Have been reading this forum every day one year now, and often it is very exciting – what can I learn today? When reading about discussions on pianosounds and how they sound compared to Pianoteq, and which sound is best and so on, we have so many different opinions about which is best. This post is a bit off topic, but exuse me, could not keep from writing it here because it is associated with how we hear pianosounds. I play classical.ĭonSmith wrote in another thread:”When listening or reading about discussions on piano sounds, I've often wonder how we hear frequencies when we get older”. My set-up is an iMac with a SSD, 16 GB ram, Kawai MP10, ALO the Island DAC/amp, and Beyerdynamic T90 headphones. In my situation it would make the most sense - but to each his own. In the end, if I could only own one or the other, I would chose Pianoteq because it is friendlier. Ravenscroft has been innovative in the use of FLAC files - so that for a sampled database is is relatively small - but of good quality. And the Ravenscroft product seems to have varying pricing - so you never know when to make the purchase. And those iLok USB keys aren't cheap considering that I can buy one for $10 at the corner store. The whole iLok thing is a pain - although, Ravenscroft allows you to authorize to your hard drive rather than taking up a usb slot like Ivory does. Ravenscroft does not have a metronome - which is a shame - as an intermediate player, I use one quite a bit. I would not get the Ravenscroft if I did not have a SSD. And I have 16 Gb of RAM and a solid state hard drive. The PT interface is easier to use, and you are up and playing much faster. However, Pianoteq uses far fewer computer resources, is easier to install, and loads faster. I like them both very much - but they are very different sound wise - even to a novice. Both have excellent (and similar) ways to tailor your sound.

From a sound perspective (to my amateur ears), they both have unique but very good sound - both much better than the sound built into my Kawai MP 10.

Ravenscroft 275 vs pianoteq