All user reviews of 3/5 for the Yamaha HS50M

* What characteristics have motivated your choice?

I did buy for their price and the fact that they have a relatively neutral frequency curve for this award.

* For what purpose?

For the electro prod home studio. Mixer with is very difficult.

SOUNDS

* The frequency curve is sufficiently neutral?

Rather for monitors at this price point but fros lack of serious and many mediums.

* The sound is clear and precise on the spectrum?

Not in serious

* The stereo image is good?

Satisfactorily. This is what I like most current ON TIME home. Their placement vary a lot that point.

* The dynamics are respected?

At optimal listening (unfortunately relatively strong), I would say yes as a whole.

OVERALL OPINION

* How long have you use it?

3 years

* Did you try many other models before buying it?

Yes but much more expensive school and his studio.

* What is the particular feature you like best and least?

+ They are not aggressive, their stereo image is not bad. And they seem fairly neutral from a volume.

- Big big enough bass (cut to 45 hz) and precision below 200 hz. Many mediums not very clear.

* How would you rate the quality / price?

Pretty good but suddenly I recommend instead to save a little and buy a much better listen.

* With experience, you do again this choice?

Not

Studio use, the second listening at the time.
I was impressed by the reviews and tests. Error.

SOUNDS

The frequency curve is pretty good, except excessive presence of high mids and highs. Not at all an advantage as I have read below. Fortunately you can switch back, even if it's not enough yet quite.

OVERALL OPINION

I had a lot of speaker models. This one is not the worst, but they are not the best.
We need to stop comparing them to NS10 too, because apart from the color of the boomer, nothing. The NS10 sound boardy metallic those. They make you buy market share with Nurofen for too long listening.
Once you know them well, you learn to bosser with, and it allows to control the lack of high-certain securities. If it sounds good in it, you are missing the top of the spectrum in your mixes.
In this range, today, it is better to opt for Eris 5 Presonus or Mackie MR5 MKIII.

Great for the new style monitor but not an NS10M. No comparison. They are a bit more colored and a bit more unreal on the low end. They have a great rating and some great reviews but for the money why would you not get a more realistic speaker. Decide if your looking to impress or mix. If you want to mix use the real old NS10M over buying these. If you looking to get more movement down at the 50hz frequency, these will do. When you are use to flat monitors these won't suit your needs as they have a compressed enhanced sound. I use to own a pair of KRK'S that did the same thing. When you are mixing loud and you have set them up as near field monitors and your only monitors they sound pretty damn good. Most all monitors do if you have nothing to compare them to. But we have contacts and they bring us monitors to try all the time and we put them to the test every time. The Yamaha's are good sounding monitors if you are use to a more smooth low end whereby the lower frequencies like 100hz to 140hz sound somewhat compressed and really smooth. I am use to more flat monitors that are a bit more real and unprocessed sounding so when I first heard these it surprised me as they were smooth and normally Yamaha monitors are nothing close to smooth. They have a harsh sound at about 3K and that is why many producers in the past would place tissue paper over the tweeters to cut down on ear fatigue during a mix down or even a long day session. I use to do that all the time. But upon hearing these I noticed a great deal of enhancement. I am not saying they are bad monitors I am just stating that Yamaha has a reputation for really flat sounding almost dead sounding monitors. With this set it threw me off as it was a bit more like the Mackies or the KRK speakers. I was not ready for that from Yamaha so it did not suit my needs for mixing. Much like a new JBL monitor it seemed that it was too smooth for my own good. I

SOUNDS

Good stereo imaging.

A bit cautious on the effects mixing. When effects mixing on smoother sounding monitors you have to be very careful with your effects especially reverbs. Snare reverbs were too smooth for my liking as was the vocals. I like the fact that they provide a more comfortable listening experience but for me that can be a bit deceiving. My ears are more trained for the high boost that a classic NS10m provides which makes you work really hard and long on the midrange tones of your mix. It also makes you work harder on your vocal compression and you can hear any fluctuation in the vocal tracks and in the snare tracks. These speakers provide a good listening experience but not as flat for my liking as I would like out of a speaker. I will stay with the old NS10M and a good pair of JBL's and even the Mackie h824s which to me are more like a slightly enhanced NS10m more than any other speaker. Buy a pair of Mackie H824 and you will like them more.

OVERALL OPINION

I think I like the bump of these but not the unrealistic sound of any of the new Yamahas. I just don't trust their representation. If I am buying Yamaha, again I would just buy the NS10m's.

Purchased for the price, I have kept since I began to know them, which takes some time.

SOUNDS

Sounds very flat, yes, sometimes even boardy. The stereo image is really good for little that positions them well. Good dynamic, clear and precise sound but very aggressive in the treble. So be careful not to veer too much treble in the mix, although you can play with the equation of the speaker to correct the pb. No serious non-plus, to be completed by the box (I have not yet done so elsewhere). Very good report on the strings, bows means well, but avoid mixing with a charley balls for 3 hours. Moreover, mix in balls is not advisable ...

You really get to know them, and to guess the ghost frequency, but can become a great tool. It is not in the high end, but for what they are told they have a very good price / quality ratio.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for 4 years. I have tried to model hearths of course, but I needed to do the monitoring on a shoestring. I had quite a surprise the first six months, but once tamed, they continue to make me great service.


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