Yamaha Arius YDP165WH - Digital Piano - White
Yamaha Arius YDP165WH - Digital Piano - White
- An authentic, expressive piano experience
- Pair with the Smart Pianist App to get more
- Classic & Elegant designStandard size, 88-key model of the ARIUS digital piano featuring weighted keyboard. With Yamaha's CFX concert grand piano sound as a built-in Voice, experience a luxuriously expressive playing feel with the GH3 keyboard. Includes newly equipped ear-friendly functions, and compatibility with Yamaha’s Smart Pianist app.
- Meticulously sampled from Yamaha’s flagship CFX grand piano
- 10 Voices, 353 Songs
- New Virtual Resonance Modeling Lite (VRM Lite)
- GH3 weighted keyboard with synthetic ebony and ivory keytops
- Gentle on the ears when playing with headphones
- Built-in stereo amplifier (20 W x 2)
- Built-in stereo speaker system (12 cm x 2)
- Smart Pianist app compatibility – featuring intuitive operation and score viewing
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The Nantel Verdict
The Nantel Verdict
GHS/GH3 action. Pure CF from CFIIIS. Furniture cabinet. Reliability.
Position against interior wall - natural resonance surface fills room more richly.
Where real piano begins - genuine weighted hammer action teaching fingers what a real piano feels like. Builds strength and control transferring to acoustic pianos. Concert grand sampling makes practice musical, not tedious. The instrument piano teachers recommend most because it develops real pianists.
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AUTHENTIC ACOUSTIC PIANO PLAYABILITY AND HALF-DAMPER PEDAL CONTROL
With an 88-key piano action, the GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) keyboard reproduces the touch of an acoustic piano, from a naturally heavy feel in the lower key to a lighter touch in the upper octaves. The GH3 keyboard provides a grand piano-style response and feel, allowing rapid note repetition and authentic expressive control. Moreover, there’s a half-damper feature that authentically replicates the damper action on a grand piano, providing rich expressive variation.
HARMONIC RESONANCE LIKE THAT OF A GRAND PIANO—VIRTUAL RESONANCE MODELING LITE (VRM LITE)
One of the allures of the grand piano is the sympathetic resonance created by the vibration of the entire instrument. The YDP-165 elaborately reproduces this rich sympathetic resonance through a groundbreaking technology called Virtual Resonance Modeling Lite (VRM Lite). VRM Lite creates a richly varied sound by simulating the complex sympathetic tones created when the vibrations of the strings are propagated to the soundboard and other strings, corresponding to the timing and intensity of key playing and pedaling.
RICH, POWERFUL SOUND PROVIDED BY THE TONE ESCAPEMENT CONSTRUCTION
The YDP-165 uses a newly developed tone escapement construction on the back of the cabinet that emanates sound from inside the piano. This allows you to experience the natural sound radiation and three-dimensional resonance like that of an acoustic piano.
RICH VARIETY OF BUILT-IN SONGS, AND INTUITIVE OPERATION WITH SMART PIANIST APP
Naturally, the YDP-165 has an authentic grand piano sound, but it also features various other built-in instrument sounds, for a total of 10 Voices—including electric piano, organ, vibraphone, and strings.
The YDP-165 also has 353 built-in songs, including 50 famous classical songs, and 303 comprehensive practice exercises from famous methods, such as Beyer, Burgmüller, Czerny, and Hanon. The instrument is also compatible with Yamaha's free Smart Pianist app—simply download the app to your smart device and connect it to the instrument*.
With the Smart Pianist app, you can easily operate the various Voice functions of the instrument and use it to call up scores of the built-in songs. It also features a comprehensive Piano Room function for changing the tonal quality and resonance settings of the piano sound.
* A cable connection is required. Make sure to purchase the correct cable for your smart device.
| YDP-165 | YDP-145 | |||
| Size/Weight | ||||
| Dimensions | Width | 1,357 mm [53-7/16"] | 1,357 mm [53-7/16"] | |
| Height | 849 mm [33-27/64"] (With music rest raised: 1,003 mm [39-31/64"]) | 815 mm [32-1/16"] (With music rest raised: 969 mm [38-1/8"]) | ||
| Depth | 422 mm [16-5/8"] | 422 mm [16-5/8"] | ||
| Weight | Weight | 42.0 kg (92 lbs., 10 oz.) | 38.0 kg (83 lbs., 12 oz.) | |
| Packing Box | Width | 1,449 mm [57-3/64"] | 1,429 mm [56-17/64"] | |
| Height | 479 mm [18-55/64"] | 434 mm [17-3/32"] | ||
| Depth | 584 mm [22-63/64"] | 564 mm [22-13/64"] | ||
| Control Interface | ||||
| Keyboard | Number of Keys | 88 | 88 | |
| Type | GH3 keyboard with synthetic ebony and ivory keytops | GHS keyboard with matte black keytops | ||
| Touch Response | Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed | Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed | ||
| Pedal | Number of Pedals | 3: Damper (with half-pedal function), Sostenuto, Soft | 3: Damper (with half-pedal function), Sostenuto, Soft | |
| Functions | Damper, Sostenuto, Soft | Damper, Sostenuto, Soft | ||
| Display | Type | - | - | |
| Size | - | - | ||
| Language | - | - | ||
| Panel | Language | English | English | |
| Cabinet | ||||
| Key Cover | Key Cover Style | Sliding | Sliding | |
| Music Rest | Yes | Yes | ||
| Music Clips | Yes | - | ||
| Voices | ||||
| Tone Generation | Piano Sound | Yamaha CFX | Yamaha CFX | |
| Key-off Samples | Yes | Yes | ||
| Smooth Release | Yes | - | ||
| Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) | - | - | ||
| Virtual Resonance Modeling Lite (VRM Lite) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Polyphony | Number of Polyphony (Max.) | 192 | 192 | |
| Preset | Number of Voices | 10 | 10 | |
| Effects | ||||
| Types | Reverb | 4 | 4 | |
| Chorus | - | - | ||
| Brilliance | - | - | ||
| Master Effect | - | - | ||
| Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Stereophonic Optimizer | Yes | Yes | ||
| Functions | Dual/Layers | Yes | Yes | |
| Split | - | - | ||
| Duo | Yes | Yes | ||
| Songs | ||||
| Preset | Number of Preset Songs | 10 voice demo songs + 50 classics + 303 lesson songs | 10 voice demo songs + 50 classics + 303 lesson songs | |
| Recording | Number of Songs | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of Tracks | 2 | 2 | ||
| Data Capacity | Approx. 150 KB/Song (approx. 11,000 notes) | Approx. 100 KB/Song (approx. 11,000 notes) | ||
| Compatible Data Format | Playback | SMF (Format 0, Format 1) | SMF (Format 0, Format 1) | |
| Recording | SMF (Format 0) | SMF (Format 0) | ||
| Functions | ||||
| Piano Room | - | - | ||
| Overall Controls | Metronome | Yes | Yes | |
| Tempo Range | 5 – 280 | 5 – 280 | ||
| Transpose | -6 – 0 – +6 | -6 – 0 – +6 | ||
| Tuning | 414.8 - 440.0 - 466.8 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments) | 414.8 - 440.0 - 466.8 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments) | ||
| Scale Type | - | - | ||
| Rhythm | - | - | ||
| Storage and Connectivity | ||||
| Storage | Internal Memory | - | - | |
| External Drives | - | - | ||
| Connectivity | Headphones | Standard stereo phone jack (x 2) | Standard stereo phone jack (x 2) | |
| MIDI | - | - | ||
| AUX IN | - | - | ||
| AUX OUT | - | - | ||
| USB TO DEVICE | - | - | ||
| USB TO HOST | Yes | Yes | ||
| DC IN | 16 V | 12 V | ||
| Amplifiers and Speakers | ||||
| Amplifiers | 20 W x 2 | 8 W x 2 | ||
| Speakers | 12 cm x 2 | 12 cm x 2 | ||
| Power Supply | ||||
| Power Consumption | 13 W (When using PA-300C AC adaptor) | 9 W (When using PA-150 AC adaptor) | ||
| Auto Power Off | Yes | Yes | ||
| Power Supply | Adaptors | PA-300C | PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha | |
| Accessories | ||||
| Accessories | Owner's Manual, 50 Classical Music Masterpieces Music Book, Online Member Product Registration, Warranty*, Bench*, Power cord*/AC adaptor* PA-300C *varies by area | Owner's Manual, 50 Classical Music Masterpieces Music Book, Online Member Product Registration, Warranty*, Bench*, Power cord*/AC adaptor* PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha *varies by area | ||
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