Why no love for Yamaha speakers ?

[Pogre]

Not in stick, but:

YAMAHA NS-6490 8" 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers Black Pair

Yamaha Factory Refurbished

www.accessories4less.com

89 bucks a pair though?! That's almost worth buying them just to see what they sound like. Like you said, out of stock though...

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

@Gmoney, these $300 Yamaha speakers in Piano Black look good.

 

[pcosmic]

Wow. The Yamaha NS-6490 speaker was ranked #1. And both were ranked above Infinity Primus.

Yamaha is just a good company all around, right @Gmoney ?

The NS-F901 (which can be picked up for 3k) does things my 20k speakers didn't do. I have yet to run into something that is a notch above these. It is one serious speaker! Maybe the best kept secret in hifi

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

The NS-F901 (which can be picked up for 3k) does things my 20k speakers didn't do. I have yet to run into something that is a notch above these. It is one serious speaker! Maybe the best kept secret in hifi

The Yamaha 901 towers do look very sweet in piano black. I can actually get a brand new pair for a lot less than $3K. But as I was telling @Gmoney, I will pass on them.

Now If I could get these SOAVO GRAND PIANO towers, they would be sitting in my living room.

 

[Pogre]

Not in stock, but:

YAMAHA NS-6490 8" 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers Black Pair

Yamaha Factory Refurbished

www.accessories4less.com

I just found a pair of these on Craigslist for $70!

Yamaha NS-6490 speakers - electronics - by owner - sale

A pair of Yamaha NS-6490 speakers in good working condition, they sound great Cash and pick up only

phoenix.craigslist.org

 

[Gmoney]

Wow. The Yamaha NS-6490 speaker was ranked #1. And both were ranked above Infinity Primus.

Yamaha is just a good company all around, right @Gmoney ?

Oh hell yeah!! Yamaha the King of the hill!

 

[Gmoney]

I used to own one of these!

I was really into camping, dirt toys and riding in the sand dunes in California (among other places). It's an amazing experience. Miles and miles of wavy sand dunes without a rock, tree or bush in sight. Driving in sand requires good power and good tires if you really wanna rip it up and the Yamaha YFZ 450 was hands down my favorite. They're built almost race ready right off the assembly line. All I had to do was swap the stock exhaust pipe with their GYTR high performance racing pipe and I was killing everyone at comp hill.

This is the identical model I had. Color, graphics and all.
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I loved that bike. It was fast, powerful and agile. I've always weighed on the light side too. That almost always gave me an advantage racing uphill. I was beating modded Banshees and Raptors!

Yamaha makes excellent dirt toys. too.

Beasley Iooking I say!

 

[Gmoney]

@Gmoney, these $300 Yamaha speakers in Piano Black look good.

Andrew those do look nice what’s your thoughts on them?

 

[KEW]

I just found a pair of these on Craigslist for $70!

Yamaha NS-6490 speakers - electronics - by owner - sale

A pair of Yamaha NS-6490 speakers in good working condition, they sound great Cash and pick up only

phoenix.craigslist.org

The one thing about them that I don't like is it seems like they should be mirror image because having the tweeter on the outside vs the inside should give a slightly different presentation. However, if they did well in the AH blind test, I guess it is not that big of a concern!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Andrew those do look nice what’s your thoughts on them?

They look great for the price ($300 each MSRP). I bet they sound as good as any speaker under $1K/pair range.

 

[Gmoney]

The one thing about them that I don't like is it seems like they should be mirror image because having the tweeter on the outside vs the inside should give a slightly different presentation. However, if they did well in the AH blind test, I guess it is not that big of a concern!

yep just looks Stupid that would bug me

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Low rent but still...Yah ma Hah!!!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Looks like the 1st Generation Yamaha Soavo tower’s LW response is +0.85/-2.89dB 200Hz-10kHz. So average tolerance is about +/-1.87dB.

 

[pcosmic]

The Yamaha 901 towers do look very sweet in piano black. I can actually get a brand new pair for a lot less than $3K. But as I was telling @Gmoney, I will pass on them.

Now If I could get these SOAVO GRAND PIANO towers, they would be sitting in my living room.

It may be very tough for you to find a used pair of the grand piano speakers. They didn't make many of these and any dude who bought them will be hanging onto it for dear life (won't be selling it).

 

[Verdinut]

Looks like the 1st Generation Yamaha Soavo tower’s LW response is +0.85/-2.89dB 200Hz-10kHz. So average tolerance is about +/-1.87dB.

I don't understand why Sound & Vision talk about a response from 200 Hz. Somewhere, they may have been referring to a set up with a crossover at 200Hz, but the response is as good down to 100 Hz.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I don't understand why Sound & Vision talk about a response from 200 Hz. Somewhere, they may have been referring to a set up with a crossover at 200Hz, but the response is as good down to 100 Hz.

Oh yeah it's good down to 60Hz (87dB, -3dB from 90dB sensitivity).

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

It may be very tough for you to find a used pair of the grand piano speakers. They didn't make many of these and any dude who bought them will be hanging onto it for dear life (won't be selling it).

I know I would not be selling those Yamaha Grand Piano speakers if I had them.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I don't understand why Sound & Vision talk about a response from 200 Hz. Somewhere, they may have been referring to a set up with a crossover at 200Hz, but the response is as good down to 100 Hz.

I’m wondering if they were just measuring it’s on/off axis dispersion. They talk about the window’d response. Since bass can be considered from 200 and lower, that’s my guess, as it wouldn’t matter to measure the window below that point.

 

[Verdinut]

Oh yeah it's good down to 60Hz.

Yeah, it's good down to 60 Hz at -10 dB according to the published curve. I guess the curve results from the interaction with the sub crossover.

 

[pcosmic]

Yeah, it's good down to 60 Hz at -10 dB according to the published curve. I guess the curve results from the interaction with the sub crossover.

The NS-F901 had cab modifications, all drivers/crossovers etc updated and extend lower than these.