Do you consider yourself an audiophile?

[teuchter]

These.

Yamaha NS-1000 M - Vintage Speakers Review at Audio Nostalgia

Review of Yamaha NS-1000 M speakers. Author’s subjective opinion on their sound supported with technical specs, photos and a video.

audionostalgia.co.uk

 

[moody]

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Honestly though those are some mad speakers and he built them himself, insane but I've definitely got some kind of respect for this guy for going all out on his passion.
Problem I see with his system though:
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I mean what are those cables doing just lying on the floor like that!? He needs himself some cable uplifters...

also the article says when they sold this all off, those massive speakers sold for just over $10k, which is less than this pair of Yamaha bookshelf speakers:

Yamaha NS-5000 Bookshelf Speakers

Yamaha NS-5000 Bookshelf Speakers

www.hificorner.co.uk

which are $17k - I don't associate Yamaha with audophile stuff, is there a reason these are so expensive?

lovely rugs, must of cost a fair bit. been looking at similar myself.

the guy does look really depressed, maybe he spent so much money he can't afford any electric

 

[klang]

These.

Yamaha NS-1000 M - Vintage Speakers Review at Audio Nostalgia

Review of Yamaha NS-1000 M speakers. Author’s subjective opinion on their sound supported with technical specs, photos and a video.

audionostalgia.co.uk

Ns10 are the more legendary studio ones.

I've worked on the 1000s a few times and like them.

 

[teuchter]

Ns10 are the more legendary studio ones.

Ah right.

 

[pbsmooth]

Yamaha definitely did high-end hi-fi back in the day. They seem to be going that way again - they released a crazy expensive pair of headphones.

 

[ska invita]

they released a crazy expensive pair of headphones.

There's a 1970/80s Yamaha speaker with a similar name that has long been popular with certain elements of the audiophile set, despite not really having been intended for that market .

how do you know this?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Ns10 are the more legendary studio ones.

I've worked on the 1000s a few times and like them.

Ns 10s are great, but what really makes them great as nearfield studio monitors is that they are well balanced and clear, but still have the sound and general tones of speakers a lot of regular people at home will be listening through. They were also incredibly robust.

In the studio I would do most of my mixing through them rather than the massive expensive Genelecs we had at the back.
I don't think NS10s would ever be considered 'audiophile' speakers though.

 

[klang]

Ns 10s are great, but what really makes them great as nearfield studio monitors is that they are well balanced and clear, but still have the sound and general tones of speakers a lot of regular people at home will be listening through. They were also incredibly robust.

In the studio I would do most of my mixing through them rather than the massive expensive Genelecs we had at the back.
I don't think NS10s would ever be considered 'audiophile' speakers though.

I love the ns 10s and use them all the time.

Just wish they had a tad more bass....but hey, they are what they are

 

[klang]

I switch to the neumans if i need more bass or speakers that represent a more modern sound or if i need more crisp.
Between them and the ns 10s i have everything covered, for my purposes anyway.

 

[redcogs]

Harbeth or Audionote speakers both excellent choices.

 

[teuchter]

how do you know this?

I did my time on the audio/hifi forums, some years ago.

 

[pbsmooth]

how do you know this?

Yamaha YH-5000SE review

Expensive, but their performance is exceptional

www.whathifi.com

 

[ska invita]

I did my time on the audio/hifi forums, some years ago.

 

[redcogs]

the price of those headphones is ridiculous and not justified. any old headsets between £20 and £50 always do it for me.

 

[rutabowa]

Yamaha YH-5000SE review

Expensive, but their performance is exceptional

www.whathifi.com

"Springsteen’s passionate vocals come through with grit intact"

 

[moody]

treated myself (was my b'day yesterday) to some new speakers.

found a pair of epos, and boy do they sound sweet.



Got some new cables from chord coming next week too.

 

[moody]

aw man, they sound really nice especially with acoustic instruments and voices

just my floorstanders to upgrade next month. sold my arcam alpha 10 amp so money from that will go towards some.

thinking of some ipl transmision line speakers. I would sit them on some paving slabs or similar.

gonna do it!

 

[ska invita]

I love techmoan.... Excellent look at High Quality CDs here... Conclusion? Same as a normal Cd

 

[moody]

got my chord company xlr to rca cable today, got coming out of the xlr master output of my mixer into my amp.

must say, there is a noticable improvement in imagary and low frequncies.

the quest continues....

 

[danski]

got my chord company xlr to rca cable today, got coming out of the xlr master output of my mixer into my amp.

must say, there is a noticable improvement in imaginary low frequncies.

the quest continues....

FTFY

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

to be fair:
I had the weirdest experience recently with a 3.5mm TRS cable which was not passing bass frequencies.
I still can't figure out why or how but the fact is it wasn't passing them unlike the other 4 that came from the same batch.
therefore: Aliens.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

must say, there is a noticable improvement in imagary and low frequncies.

lol, no

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

FTFY

That's how I first read it. . . And I thought "oh it all makes sense now, moody was just taking the piss".

. . . I'm hoping maybe that's still the case.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

to be fair:
I had the weirdest experience recently with a 3.5mm TRS cable which was not passing bass frequencies.
I still can't figure out why or how but the fact is it wasn't passing them unlike the other 4 that came from the same batch.
therefore: Aliens.

What we're you playing though it? I've had some odd phase cancellation with stereo signals and faulty 3.5mm leads/inputs in the past (not experienced for years, but then I rarely use them anymore). I remember a couple of songs lost everything but the vocals (and other interesting dropouts) depending on how far I pushed in the lead (almost like it felt as if it was between conectors). I can't remember if I'd been used one of those three point ones to phono or regular stereo to phono.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

What we're you playing though it? I've had some odd phase cancellation with stereo signals and faulty 3.5mm leads/inputs in the past (not experienced for years, but then I rarely use them anymore). I remember a couple of songs lost everything but the vocals (and other interesting dropouts) depending on how far I pushed in the lead (almost like it felt as if it was between conectors). I can't remember if I'd been used one of those three point ones to phono or regular stereo to phono.

first via headphones (the cable came with) then a minirig, tried various combinations of both with other cables that came with (the same batch of headphone the cable came with) and other non related cables, consistent lack of bass from this one cable was the outcome to my surprise, I still hold the cable for outside perusal and testing so I can find out where I failed in my testing with outside help.
e2a: this means that the cable was regularly plugged/unplugged/swapped and the results were a consistent lack of bass for this one particular cable in all configurations.
e2a2: most baffling.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

first via headphones (the cable came with) then a minirig, tried various combinations of both with other cables that came with (the same batch of headphone the cable came with) and other non related cables, consistent lack of bass from this one cable was the outcome to my surprise, I still hold the cable for outside perusal and testing so I can find out where I failed in my testing with outside help.
e2a: this means that the cable was regularly plugged/unplugged/swapped and the results were a consistent lack of bass for this one particular cable in all configurations.
e2a2: most baffling.

. . . and across everything you played through it? Not just one stereo image? Was it mono?
That is weird. . .

 

[pbsmooth]

analogue cables can affect the sound - shit, cheap cables, will have an impact. digital cables, not so much...

 

[existentialist]

analogue cables can affect the sound - shit, cheap cables, will have an impact. digital cables, not so much...

Shit, cheap ones will make a difference, but I think that the audiophile mistake is to insist that they have to go all the way over to the other end of the scale - unobtanium alloys, plugs and sockets with their own chakra consultant, etc...

 

[pbsmooth]

Shit, cheap ones will make a difference, but I think that the audiophile mistake is to insist that they have to go all the way over to the other end of the scale - unobtanium alloys, plugs and sockets with their own chakra consultant, etc...

oh for sure. but that's true everywhere right? cars, clothes, handbags...

 

[pogofish]

Yamaha have always had a certain amount of a following among Hi-Fi bods IME. Up there with Rotel, Tannoy and others as the better regarded of the big names.