Hi all, I am upgrading my travel piano and am deciding between the ES120 and ES920, but I just cannot get past the awful body design and dull aesthetics. I wish they would have just kept the sleek design of the ES110/120 or ES8 with the curved cheekblocks. I am even okay with the move to plastic for cost and weight savings, as long as they kept in line with previous aesthetics, but they decided to just make everything...flat and square.
Its just not inspiring me to want to play and for $1.6K for a plastic black box I just dont know if I can. Looks like a generic chinese digital piano (see this Suzuki SL-1 Costco piano from 2012, as reference https://imgur.com/gallery/J4LLW3H). Its a shame because the ES120 has never looked better in its current iteration, and has had upgrades done all around from the es110 -new sample added, keybed support, improved cushioning/noise reduction, added function buttons, larger speakers going from 7Watts to 10Watt, new key surface texture, an upgraded body design with a new color (light grey).
Similar upgrades came with the ES920 which is very nice, except what happened with the aesthetics? Is it just me? I mean it must be the ugliest instrument I've ever seen. But the sound is probably the most natural and dynamic I've heard out of the box from any manufacturer to date. It really sounds like some concert grands I have heard, even if not as dynamic of course. But ughh that case, the button layout, that flimsy clear music stand...I dont know if I can take it serious as an instrument and not a toy. And by comparison that light grey ES120 has no right to be looking that good!