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Yamaha professional studio
monitors There were two versions of the NS10; The NS10M was originally a domestic hi-fi speaker, with vertical livery. They became very popular as a near field studio monitor speaker, not because they sounded great, but because they had a basic sound with slightly harsh high mid tones. Studios often taped toilet paper over the tweeters to try to calm the top end response. If you could get a mix to sound good and clean on NS10s it would sound really sweet on decent hi-fi speakers. As well as sounding harsh, the original tweeters were prone to blowing because they were just not robust enough to deal with uncompressed studio signals. |
Yamaha then addressed these issues and introduced the NS10M STUDIO version, with horizontal livery for mixing desk mounting and a smoother sounding and higher rated HF tweeter. This became THE industry standard near field studio monitor. Even after they became obsolete, they remained in service in studios around the world.
| Type | 2-way bookshelf |
| Frequency Range | 60 Hz to 20 kHz |
| Power Capacity | 60 watts (PROGRAM), 120 watts (MAX) |
| Nominal Impedance | 8 ohms |
| Sensitivity | 90 dB SPL (1W, 1m, on axis) |
| Crossover Frequency | 2 kHz (12 dB/oct) |
| Components | L.F. JA1801 H.F.JA0518A |
| Enclosure | Real wood, black finish |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 382 x 215 x 198 mm (15" x 8-1/2" x 7-7/8") |
| Weight | 6.3 kg (13 lbs 14 oz) |
Yamaha's replacement monitors are the self-powered MSP3, MSP5 and MSP10.