question about the m3s grand piano

[zestay]

I just went to the music store and jammed out on a korg sp 350 ( digital piano ) with rh3 to get a feel for the m3 in my near future. aside from almost liking the casio privias hammer action keybed better... but .. all things aside. i noticed that when playing the sp-350 the stereo action was so good. it sounded like the sound was coming out of each key . i dont know how else to describe it. it was much more than the bass was on the left and the highs were on the right. i could pinpoint the keys location purely by sound it was amazing. using the M3 would i lose this ? would headphones be best ? or monitors? where is proper placement to achieve this?

thanx!
martin

[Jonno]

Get yourself some powered studio monitor speakers, and place them directly behind each corner of the M3 pointing at you. Depending on your budget (e.g. Alesis M1's, M-Audo, Kurzweil KS's, KRK's, Genelec, Dynaudio etc) you'll get a much better sound and stereo image than using some PC or hifi speakers.

[Jonno]

Oh and ESI's Near 05 are pretty descent as well, for the price.