All user reviews for the Yamaha NS-10M Studio

- What characteristics have motivated your choice?
The relative neutrality and accuracy especially in the medium
- For what purpose?
nearfield in my home studio
What amp / What configuration? ...
NAD C320 amplifier with a complementary pair of JBL Sub + BOSE (

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- The frequency curve is sufficiently neutral?
Enough for me
- The stereo image is good?
rather very correct
- The sound is clear and precise on the spectrum?
in this price range is very accurate
- The dynamics are respected? ...
The dynamic, well there are too po but it's not what I asked.
For the record, a musician friend went to the studio and told me 'I've heard a lot about but I n'aurrais not think it sounds like that "

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
2 years
- What is so special that you like most and least?
the most precise clarity in the medium, the less the lack of bass.
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
several models assimilated monitors
- How would you rate the quality / price?
OCCAZ today is very affordable it would be a shame not
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
If I were to NS 10 slammed, I would consult on the market OCCAZ to get one new pair, but I also listen éttofé with other monitors, but 10 remain in the NS references.

Say it right now, I'm not an expert, just a musician Baloche (keyboard) and also an engineer of baloche (in every sense of the term!). it means above all that I need to know how to play any style of music, but also of course to listen. brief.

these speakers, without going into pure technical considerations that are beyond me much, actually rotten! but I have a pair and I use it every day or so. I use also a pair of very recent HS80M (which I do not control very well) and a pair of 1030 (which I'm considering separating).

I must admit, I have so far not yet found an ideal listening. the 1030 because they annoy me drool, I find "heavy", I do not know neither explain nor what is due. I feel just an unpleasant feeling for a long listen (an entire disk, it passes the second I pick up). the HS or NS10M, do not worry, I can listen to or work all day, but the NS bass has that make me cry and I find the HS too powerful for my use and too loaded with bass ... So each his own as he is wont to say here.

plain, I can not understand why they would be willing (even if it m'arange in case of resale) to put up 400 / 500 euro a pair of NS10 cardboard (not including the amplifier) for a "neutrality" you can have yourself with a kit of better quality for three times cheaper. is what it has to do with his side "vintage"? like all those who fight for the synth or sampler mid-eighties, is that the NS10 have finally become "cults" as to tear a small fortune in spite of its enormous technical flaws?

the "legend" who wants to be a thankless dedicated to listening and not mix the pleasure of listening seems unfounded, as this is true with any pair of powered speakers and passive low-end.

I know of no speaker that is standard, technically perfect and that makes unanimously. if so, as with any regard to the computer music or studio pro, it would be equipped with all the same! I personally do not like the U87, for example for making voice! eh eh.

re-brief, owner of a pair, I'm with, I'm happy, even though it's hard to have to listen to shit like the Compagnie Créole Lorie or above because that's my job ... but even the Pink Floyd sound bad on it!

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OVERALL OPINION

- I should say that so I MIXE on all day! ...

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OVERALL OPINION

I have never owned a NS10, but I listened to the blind, there is more than a decade.

Let me explain the "blind".

I do not know exactly what I was hanging Pigalle shop one day looking for I do not know what accessory (string, jack ...?).
A gus enters and asks to listen / compare monitoring speakers (there was a "wall" with a dozen pairs of speakers - from memory KRK, the Alesis, and Fostex, and the famous as well as a bunch NS10 other references just as standard I do not remember). It was not quite the beginning of close monitoring, but it certainly was not as prevalent today, for my part, I had never heard the NS10 with my own ears, but was convinced that it does could only be good as they were mentioned, seen, photographed in the studios and magazines. In retrospect, I think it took some courage at the time to give an opinion even if that qualified on the NS10, you could probably pass for a guy who would do better to make macramé or paint on tissue rather than the music ...

The Gus begins his essays while I was busy with another vendor for my accessories and back relative to said wall, behind me I hear he tries pairs one after the other. I listen, stopped by this interesting and unexpected comparison: different colors, shades etc. image. instructive to be able to view these standards. I turned to watch the end of the demo.

In truth, none were really banging the ass on the floor, but it sounded decent overall. The seller zaps once again to move to the next pair and there, I hear a sound very unpleasant and I still remember the first idea that came to mind: "but made it to stop that thing filthy! "after 10 seconds, no less-but it seemed very long, it stops the racket. It was the last pair of speakers to try, probably kept it (it was called) the best for last. I speak, taken aback, and asks candidly to the seller what the Denieres tested pregnant, he replied with a smile and tone of the seller who must recommend the cream of the top that it was "THE" NS10.

I exchange a look with the gus who had come to the comparison, clearly thought the same thing, but for fear of hearing us say we would have done better to devote our energy to macramé or silk painting, we have not said a word cowardly. I do not know what he eventually bought, I went thoughtfully.

I look back on this episode every time I hear of NS10, it is becoming increasingly rare elsewhere (and I'm not complaining ...)

I noticed that some sound engineers had developed the habit of taping of Kleenex on the tweeters and it softened a bit aggressive (I think it would allow them to mix with a few hours - I can not hold, is really return to the main listening).

I also know that it's not bad to adjust reverb tails (the famous bump in the upper midrange maybe ...)

I have read here and there, often enough, that if we could make it sound mix on NS10 is that it will sound good everywhere and I want to believe! if it sounds pleasant, as far as physically possible-on the speaker like that, it can only sound better elsewhere! Besides, I think that's what we were doing over time with Auratone and often seen in the studios of speakers stereo systems in a corner whose role is to serve as a reference "listening quality "consumer", in short, the crash test in sum.

Finally, while some like to think we have done no better than the NS10, it is probably subjectively, they have reason. So they continue to mix with (but not too strong, thank you, we do not share the same passion)

Barf ... I own it without actually belong to me ... I often use verrrrry but they are not mine ... na!
Already I'm skeptical when the physical qualities of these boxes that have already been detailed previously ...
I use amplified by an old Proton D540 amplifier and I like it a lot.
I used to mix, finally becoming less and less, but unfortunately I had it below the elbow to mix so far ...
2010 edit: I invested in a pair of event TR8 ... even if, ultimately, they have food and drink event in the TR8 suited me well ... not exhausting mix ... Finally ... incomparable to NS10 ... but not as useful: it was a heresy to use Update main listening to the mix ... the NS10 find their place in control ... it is still a very good pair of secondary monitors.

SOUNDS

These boxes are sound shit ... clearly ...
but not by listening to fast music in a store for 15 minutes we became aware of the usefulness of these boxes!
it's all magnified the absence of a mix in the medium ... it's impressive ... and terribly practical ... when it sounds in there you can go anywhere, the compromise is made ... it will sound okay everywhere ...
on the other hand, these speakers are exhausting ...
dynamic and precision blah blah ...
a serious rather dubious ... short, it is clear that for these reasons that a pair of box it is interesting but it must have something else to hand it on ...

OVERALL OPINION

exhausting listen.
interesting in control, see for where you walk when you work a voice ... it's very convenient ...
after ... I personally would not want my home stereo in pregnant ... it is to say ...

Enclosure monitoring proximity to studio -
Use home studio
Marantz PM4001 Amplifier

I am surprised by the comments trs previous ones.

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Let me be clear: this is a forum intended assess what will the record in case the most common is - say a small string of lounge or in a car. It must be used with the same configuration as those consumer devices, namely with a lot of loudness of the amp, for example, to provide a standard report. The image is well established, dynamic attacks, but mostly they are not a gift: If your guitar amp to sound a little ledge and you have a voice that lack of grain, that's exactly what you will hear contairement small monitors amplified latest issue that will make her an always flattering. Feedback, then when you pass a string of high-end, has to GTE, has rings hollow or too low, short, you do not recognize anything. So the monitor has not fulfilled its rle.

OVERALL OPINION

I use these speakers for 10 years at least. They also served me speaker of living for a year, a walk up to a certain level. What happens in great proximity to pregnant DGRAD forcment cost of living if you have to turn up the volume too.
Today, I use them for all my home studio recordings, and I am totally satisfied. Obtained meets your exact what I mean by passing a string of records high-end or in a car good team. It cohrent trs, and we say, indispensable.

Purchased new in 1988.

Monitor use of sound recording and mixing.
Low profile, their speaker technology facilitates close placement.

Used with a Luxman L series

They are currently in a terrible state, destroy cabinetry, recessed tweeter grills, and a wire coil of a boomer resoldered in 1994 (after falling). But they have the exact original sound and still run 18 hours in a row without flinching.

For their reliability (both tweeter that boomer), I recommend a 2x40W max quality with high headroom. Under these conditions, the HP are indestructible (Original HP)

SOUNDS

The frequency curve is not neutral, it is obvious. I never heard a speaker with a medium bodied but also devoid of aggressiveness in normal volume. Severe and acute withdrawal, but nuance, this nonetheless.
Initially (acquired in 1988) I thought to sell them because of this characteristic. I quickly realized their true value most: accuracy and impact of this medium for the control of voice taken, stamps guitar, snare drum, bass drum kick etc ... Let's talk about voice control the accuracy is terrible, the least harmonic Devit is discovered and promoted relentlessly by the NS10. What other forum can do that?
Ditto for the electric guitar: how much precision to place a microphone in front of the amp! Can not go wrong with it.
The stereo is awesome. The dynamics are well represented with a good amp.

In mixing, when everything sounds coherent on NS10, it's really going anywhere, it's remarkable.

But one thing is true: they can be a single system of monitoring. We must supplement them with other pregnant comfortable in the low to avoid aberrations in the register and accurately in the high and extreme high.

OVERALL OPINION

I love the feature that I hate most: the medium absolutely inimitable.

Testing also KRK, Genelec, Alesis, Yamaha HS Series, Fostex PM-2 Series, Event, westlake, JBL, Tannoy ...

The report quality is awful if you do not know to what use his sound so special. This report is exceptional when they become pregnant an impartial judge to control the spectrum most sensitive to the human ear.

I would do this choice in the absence of an alternative to its specific use in this price range.
Edit March 2, 2009:
Let's be clear: these speakers are not for audiophiles. The NS10 are devices for measuring ingéson. Between the two categories there is a gap because the goals are far apart.
I have Genelec 8040 (two channels with a medium worthy of a three way), and listened to the M5, 6, 12, Adam, Focal ... In their own way, good monitoring.
But in balancing the volume and frequency fields from all sources of mixing, the NS10 is irrelevant. Disgusting to listen, Imperial and ultra-reliable in the information it sends. A passage on NS10 after going through the speakers of modern monitoring can correct past errors as small NS10 sends you to the figure without caution. And the service there, we can not do without.
A never put in a room under pain of no longer having friends who spends at home.
Indispensable in the studio.

Take mini speaker channel speakers for studio quality or c trs is fun but tiring! Certainly, there are some small speakers that work well trs but they are rare and they all have the same default prsentent nothing or not much below 60 hz and limits on what is dynamic to normal size ..... or the famous NS10M nothing and absolutely nothing for them. it seems that they are down ......
But where did the sound? I seek in vain, the amp, the cd and then I start disassemble the object of DLit and observe. Everything is lightweight, the black cardboard box to hide the quality of pietre ralisations, the speakers assembled 5 euros for a bowl of rice. everything is lightweight and manufactured at a discount price PRISUNIC. The typical ralisations CONFORAMA DARTY but at the price (premium in the minds of people). The cot is more effective for small branch managed to play the high-tech (in s'criant ipod, flat screen, mini hi iphone, laptop, washing machine and toaster per million is that happiness!)
The style here is plastic toy "made in china" sold at the price of gold before the ipod ..... we see everywhere we had the NS10M we saw everywhere was that the happiness in the studio. Without 10 M NS impossible to make a mix.

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It was a little too image (marketing!) but no sound!
s beef is transformed into a frog over time and was called
1000 ns and silent perfect tudie. the loss of two "zero-" on the REFERENCE
(Requires miniaturization) puts it thus among the plastic toys for children.

OVERALL OPINION

Sell ​​a legend in which n is not n!

the purpose of trade is to sell the wind. We therefore label achte trs CHRE

the NS10 m yamamoto brew a lot of air or wind!

What technical specifications motivated your choice?
JOperation those in the studio or I puff

SOUNDS

- The curve frequency drives is it neutral enough?
yes
- Stereo image is good?
yes
- The sound is clear and prcis across the spectrum?
yes
- The dynamic is it respect? ...
it's going, what that must choose a good listening level appropriate for its work

OVERALL OPINION

I do not quite understand some previous opinions that go down these speakers. One thing is certain, of course the speakers have a frequency response relatively flat will confuse those not familiar, but if its a standart in the audio industry, it's not for nothing. Make a good mix with ns-10m will tend to make it sound good on any other monitoring system, provided the use of knowledge, particularly in proper acoustics (like all monitoring speakers also ). Second, the appreciation of the sound is not universal. I do not think you can be allowed to say that it is bad because the response of the speakers does not wound, but one thing is on the ns-10m not lied about your sound, and if the shit EST comes out, it does not usually come to her.

-Passive speakers who cash 2voies ... nothing ... and more tweters fart all the time ...
-60Watts RMS .. I think.

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OULA is the shit! see below!

OVERALL OPINION

AAAHHHH!! These NS -10 .. I like them at all ... but they are found in full studio ... They have great bass shit, cashing it not terrible. Then I was told: "That's what it will give a post man in the world "..... And Ben, in this case, I say let us have real shitty speakers ... and not the fucking speakers that cost about 4500F and that sound worse than my hi-fi .... Me, I want Genelec ... It is more expensive but at least we do not care no me home ... After each his own .... but I recommend to everyone .... these speakers are good that she did for Pop Music and Rock-Pop, because the sound does not low and not require a great definition ... Well, I'm a bit harsh I know ... but hey ...!!!!!

Originally written by John Michael on Audiofanzine FR.

Near-field monitor speakers
Used in home studio
Marantz PM4001 amp



SOUNDS

Let's be clear: these speakers were conceived to check how a mix/recording will sound with most systems (small hi-fi system, car audio, etc.). They must be used with the same settings as consumer products, meaning you have use the loudness feature of an amp, for example. Good stereo imaging, dynamic transient response, faithful response: if your guitar amp sounds too narrow or your voice has a lack of personality, you'll hear exactly how they sound, unlike recent compact monitors which always enhance the sound. In this last case, when you listen to your work with a good hi-fi system, the sound is hollow or too deep and you won't recognize your mix. This means that your monitor speakers didn't accomplish their job.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using these monitors for over 10 years. I also used them as home speakers for one year. They are great as near-field speaker but the sound quality decreases when used in a living room.
Now, I use them in my home studio for all my recordings and I'm very satisfied. The sound matches what I hear with a premium hi-fi system or a good car audio setup. Very consistent... just essential.