All user reviews for the Yamaha HS50M

I had small monitorings for the home studio, in a desktop configuration (unfortunately I do not live a 20m2!).
So, level height and weight, I do not need more for my configuration, dimensions are ideal.

The construction is good, it is very solid, the rear panel is well thought out, convenient for adjusting the sound fontion location and the proximity of the walls.

Solid and well thought out.

SOUNDS

For sound, this is good too. The frequency curve is sufficiently neutral. After, the speaker configuration, the lack of bass and a little body too. We can catch up very slightly by placing them near a wall, to exacerbate low (especially lower mids).

Against by the sound is clear, accurate and well detailed. The sound is also very dynamic, lots of fishing, as punchy treble (slightly aggressive for some, say it takes some getting used to). And good stereo too.

So close to the speakers who are doing their job. Its precise stereo sound through against lack of bass and some low mids.

OVERALL OPINION

Good speakers nearby, perfect for a home studio config on a small installation.
on the other hand, for mixing must alternate with a good monitoring headphones transcriptionist good bass and low medium, not too add dB in these frequencies. Check also for the fact that they have a clear, they tend to bring out a little more voices and strings.
The best is to buy the sub that goes with it to fill the gap. But in case of lack of space or neighbors nervous, checking the headphones (and verifying completion of a hi fi or radio) is strongly recommended.

That said, all the speakers of this size have the same flaws it at low. And I could compare (no really accurate way unfortunately) with other speakers of the same category: Adam and A3x A5X, Fostex PM04 and PM05, Genelec 8020.
They are far from being ridiculous (I even preferred) alongside Genelec (lighter and more accurate) and close to Adam (Adam have the best sound, but 2 times the price).
Very good quality / price ratio!

When I was in need of a small footprint monitor system for my home studio I needed to blend my space restrictions with a solution that would provide a decent real world transition. After much research, I decided upon the Yamaha HS50M monitors. Each offer 70 watts of biamplified power feeding a 5" woofer and a 3/4" tweeter. Made from a MDF enclosure that is rear ported and shielded they are at home close to your display. There are both XLR and RTS inputs available with a level control on the rear. These monitors also offer four room control switches that tailor the sound.

SOUNDS

The HS50M monitors offer a high quality stereo image when used in a near field-monitoring situation. Putting a good mix together in regards to performance placement is easy when using these monitors. I also find that dynamics translate rather well on these small monitors. When testing them using a reference source such as a classical orchestra or an old Pink Floyd disk all the subtle nuances are instantly recognized. These speakers offer flat and honest sound reproduction. Once tuned to your specific room you will get reliable sound from them that translate well to real world sources. The four switches on the rear panel control mid eq (+-2 db @ 2 kHz), room control (0,-2,-4 db shelf @ 500 Hz), high trim (+-2 db shelf @ 3 kHz), and low cut (flat, 80 Hz, 100 Hz) to tailor for use with a 2.1 or 5.1 system that uses a sub woofer. This makes these little wonders movable from area to area if need be and still offer a valid mix environment. They have a standard frequency response of 55 Hz-20 kHz.

OVERALL OPINION

I previewed many models from different manufacturers in different stores before arriving at the decision that no other pair could match the HS50M in terms of honest reproduction. Every other brand in this size and price group (under $500) had some issue with coloring of the sound somewhere in the spectrum. I found these to be the most precise for mixing and mastering in my small home studio environment. While $400 is a modest amount of money, these are used extensively in my home and remain in perfect working condition. Definitely, worth every penny they cost. I believe my favorite aspect is they work well in a low volume setting saving the ears offering the prospect of longer sessions. If one were to go down, I would not hesitate to replace it and when I am affronted, the luxury of more space in a more volume friendly area I will most likely find myself investing in the HS80M.

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.

Price.

I using in home studio with an m-audio profire card 610

SOUNDS

Is pregnant are very accurate at midrange and acute
By lack much against his bottom, cut it to 58 hz ...

This gives a pretty good dynamic range and a clear and precise.

OVERALL OPINION

its going to be 4 years now that I used,
Yes I tested several speakers, as Mackie, adams, Yamaha HS80.

Most:

-Accuracy
The price-
-Clarity
-Neutral
-Dynamic

Cons:

Low-.....


I listen to several speakers and most have a much more low, the sound muffled and really is no such clarity.

I think getting pregnant are very good, for voice, piano ect ...
But if you do electro, I think it must be coupled with a sub, I count myself to buy a Prodipe 10s

The Yamaha HS50M's are a (sort-of) newer version of Yamaha's very famous and sought after NS-10's. This may sound odd, why try to re-create what is arguably one of the better nearfield monitors ever made? I suppose Yamaha simply decided, "Hey, we've got all these new manufacturing techniques, several more years of trial and error work done, cheaper materials, etc. Why, NOT! try and make a cheaper, more modern predecessor to the NS-10's!"
The HS50M's are active monitors with the features you would expect from a solid product of it's class and price range. What you may not expect is how good these monitors really are. Having used these quite a bit, I can assure you that you can acheive some really well balanced mixes with them. I would not recommend these for mastering unless you have done very good sound conditioning to your mixing environment and also have a decent or appropriate subwoofer to pick up the slack in the low-end.

SOUNDS

When the HS50M's are set up in your workspace properly you should not have any major issues with getting a fairly represented stereo image. This of course assumes that you have treated your room environment accordingly for serious work.
The HS50M's handle very dynamic content just as well as they handle tragically over-compressed or over-limited content. You will be surprised at how loud and how full they can sound given their diminuitive size.
The HS50M's deliver an incredibly close approximation of the characteristics of the time-honored NS-10's. They are very stable and acceptably flat from 200Hz-20kHz. Just understand that a speaker of this "average" size is never going to knock picture frames off your walls. Their intended use is NOT to "thump", but to be precise in their clarity and definition.
Yet again, the HS50M's are very suited for semi-pro to pro mixing, however, your personal preferences and needs should always be the deciding factor in the gear that you buy.

OVERALL OPINION

As with all smaller nearfield monitors in this class, the low-end just isn't there. The HS50M's more than make up for the lack with excellent response from about 200Hz - 20kHz. They are indeed quite suited for more serious mixing if the nearfield monitoring approach is right for you.
I've seen the HS50M's selling for widely variable prices so definitely shop around and find the best you can. I would not recommend paying anything over $400 us for a pair. At that point you could save a little bit more and purchase something better.
Other than the obvious lack of really deep low-end, (150Hz and below), the HS50M's are a very well balanced and pleasing monitor to use. Partnered with an appropriate subwoofer and a well treated room, one could expect to do some very good work with these.
I've tried several other monitors in this class/size/etc. and the HS50M's would be my choice of the bunch. They seem to deal with and present the lower frequencies better than some of their smaller competitors without sacrificing a well balanced mid to treble response.

Technically, this is the relatively flat response of these speakers made me choose them in order to allow me to mix with more precision.

SOUNDS

The frequency curve is relatively neutral the only big difference compared to NS10 from the graphics of response I could see is the lower part which undergoes a dramatic loss between 0Hz and 70Hz area. But hey it's 5 "so physically hard to beat without artifice.

The dynamics are simply beautiful as well as the stereo is a very high accuracy. The sound is extremely clear view even too but the settings available on the rear panel allow easy fix that.

OVERALL OPINION

I only use them for 24 hours and, even if it's not much, although I'm not quite used yet I must say that listening to some reference titles I immediately rediscovered them in another day!

The value for money I think is truly excellent. I hesitated between YAMAHA HS50M and MACKIE MR5mk2 for YAMAHA and finally choose the one reason for this is that I did not find any independent reference design in terms of the frequency response MACKIE.

What I like most about these speakers is the sound and the NS10 design inspired

As already mentioned the value for money is very good for what is a real tool for work / leisure relation to R5G2 KRK or M-Audio BX5a Deluxe that is probably more potato but not as neutral.

These are Active Studio monitors that can be used for home or in a major studio setting. But I recommend using them at home. I have them going through my maudio interface running with my pc. For some reason any time I use these I get a clean mix. Even a better mix than I get when using the krk 8’s. They have a flat sound that doesn’t over due anything. Most the time when you get monitors there are something that isn’t accurate either the low the hi’s or the mids. Everything with the HS50M’s seem to be flat and accurate. I have compared these to so many different monitors its crazy. I have come to the conclusion for the price range for a pair of these you wont find a better set on the market. Or atleast you couldn’t up untill about a year or so ago. There may be something better for the price on the market now but im not sure.


SOUNDS

If you are looking for a clean sound then these are the way to go. Yamaha has provided us with so many great products over the years . They have also had some that have went bad for me but not these. The HS50M’s continue to work great and cause no problems when using them in any size room and at any level they give a great sound. crisp hi’s and clean low’s and a mid section to balance it all out and give an overall great sound.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, these are some of the only pairs in this price range that I will recommend doing a master in . You can get a great master in these like you could with a set of 2,000 dollar monitors. I have done mixes in these and in some really expensive monitors in a major studio and you cant tell the difference. The only thing that was really different is the low end thumped a little more overall when I was using this to master. But I do like my music fuller and thicker so they fit me perfectly.

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.


Big kisses

I wanted the studio active speakers, not too big, not too expensive, I was recommended them for their quality / price ratio.
I used for my home studio on a pc correct (quad-, 4 GB RAM) via a sound card presonus Firebox.
Up-to-hand to listen to music, I chose to make the correct mix in cubase (music mainly pop / rock).

SOUNDS

I have not tried others. What I can say is that the mixes made in the system provides a good record on other forums, which suggests to me that they are sufficiently neutral in terms of the frequency curve.
Of course it is not in the high-end tests and heard in music stores make me want to buy speakers with more depth in the lower level and harmonics.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for some years now, these speakers were in my favor, and although it is in the entry-level I've never been disappointed (149 € / room, we know what we buy ).
+ In it's solid, they have survived including four relocations and a fall down the stairs.

I bought my HS50M last month following the "death" of one of my old speakers, Behringer Truth 2030A. I first went to the store to test HS80M, which unfortunately are a little too big for my tiny studio ...

Usage: studio monitoring / mixing / listening to cd, vinyl etc ...

Motivation: Small size, affordable price (around 300 euros the pair in a famous German ...), retailer brand reputation and a successful test of their big sisters the HS80M.

SOUNDS

- The curve is fairly neutral, the speakers are on the rear panel of markers (low, middle, high and room) which can correct some faults of the play

- The sound is not clear is easily distinguish the different ranges of the spectrum, the highs are not aggressive, the low end and a bit limited (but hey they are small speakers).

-Very good stereo (that's what amazed me at first listen)

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for a month and I just realized a first mixing with and I must say it was a real treat!
Before I had a pair of 2030A Berhinger and I must say it has nothing to do. Two hours of mixes on my ears and I Berhinger cauliflower because of acute aggressive. The yamaha, no ear fatigue.
These speakers are truly neutral, no nasty surprises listening to his mix on different systems, if it sounds on HS50M it sounds everywhere!

The value for money is really good for 50 euros more than the Berhinger 2030A is really going on in another world.

With the same budget I definitely do it again the same choice.

Chosen for: price range, rendering nearfield volume and correct, precise, serious not too accentuated.
XLR out on alesis IO26

SOUNDS

Sufis neutral, respected and not too serious "modern" (that is not mackie let alone Genelec!)
Good dynamic but must not expect too much either for the price, excellent stereo image.

OVERALL OPINION

Use since July, perfect for listening to music and composition in the medium volume (apart anyway).
I was fortunate to work in the studio with Genelec, KRK and Mackie's, Yamaha NS10 and the old.

Genelec is good but need to listen very hard if you want the bass does not vomit.
Mackie I found it rough especially in the lower medium.
KRK not bad but you have to push a little depending on the model, more than the HS50M for "equivalence" qualitative.
Yamaha (the HS50) really clean without pushing the medium volume: the serious acute through the mediums.
Another plus: the frequency corrections to the rear speakers, very nice to "adapt" to his tastes and pieces.

I have a pair of Tannoy in the living room to listen to music, they are 11 years old but still functional. I thought they were a little better defined at the top of the spectrum, but less neutral on the bottom that these small yamaha!

With 300 euros, the size of my room and close: perfect!
Ideal power: if I change my home I will look that gives the HS80M!

Go there if you are still unsure it's really a smart purchase.
(Ps: I work not among yamaha huh!)

I've been using the Yamaha HS50M’s since August 2006. In my experience HS50Ms are very interesting speakers. I can say they have the most realistic sounding bass I've ever heard, period! The timber of the bass instruments are so real there is nothing to touch them in Hi-Fi or pro-audio market in this respect. Bass instruments also sound very tuneful. I had a chance to hear HS80Ms as well. Their bass reproduction even go deeper and they have a bigger sound. But they are also more expensive. I can imagine HS50Ms sounding great on speaker stands such as Atacama with signals fed through a warm sounding pre-amp( maybe a valve pre-amp). My only bad thing would be that acoustic piano (and sometimes vocal)recordings sound bright and thin on HS50s. But for the price one can easily forgive these flaws.


SOUNDS

They sound pretty good, Yamaha also makes great monitors at an affordable price, but one minor flaw is that they are not 100% quiet, they do have baseline noise even with nothing connected to them that you can hear in a quiet room. But in the $400/pair price range, something has to give as designers make their trade off decisions.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, These speakers sound PHENOMENAL for the price. You almost forget you're listening to $400 monitors when mixing with these. These things look like toys but sound like $1000 near-fields. I actually prefer them to anything I've heard under $500 and for my taste, like them better than the new-standard HR824s which always sound boomy to me. If you want flat, these speaks are flatter than a pancake. Almost too flat at times, if that makes any sense. It could get fatiguing but cutting the high frequencies with the switches in the back seems to correct that problem. I recommend these for engineers on a tight budget.

Power: 70 W (25 + 45)
Bandwidth: 55Hz - 20kHz (-10 dB)
5 "+ 3 / 4"
Frquence cutoff 3 kHz
Sensibilt: -10 dB 10 kOhms
Connector jack (symtrique) and XLR
Dimensions: 162 x 222 x 168 mm
Weight: 5.8 kg
Electric consumption: 45W

Use in control room in addition to listening Genelec 1031A

SOUNDS

- A well defined neutral, with very low enough for the monitor of this size.
- The dynamic is very good even at high volume and keeps a good listener.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for 2 weeks in the 2 nd pair of Genelec Listening with enjoyable I t surprised by the report of these monitors, the look, but I also Attir the purpose of the purchase of silent have a standard pair of listening more to check my mixes,
Now I think it is also possible to use the monitor, even to do serious work on it,
What I like most, they made a precise and well defined volume Modr.
Very good value qualitprix real cost
If I do it again this choice, certainly, a pair of NS10 (good quality) would have much more too, but who knows, it can be become a pair of reference over time