzero

MBiG It is kind of heavy, just like some uprights of my friends, so I don't think it is a problem. I kind of like the Bosendofer sound, pretty soft and wavery. (I'm just starting out, so that is my observation)

mmatthew

I am an ex-owner of this amazing instrument. I only sold it so I could upgrade to my N1X. I just joined this forum and I am happy to see this instrument thread on top 😃 All you P515 owners - enjoy! All people wanting this instrument - please just be patient till the stocks arrive - do not go for the alternatives in this price range.

Of course - all of the above is IMO only 😀

MacMacMac

Based on what I read in the early days of the P515, I think its guts are basically the same as the midrange Clav. Is that right?

If so it's a great bargain. The Clav costs about twice as much.

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MacMacMac Based on what I read in the early days of the P515, I think its guts are basically the same as the midrange Clav. Is that right?

It's basically a CLP-575 slab edition. It's just two generations back.

arc

MacMacMac Afaik, the P515, NU1X, N1X, N2X and the CLP-6xx series share the same sound engine introduced by Yamaha around 2018. So, all of these DPs should sound the same over headphones. The features of this engine include the CFX binaural samples, key-off samples and VRM (as well as the USB Audio interface). The latest CLP-7xx models have updated binaural samples and extra modelling features, such as "Grand Expression Modeling".

vagfilm

Congrats. I am a patient person, and I am sitting out of a purchase hoping that the future p525 comes with the grandtouch-s action…

DPPianoPhil

vagfilm

At the moment, the P-515 is on top of my list (upgrading from a weightless keyed Yamaha PSR-E373), with the Roland Fp-60x in second (or even the FP-90x but that may be a tad too much). However since it (or all, really) can't be found in stock anywhere, I am willing to wait until the upcoming NAMM to see if a P-525 comes out. 🙂

vagfilm

nhanzero It is kind of heavy, just like some uprights of my friends

By uprights you mean digital consoles with cabinets, correct? An acoustic upright weighing the same as a p515 would be a first…

nhanzero

vagfilm No I mean acoustic upright, chinese or indonesian made, they have weird names, and usually placed at cafe for guest to play, not brand name, but as I said, just my observation.

vagfilm

nhanzero Acoustic uprights usually weigh more than 150kg (170-200 is the norm, and many are 300 kg heavy). That's why I commented…

MBiG

I think it was meant with "heavy" the force to press the keys 😉

vagfilm

MBiG My bad… Sorry for the stupid confusion…

Skropi

Later I'll add a photo of my beloved p515. It is very playable, and judging by inability to make it sound nice, while my son plays beautifully, I am sure it is quite close to acoustics 😂

Btw, placement in the room is very important, mine is very loud and has very pronounced bass, when played without headphones. I am not complaining though, it does sound very nicely. I just dont like the Bosendorfer much…..

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Skropi

I didn't like the Bosendorfer at first either. I found that if I turn off the ACR and turn off the reverb but keep the VRM on, then I really like Bosendorfer

MacMacMac

I was thinking more like the CLP-545.

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MacMacMac The CLP-545 is missing VRM, which the P-515 inherited from the CLP-575. It also got USB audio and the Binaural CFX samples included in the CLP-600s.

Tyr

MacMacMac I was thinking more like the CLP-545.

It's the slab version of the CLP-645.

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P515

MacMacMac

You give up the furniture ... but you get all the piano goodness of a Clav ... at half the price.

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MacMacMac I like the P-515 furniture a lot more than the Clavinova look. Really have no use for a painted particleboard box with electronics inside - these remind me of 1950s TV cabinets.

burkey

MacMacMac you get all the piano goodness of a Clav ... at half the price

Perhaps not half the price anymore...
There's a CLP-645 selling near me for USD $480 (funny - in the time since I posted this they've raised the price up to USD $550!):
https://www.thepiano.sg/piano/used/43779/yamaha-digital-piano-clp-645-0