ENSPIRE Controller User Reviews

ENSPIRE Controller - US
ENSPIRE Controller - US
Yamaha Corporation of America

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Always a problem

This app always has problems connecting. They should update the app to be more consistent with connection issues

App Works Fine

If there is good follow up service from the dealer you buy it from the Enspire app will work fine.

Works Great!!

Idk what the deal is with all the negative reviews, but I’ve had my new dgb1k enst for a month now and have not once had a problem. Everything works and sounds great!

Garbage App

Disklaviers are terrible pianos. Don’t bother wasting your money. Just a brick.

UPDATE OCT 2025: Yamaha breaks once somewhat stable app on last update.

NEW - Oct 25 update might have fixed a few things but it BROKE others! Now you have to reboot the piano from the MAINS switch to get the app to load without the WHITE SCREEN OF DEATH. And that lasts only a few uses. Log-in/Server connection issues +++, NOTE, these issues only materialized with the latest firmware update. Support is puzzled. $94,000 MSRP piano is no good without a stable/useful app!!!
OLD
Not sure why there are so many negative reviews on this app. Some seem to be about the DKRadio subscription and not this application. Any of us who have owned older Disklavier Pianos (prior the the Enspire model) will truly appreciate how awesome this app is. You can get to almost every aspect/control over the piano. Plus it’s pretty intuitive, runs on any device that supports newer HTML functions, and is pleasant to view.

Wishlist= 1. more access to maintenance functions/tests/settings.
2. Better support for the Remote Lesson functions that allow 2 Disklavier Enspire pianos to communicate with each other over the net.
3. Dark theme/night mode options.
4. Wallpaper options (so we can picture our actual piano).

Overall, this is an ok upgrade to the Disklavier interface and deserves more praise.
Happy Listening.
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Awful

We spent $3,500 on this controller that worked for about 2weeks! Very frustrated with Yamaha

Frequently stops working - impossibe to fix

The system is gorgeous when it works, but mine hasn't worked for months, and I have no idea why. My app can no longer detect the piano. Customer support so far has been non existent. And it's too sophisticated a system for a layman to troubleshoot. They need to do much better.

Impossible to connect

Poor app, zero connectivity. Worthless.

So FRUSTRATING!

EVERY TIME I want to use the Disklavier, it doesn’t work. If it’s M - F, I can get help. If a weekend (when we usually use it) there is no access to help. We spent SO much money for this piano and Disklavier … and I have spent SO much money for the subscription and music purchase. And cannot access when I want it!
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Come on Yamaha

This app has great potential but is incredibly difficult to navigate. Yamaha go hire a developer from Spotify and make this app user friendly. Very difficult to find songs switch songs create playlists etc. if i would have known this app was so incredibly difficult i would not have just spent over $22,000 for a new Yamaha piano!! Please update or better yet start over and provide something that is not so cumbersome to use
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App does not work

The app does not work on iPhone 14

App Never Works

This app never works. It constantly loses the connection or doesn’t connect. It constantly gives errors and like the other reviewers, I regret that I spent $24K on a piano with a major feature that rarely works.

SAME

Ditto to all the other one star reviews. I’m with everyone else on here that is super frustrated with a very expensive non functioning stereo system. I could have just bought a regular piano and called it good but they sold me on the upgrade. Super disappointing.

Don’t buy a Yamaha piano if you are planning to use the app

The piano is great and very expensive however the Yamaha app is a one star since there were no lower stars rating to give.
It never works don’t be fooled by the demo at the store and pay top dollar for that option.

This app is horrible.

I own a Disklavier piano. The controller app is horrible, and makes the piano impossible to use as I intended. Sadly, while my piano is new, I expect this app is sunset and rotting on the vine. I spent 15 years in software companies, and such crappy tech for such a beautiful instrument is egregious. After spending tens of thousands to have this piano play in my home, it just… doesn’t. Do your research and save your money.
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Never ever, ever buy this piano or product.

I own a Disklavier piano. I think it’s very telling that it was 3 years ago when Yamaha last updated this disfunctional software. We spent tens of thousands on a piano and this horrible interface keeps us from enjoying the very reason we bought the piano. This app never works, it stops playing for no reason pretty much every time. You cannot have a party and expect the piano to work because this app is so unreliable. You call Yamaha and they can’t fix it. You call your local piano dealer and they blame “your internet connection”. We got the piano Ethernet hard ward and it still doesn’t work. The app constantly spins “connecting” and you wait so long that you get frustrated and close the app. You walk away, and 15 minutes later the piano randomly starts playing. The reviews are consistently horrible and yet Yamaha does nothing. I wish I’d been warmed just how awful and unworkable this product is.
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Rarely Works

I must restart several times over several sessions to get this app to work. Most of the time I quit in frustration before it actually works.

Disappointed

The connection isn’t stable nor does the app support any airplay or Bluetooth connectivity to any additional speakers.
I’d expect this buying something from Walmart; for the price of the Grand Piano, I expected so much more. Even more concerning the last app update for the app was two years ago.

For the curious we did have a professional tech do the installation. The app is just bad
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I am also disappointed

It seems like the interface would be significantly better. I just got an iPhone 15 Pro and it will not recognize the piano. However, if I go to the browser and type the IP address of the piano, the phone will pull up the control. The software that comes with iPhone will not recognize the piano. Don’t try to call their helpdesk. They are about useless. Lotta money to spend for such poor service.
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Awful software

I spent over $40k on a Yamaha piano and this software could have been written better by a two year old. It doesn't work. Yamaha should hire apple to make some decent software. They obviously don't have a clue.

Even the simplest functions like copying a song to the hard drive don't work. Very, very, very disappointed.

Max warshauer
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