8 Monitor Speaker
Awesome.... Even As Hi-Fi / Home Speakers
The Yamaha HS80MThe new HS Series powered monitors were designed
to be true studio reference monitors in the tradition of the famous NS10Ms.
When choosing your next pair of near field reference monitors, remember
its not just important that they sound good; they have to be an honest
reference for your mix. The new HS Series of reference monitors were
designed to give you exceptionally flat response so you can really trust
what you hear. That means that mixes that sound good on Yamaha HS
speakers will sound good on anything. In fact, thats the ultimate test of a
reference monitor. Even better than that, HS series speakers not only
sound good, they look great, tooHS Series is a two-way, internally
powered speaker system designed to provide affordable, high quality
reference monitoring for all types of recording and multimedia applications
home studios, computer-based music production, gaming systems,
keyboards rigs and personal computer systems. All products are sold and
packaged individually, making it easy to build flexible monitor setups and
5.1 systems.The 120 watt HS80M (8-in. cone and 1-in. dome tweeter) are
housed in bass reflex-type cabinets, and reproduce surprisingly tight low
end and smooth, high frequency response to beyond 20 kHz. Inputs
include a balanced XLR and 1/4-in. phone jack. In addition to master level
controls, each speaker has trim switches that allow you to custom-tailor
low, mid and high frequency response for different applications.On Stage
SMS6000 Adjustable Studio Monitor StandsFinally - a worthy home for
your studio monitors! Now you have a stable, solid stand for the perfect
placement of your studio monitors. The On Stage SMS6000 is height-
adjustable from 36 to 52 inches and has a 9-square top platform for
speakers up to 100 lbs. Leveling spikes in the base let you compensate for
an uneven floor surface and the whole base is remarkably stable. Other
features include a sa
Personal Review: 8 Monitor Speaker
This review is gonna be kinda useless for studio users, but....

I had never really loved the speakers I had in my home setup, and had
been looking around for something I liked the sound of better, without
much luck, and I was looking at some very expensive speakers...
Then I was at Guitar Center to get a guitar string for my girlfriend's son,
and ended up chatting with the salesman in the pro gear department and
mentioned what I was looking for and he suggested listening to the studio
monitors.... So I did and was favorably impressed by a few, a $600 KRK
VXT 8, a $600 Mackie HR824mk2 and these Yamahas which were $350.
I went back to the store a few days later with a stack of CD's and listened
to them all for a few hours and after all of that, unbelievably the (much less
expensive) Yamahas sounded the best with 99% of what we played
through them. My girlfriend and the salesman heard the same thing...
There was no price tag and she said "ok, how much", thinking they'd be
outrageous and was very happy when I said "a little more than half of what
the others are". Honestly, the Yamahas blew away every other monitor in
there including the $1500/each JBL's (which IMO actually sucked,
especially for the price). So I bought a pair and the matching HS10 8"
subwoofer, which is extremely well matched to the HS80's. I hooked them
up to an old Carver CT-7 preamp and they rock as stereo speakers, no
need to even touch the tone controls, they were perfect out of the box.
Now I picked up an Onkyo Pro surround pre-amp and am in the process of
adding more of these as center and surround speakers.
I find it unbelievable that the price of these includes the amps. In a home
setup they sound great and are capable (with the sub) of shaking the
house with movies or loud music. I highly recommend them, and I'll point
out that since A) they're almost ridiculously cheap, and B) the amps are
built in so you don't have to buy separate amps, you can spend more on a
nice high-end pre-amp/surround processor instead of getting a lower
quality receiver.
Negatives: Possible WAF issue - I think they look cool, but they have no
grills and 2 fat cables cable running to each one, so they look a little
industrial in the living room. Also, unlike some of the more expensive
monitors, they don't have any built in way to power them on and off with
your equipment so you'll have to buy or build triggered outlets ($20 to
build, $50-$120 to buy) or switch them manually. A home user will need to
get cables to adapt the balanced inputs to RCA jacks unless you have a
high end preamp (no big deal, $15). You might also need stands
depending on your room setup. Still, even with a few minor add'l
expenses, the sound is worth every penny.
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