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Gear» Speakers

Yamaha HS50M Powered Speaker

I have been spending a great deal of time lately setting up an environment where I can listen to music while I work. While most of my time has been spent setting up a mp3 jukebox I have been experimenting with how to make my boomy logitech system into something more palatable to my ears. They sound ok but I am missing my usual headphone set-up already. I can't hear anything with my headphones on and that has been a problem. One of the problems I notice with the logictech (don't laugh, some of these computer speakers sound alright) is that they add quite a lot of colour to the sound. The separation I am getting isn't so hot either. I've seen good reference monitors in Taipei and I think these Yamaha HS 50m, like my Yorkville's I left behind in Canada will be a definite improvement. Add the HS10W subwoofer and you have an amazing office system on the cheap (almost cheap). From Yamaha:

The HS 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 70-watt HS50M (5" cone and 0.75" dome tweeter) is housed in a bass reflex-type cabinet and reproduces surprisingly tight low end and smooth, high frequency response to beyond 20kHz. 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.

$199.99US each plus $499.00US for the subwoofer.

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