Brand
Japan· Founded in 1887
A Japanese giant founded in 1887 as a reed-organ maker, and still the only company that builds both concert grand pianos and loudspeakers. Yamaha's NS line runs from the affordable NS-333/555/777 home towers to the flagship NS-5000, whose tweeter, midrange and woofer are all formed from Zylon — a fibre stiffer than aramid that Yamaha spent years learning to shape. The newer NS-2000A, NS-800A and NS-600A carry that thinking down the range, alongside the all-in-one wireless NX-70A. Its other legacy is the NS-10M: a mediocre-selling home bookshelf that studios adopted as a reference in the 1980s and never let go of. The active HS monitors are its descendants, white cone and all.
The catalog ranges from the HS3 at 22.3 cm up to the NS-2000A at 113.3 cm — compare any two side by side at true scale.
13 Models available in the curated catalog.
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Yamaha — HS3
Studio monitor · Active
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Yamaha — HS4
Studio monitor · Active
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Yamaha — HS5
Studio monitor · Active
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Yamaha — HS7
Studio monitor · Active
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Yamaha — HS8
Studio monitor · Active
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Yamaha — NS-333
Bookshelf · Passive
