All user reviews for the Yamaha HS80M

They came out, white like the NS10 woofer, I thought banco.
I use them to compose, and pre-mix or Laying out my songs before leaving to be finalized in the studio.
They are out of my Lexicon I-ONIX U42S.

SOUNDS

I have not encountered any difficulty to adapt to their sound, which I find completely neutral and reliable.
However, I used them in three different areas in proximity unfortunately without any acoustic treatment (room and living room, studio and 18m2) to As removal and disappointments of my sentimental, so I can not give a definitive opinion above.
But is better to have a miniumum of 1m from the listening position, what I did by putting them on stands behind my desk Thomann. They are obviously designed to mix comfortable booths, so if one is too close, the sound perceived depends on the distance too. For example, if I turn on my computer to read a mini-trick on my screen, it does not sound at all like that if I hold it right into my chair to take a step back.
Moreover, they have low. What is a problem if space is not worked acoustically. This is the studio monitors, not pregnant apartment. So if you have parallel walls (99% of cases), floor and ceiling heavy parallelism (99.9% of cases), I remind you that you made in the low will always be some pitiful speakers used: resonances of the room , attenuation of certain frequencies of 30dB without problems with their harmonics, increase 6dB other frequencies, bass depending on your listening position in the room, etc. ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for 5 years, along with a pair of Fostex PM 0.4
Small Fostex work very well in very small proximity (to each side of my screen), and work best with Yamaha more perspective, depth and power.
My opinion may seem mixed, but this is not the case. Understand me: what I said is that the treatment room acoustics is crucial is the real weak link in the Home Studio.
One day when I have sold many of immateriality, I claquerai between 5 and 20 000 Euros architect, walls, ceilings, absorbers, diffusers, ventilation ...
In the meantime, I leave the final processing of my songs take place in a space that is dedicated to mixing and listening states.

Characteristics that motivated me: enclosure 8 "(as advertised but not really), wide bandwidth, excellent rendering in low, relatively neutral, aesthetics and value for money.

Monitoring use conventional home studio

It is therefore not amplified amp and connected directly to the master output of my sound card.

I think however acquire a box in addition to the perception and treatment of transients in the mix.

SOUNDS

neutrality ... relatively but beware divide the curve is that the speakers are placed close to a wall because their vent is placed at the back, they should ideally be located 1.5 meters from a wall, in my case I don ' not have the space and I use the "control room cleverly proposed by Yamaha to overcome the problem.

The dynamics are good, they extended session and shows nice little tiring

I have an ear, but am not an expert so far, however I find them fairly accurate now I do not have the ability to check an entire spectrum!

Stereo image ... and it is us who do ... :-P

OVERALL OPINION

7 years

I saw many turn monitor with Genelec, Dynaudio and they are a more modest budget but do the job very well. This is my first in acquisition.

My only regret is the vent at the back but well compensated by the control room, that I will ever hypothetically choice but finds it more interesting to enrich my park with other models for comparison and a way to win in objectivity. I am attracted by Dynaudio, Tannoy ...

I use them in the studio .. is the fact of having seen them in the studio major producers of techno that has motivated my choice.
they are connected to my Mackie.

SOUNDS

very neutral .. very good picture, stereo, good dynamics and the sound is very clear and very precise.
it just lacks a little bass but c why I plan to add soon the sub.
because no one should raise the sub gain and knock it saturates and distortion arrive.de most neighbors do not like in general .. the sub makes it possible to have more severe without freqences up the gain.
after, difficult to comment because my lot is not treated proffessionnelle way .. I just applied a few The walls are foam.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for a year and a half before .. I had tannoy more powerful but less accurate.
and when I re-listen to the mixes that I did with the tannoy on yamaha I discovered from errors of mixes that I did not hear with the tannoy!
the only thing that bothers me a bit is the event at the back because for those who have a little piece .. and hs stuck against the wall .. ca gets worse to work in good conditions.
more I love the look with white boomers and the yamaha logo that lights up.
the price / quality ratio is excellent .. I wish I also try and Dynaudio adam a7.
at least I think that supplementing with the sub and acoustic treatment "calculated" it will be perfect for the small home studio seriously.

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

In fact, after some discussions with various people, I decided to acquire a pair. I own a pair of Focal CMS65 CMS + SUB, but they are now in their respective boxes in favor of HS 80.

For what purpose?

I'm training but also composes and mixes.

SOUNDS

The frequency curve is sufficiently neutral?
If it sounds on the HS80, it will sound everywhere. (Which was not the case with the Focal CMS)

The dynamics are respected?
I use an RME UFX VOVOX wired, I do not full.

The stereo is good?
This is not their strong point, but it is not dramatic. On this point the CMS were better.

The sound is clear and precise across the spectrum?
the very top end is not too late.

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it? just over 5 months


What is so special that you love the most, least?
When you know mix it is not very difficult to make them sound.

How would you rate the quality / price?
Frankly amazing!

With experience, you do again this choice?
Absolutely.

Note that I put "VERY GOOD" in general opinion, because from my point of view, at this price it is a great product.

I searched for monitor speakers worthy of the name, I had the 50 hs I had sold for removal and I bought the HS80 sold off 80 per pair to move also, I was not aiming so high.

SOUNDS

I have no idea if the momentum is good so far because I could not use them in inappropriate environment.

If you do not place as much invest in HS50 (seen good case that presented itself I took them)

The sound is good, I got fooled by the low even putting them a notch below when I used to 20 cm from the wall (sic) ... once tested early mix on a hp EEPC I did not hear any bass ...
a mini stereo worn it goes again.

With the HS 50 and my other config my sound went over everywhere but here there are too many different factors to compare. The bass lacked the HS50 on the other hand for sure ... the coup in outdoor listening the song was more balanced

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OVERALL OPINION

I use them for 2 months.

Yes I had the HS50 and small home studio rendering was better both in listening mix, less punchy but more neutral ... but I also had a sound card and ultralite mixing desk (instead of a presonus firemobile studio) and the best gear, so maybe that also makes a difference

The value for money is very good for 80 euros a pair: =) ... it happens.

Yes I would do what I think the choice to change and keep the rest of my gear

my opinion is not worth much, I would say more if I had the opportunity to work seriously with

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The fact that it is powered speaker and advising on AF were pretty good. And it's Yamaha ...

For what purpose?

Home studio / listening to cd, etc..

What amp / What configuration?

Connected to the monitor output of my M-Audio Audiophile 192.

SOUNDS

The frequency curve is sufficiently neutral?

Being in home studio environment (no acoustic treatment, etc..), It is difficult to be categorical. However, I spent over a cd that I know well and I was quite amazed by its transparency and dynamics. Ditto with the use of some vsti (Sample Logic Dammage) or the dynamics and the reproduction quality is impressive.

The dynamics are respected?

Completely.

The stereo is good?

Excellent

The sound is clear and precise across the spectrum?
As mentioned above, given the environment and how they are placed, it is not easy to be assertive to 100%. However, I did not notice any bumps or hollows ...

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it?

3 weeks

Did you tried many other models before buying it?

Only Behringer passive. But lcette time I had no dedicated space, so they were misplaced. So, impossible to compare.

What is so special that you love the most, least?

The +
Connections (XLR jack or choice)
The settings on the rear panel
Playback quality
The look (well if it's a pleasure to work with beautiful things )

The -
They choppent any interference. Initially they were plugged into one multi taken as the PC and suddenly caught every sound (hard drives, ventilation). Since then I have connected to another multi socket and all is well. However, they are not armored (hallucinating!!), So, be careful to mobile phones or wireless ...

How would you rate the quality / price?

Pretty good.

With experience, you do again this choice?

Doubtless

The Yamaha HS80M have been sitting on my workstation desk several times. I purchased these and then didn’t like them at first just because the sound didn’t “thump” enough for me. At first I was very disappointed in them especially after paying all that money for them. But it wasn’t untill I started reading up on mastering music that I started to understand that you don’t want your studio monitors to have a lot of heavy low end. You need a good balanced set of monitors so you can get a clean mix in.


SOUNDS

The sound of these are good and flat. I am so happy that I understand how to mix and master music now and it makes these so much better because I was having to work to hard in my mix to over compress drums and bass to get it to thump in them. Then wonder why my mixes sounded so muddy on the low end. The Yamaha HS 80m’s havent gave me a bad experience yet. I have been getting nothing but clean masters when mixing with them. I also have a semi accoustic treated room with some foam on the walls an a few bass traps in the corner which help a lot.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, these are one of the best sets of monitors that I have used and pretty sure they are the best they I have here at home. With so many different monitors on the market you need to be experimental and find the ones that will suit you the best and give you the best mix. So for these are the best ones for me, I wouldn’t choose any other ones right now. I am happy with these and will have them for as long as they hold up, not that they would go out on me anyways because they are yamaha!

What technical specifications motivated your choice?

I was looking for any good speaker

For what purpose?

primarily to the mix, listen to cd ect ...

SOUNDS

Curve frequency drives is it sufficiently neutral?

Yes it is quite generally more neutral than the fostex pm1 mk2,
you can also adjust the bass, mid, high, according to the tastes and piece

The dynamic is meet? ...

the top there's nothing to say

Stereo image is good?

yes


The sound is clear and prcis across the spectrum?

nikel

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?

A day but that's happy!

Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

ennormement yes
bst 6.5, Tapco s8, fostex pm1 mk2, krk rp 6 Rockit, m audio bx 5a deluxe ect ...

What is the particular feature you like best and least?

for now I'm really enchants, it's really very good means
while the smallest dedails small, they are very beautiful, however they are large speakers it takes place ...

How do you report qualitprix?
With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

At this price is already very very good, I compared them with the Fostex pm2 mk2
I prefer the yamaha, many say that the yam is quite close to 5 adam adam I not listen to so I can not say anything. compartment also has prodipe 5 and 8 it sounds a bit hi-fi ...
For the price of the bomb is the least we can puff properly ...

The Yamaha HS80M's a set of recording studio monitors. Don't be fooled by the look, as these are no NS-10m's, and although they are modeled to look like them they don't have the same kind of sound at all. These are much more precise and full frequency encompassing. I only used these recently in a studio setting, although I had previously heard them in a Guitar Center or some other store when I was checking out monitors. They've got both 1/4" and XLR connections for hooking them up to your rig and they're powered monitors so they don't require any external power amplifier.



SOUNDS

The sound of the Yamaha HS80M's is quite clear and crisp to me. They're great for monitoring during recording as well as for mixing but as always it's good for your main monitors to have a companion for mixing too. While I've really only used them a couple of times, I really like the way they sound as they seem to portray an accurate depiction of what is being recorded. The best way that I know to describe them would be to label them as crisp and well defined.


OVERALL OPINION

While I wasn’t sure what to think of the Yamaha HS80M’s at first, I’ve found that I really like the way they sound. They are a great in between studio monitor as they’ve got a professional sound but are affordable for home studio owners for sure. I still do prefer my Adam A7’s that I have at home, although those will cost you a few bucks more than these. There are a few newer sets of monitors from Yamaha in this line, so even if you can’t afford these you should check out the next step down. I was definitely pleasantly surprised by the HS80M’s as they are a great set of studio monitors!

First of all I want prciser my notes are related to lower my exprience and according to a report quality price j'espre goal.

Technical level: 42Hz-20KHz. between TRS and XLR. Power 120 watts (RMS I think)

I could go for a cost of these speakers ds store and compare their output to other monitor (Event, Rock ... but not the Tapco S8, DSOL. To put them in danger, I had compared to A / B with ADAM P11 (see forum HS80M)
Obviously use is to use it as monitors. I have little working space and the report puissance-performance/taille suits me perfectly.

SOUNDS

The curve of frequencies. of course I would not neutral. more there seems to be a lightweight hollow between 1kHz and 3kHz. nothing serious though, and it is possible that the location where the speakers are placed influential. anyway I was not finding it cost in the store.
acqurir these speakers before, I worked two days on my Genelec 1031 size and mix is ​​safely pass on HS80M (with joy by the way!).
some precision: the event is up the rear: so you have low rgler rglages but for the guys yahama thought everything so we can attnuer up a 4 db bass. can also act on the high and med (-2 2 dBs). Finally there is a low-cut filter for use with a sub. anyway, I am a wall and prs attnuation after all is nickel.
Stereo image is not excessively large compared to Adam for example, but in any case prcise trs, trs appears the center well and the location of sources trs ease .
trs sound seems clear, the bass does not drool, but the highs are Submitted do not take the head after a long work session. (Just a few words about the location where I work: under my bed ... well as a mezzanine so I have a "cap matelassquot; m'amorti that perfect sound. Dansn see a place so vast and Different.

dynamics is "currently" excellent. I say yet because I do they are not rodes so the HP is still rigid and cause trs apprciables dplacement air. should see how the sound will evolve over time.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for a week. j'apprcie currently some work that tests this week also work perfectly (including a pre-mastering to be a fate cd press.
I tried what was in store: adam artist (very good but more than double the price level), Prodipe, Event, KRK, ... it's my preferences with respect to work I do at the moment (rock / metal).
I think the report really excellent quality price. say nothing of the cot.
exprience with ... well we'll see if I had the exprience
Oh one last thing from assimilation with NS-10. a friend who came possde a pair cost the HS80M and assure me they look nothing like these dernires. it seems to be the opposite, at the balance medium / high.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
no, just the sound
- For what purpose?
to have a mix cohrent that goes well on any

SOUNDS

- The curve frequency drives is it neutral enough?
the most neutral I've heard so far
- Stereo image is good?
yes, prcise, without being EXAGRES
- The sound is clear and prcis across the spectrum?
clear, balanced never aggressive. A good mix sounds good, a mix bacl does not sound unlike other forums that embellish the extreme
- The dynamic is it respect? ...
long as it remains courteous, she meets

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it? about 2 months
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
for now I have nothing wrong, my mixes always sound good also ... real REFERENCE
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? I had MSP5 (catastrophe), I used the BM8 m-audio (not bad, but I color and cost of mackie ...
- How do you report qualitprix? Trs good.
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ... It has BM5A or Dynaudio. At this price the sasn hsitation.

After listening to many model Phonic, Genelec, Event, KRK, Fostex, Far, Tanoy, E-MU ... I came across a small pair of HS50, I tried many CD's on it (all genres) and the frequency response and image brightness of these small speakers I was really astonished. Only problem is a lack of solid low (normal given the size of the speakers). I then apris that Yamaha had released the model récament 8 "and" HS80M. "I then search the whole of Belgium, not easy as out of stock Yamaha. Finally I found them on display. So here I go my cd's in ComenC by jazz and classical, rock, techno, new sound and the ultimate test of hard rock well compressed. Then I knelt in front of these gems to look great at an affordable price. He did not falu 3 hours for me to achèttent. I think Yamaha really does work fine, real pros.

SOUNDS

The frequency response seems very neutral, the voices come out very well, the bass is well made without being too present (possibility of a sub) a possible background noise become very easy to distinguish. Furthermore there are filters on the back designed to compensate for acoustic defects of a room. The stereo image is not huge but is more than acceptable for this price range. What I remember most is the clarity and precision of these speakers, I rediscover all my albums. The ecxès reverb and compressors are quickly identified. The momentum is really excellent. We can both mix of jazz to hard rock when using these speakers in post-production.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for three months, they were first placed in a room of 6m2, now they are in a room of 36m2. They sound really good and they look fabulous. No noise at power and low frequencies very well made (no exaggeration to allow a mix / low bass). I really tried almost all the models on the market in this price range, and had my favorite for this model. I would do without hesitation that choice besides, I give awards a prize for this product.

The brand, the price (bought 220 euros / piece in a promo site) and the history of the brand on the speakers or proximity type NS10 MSP5
Use home studio
Config ... they come directly from my little Motu ...

SOUNDS

Curve frequency drives: I'm not ing his or pro ... just passion ... almost pro, then ... ears first.
Stereo image clear enough ... but for a, speaker placement is important ...
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It takes time to get used to it, but I think it does a little more clearly to acute and a little more heat in the lower ... that does not mean drool, and is adjustable while the rear of the vehicle ... This allows to adapt the speakers depending on the surface of the pice and the proximity of the walls.
Its clear, prcis, dynamic ... I enjoyed rcouter all my oldies!

OVERALL OPINION

Use for 2 years ...
Anoter: a lightweight speaker blowing the ignition ... This is not trs pretty, but quickly forgotten once one active reading. a, c'tait least ...
Most: price / quality of manufacture (we feel it is a brand that has a few years it derrire). The quality and versatility of the sound of these speakers!
Another plus: the rglage of frquences depending on the proximity of the walls ... Once there, I "align the sound of the HS80's out of my DT990 Pro ... opration quick and Russia: more surprise from the headset to the speakers and vice ... versa!
MODELS I heard some, but not enough to make a comparative study.
What I wanted: a good brand, speakers powerful enough to mix my work ... all my mix ... and it is that the diffrence is: the HS80M trs are versatile ... because relatively neutral ... Sometimes I make electro, sometimes jazz, sometimes other things ... but I have not had any bad surprises, either in kind or another, everything is restitution: the depth of the jazz bass is beautiful, the bass EHJV lctroniques, splendid! I hsit for quite some time with Krk ... maisje really think I'm the right choice ...
In this price range, I think it's a good deal ... trs above 220 euros! so ... enjoy "/> years

Home studio use, competitive prices for quality (515 pair that you ask for?)

table connected to a 3100 Roland VM with soundcard Motu 828 mk2 + FIREstation adat
perfect for my use!!

Many rglages to fit the configuration of the pice

SOUNDS

Frequency curve my taste great neutral with a small peak in the bass but nothing mchant.
Stereo sound image, clear, prcis (prcis really!)
excellent dynamic (AC Ramone in chaumire believe me)

Finally, my mixes sound the same as I listen at home or elsewhere are 10! (I would even say it sounds better elsewhere above)))

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for about 6 months, I buy them out because I was waiting impatiently!

j have cost a lot of equivalent models and really have j had a crush for yamhs.

THERE is nothing I really like it n in these forums but against so many things that I love, starting with their sound.

I think what the report unbeatable price YAMAHA BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!

I too have a AWARDED palm these monitors

I do it again this choice without any hesitation I plan to buy meem m 2 others so far and the sub to switch to 5.1: p