Name: Roland FP-10
Brand: Roland
SKU: 013acaa0-eb5e-4bc5-b35d-1a67f44bab0f
Price: 499.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 9.5 (779 reviews)

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Experts recommend Roland FP-10 more than Roland FP-30X

As of 16 Jan 2025, experts prefer Roland FP-10 over Roland FP-30X, but both Digital Pianos have solid expert endorsements.

As per this month's meta ranking, Roland FP-10 received 3 recommendations: from PianoDreamers (9 Oct 2024), Music Radar (31 Oct 2024) and Run The Music (3 Mar 2021). By contrast, Roland FP-30X received only 2 recommendations from PianoDreamers (9 Oct 2024) and Equipboard (16 Jun 2024).

Rank	Change	Price	Digital Piano	PianoDreamers	Rolling Stone	Gearank	The Guitar Junky	Music Radar	Prime Sound	Best Digital Piano	Equipboard	Run The Music	Luxury Pianos
2	-	$500	Roland FP-10 The Roland FP-10 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, versatile features, and impressive sound quality in a compact and durable instrument.	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-
6	-	Check price	Roland FP-30X	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

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Endorsement summary:

On 9 Oct 2024

PianoDreamers ranked Roland FP-10 as #3 and Roland FP-30X as #4

Rank	Digital Piano	Comment
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#3 out of 8	Roland FP-10	Best Beginner Digital Piano Under $500
#4 out of 8	Roland FP-30X	Best Intermediate Digital Piano Under $1000
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Source: www.pianodreamers.com

On 31 Oct 2024 Music Radar ranked Roland FP-10 as #2

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#2 out of 9 Roland FP-10
The best playing-action in its price bracket

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Source: www.musicradar.com
On 3 Mar 2021 Run The Music ranked Roland FP-10 as #4

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#4 out of 5 Roland FP-10
Best Cheap Digital Piano for Beginners

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Source: www.runthemusic.com
On 16 Jun 2024 Equipboard ranked Roland FP-30X as #1

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#1 out of 5 Roland FP-30X

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Source: equipboard.com

After counting and adding up the 73 expert endorsements of the January rankings, Roland FP-10 outranks Roland FP-30X. This is not to say that Roland FP-30X is a bad option. Like Roland FP-10, it is recommended by experts, but less.

MetaRanking Common points from expert reviews summarized.

As can be seen below, Roland FP-10 outranks Roland FP-30X by 4 positions. This indicates that, as of 16 Jan 2025, Roland FP-10 is more critically acclaimed than Roland FP-30X.

Rank	Change	Price	Digital Piano	PianoDreamers	Rolling Stone	Gearank	The Guitar Junky	Music Radar	Prime Sound	Best Digital Piano	Equipboard	Run The Music	Luxury Pianos
1	-	Check price	Roland RD-2000 The Roland RD-2000 is a highly praised digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, exceptional sound quality, and durability, making it a versatile and reliable choice for professional musicians and performers.	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	1	-
2	-	$500	Roland FP-10 The Roland FP-10 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, versatile features, and impressive sound quality in a compact and durable instrument.	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-
3	+1	$179	Casio Casiotone CT-S300	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
4	-1	$229	Alesis Recital	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
5	-	$2000	Yamaha YDP-184 The Yamaha YDP-184 is a high-quality digital piano with a standard keyboard length of 88 keys, Yamaha's Graded Hammer System (GHS) for realistic piano action, a polyphony of 256 notes, exceptional harmonics with Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) technology, and a highly regarded sound quality, making it suitable for serious pianists and advanced players.	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
6	-	Check price	Roland FP-30X	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
7	-	$579	Casio Privia PX-S1100	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-
8	-	$450	Yamaha P71 The Yamaha P71 is a highly regarded digital piano with a full-sized keyboard, realistic touch, exceptional sound quality, and portability, making it suitable for beginners and intermediate players.	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
9	-	$5999	Nord Stage 3 88 The Nord Stage 3 88 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, exceptional sound quality, and durability, making it suitable for professional musicians and music enthusiasts.	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-
14	-	$1300	Yamaha Arius YDP-144 The Yamaha Arius YDP-144 is a versatile and high-quality digital piano that offers a realistic and immersive piano-playing experience, making it suitable for pianists of different skill levels.	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	-	$3798	Roland FP-90 The Roland FP-90 is a highly recommended digital piano with exceptional sound quality and a realistic playing experience, making it suitable for professional musicians, music students, and anyone in need of a reliable and long-lasting instrument.	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-
16	-	$750	Yamaha DGX670B	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
17	-	Check price	Roland FP-30 The Roland FP-30 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers exceptional sound quality, a realistic playing experience, and portability, making it suitable for pianists of all levels.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6
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Expert Reviews There are people on the Internet whose job is to review products. Below are their opinions.

Expert reviews [13]

79

Total expert reviews: 13

with a score: 3
without a score: 10

Highest score by Keyboard Kraze	90
Average score based on 13 reviews	79
Lowest score by buydigitalpiano.com	68

Score distribution:

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No expert reviews linked yet for Roland FP-30X.

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