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Yamaha HS-8

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Yamaha HS-8
Colour
Featuresmonitor
Near field monitoring
Mountshelf
Specs
Typeactive
Number of channels1.0
Number of speakers2
Number of bands2
Crossover frequency2 kHz
Power / frequency
Total rated power120 W
Overall frequency range47 – 24000 Hz / at -3 дБ /
Design
Design featuresphase inverter back
treble adjustment
Connectors
InputsJack (6.35 mm) and XLR
General
Tweeter size25 mm
Woofer size (LF/MF)203 mm
Finishing materialMDF
Front speaker dimensions (HxWxD)39x25x33.4 cm
Weight10.2 kg
Official Websiteusa.yamaha.com
Added to E-CatalogJuly 2014
The bass reflex port dampens any resonances. A simple acoustic correction system.
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(Open Box) Yamaha HS8 Powered Studio Monitor (Single) White

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Yamaha HS8 Full-Range Studio Monitor White ZH63150

The Yamaha HS8 Active Studio Monitor is a premium-grade nearfield studio monitor featuring an 8-inch cone woofer complete wit... moreh a 1-inch dome tweeter. The HS8 Studio Monitor provides an extended frequency response for optimal audio fidelity capturing every nuance from your source audio. The high-definition audio is ideal for mixing and mastering applications recreating your sound in extreme detail. The flat response stays true to the original sound allowing you to achieve the best possible mix. The Yamaha HS8 also includes attenuators for Room Control and High Trim for added flexibility allowing you to improve the performance of your monitor based on your room.
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Yamaha HS8 Active Studio Monitor ZC98770

The Yamaha HS8 Active Studio Monitor is a premium-grade nearfield studio monitor featuring an 8-inch cone woofer complete wit... moreh a 1-inch dome tweeter. The HS8 Studio Monitor provides an extended frequency response for optimal audio fidelity capturing every nuance from your source audio. The high-definition audio is ideal for mixing and mastering applications recreating your sound in extreme detail. The flat response stays true to the original sound allowing you to achieve the best possible mix. The Yamaha HS8 also includes attenuators for Room Control and High Trim for added flexibility allowing you to improve the performance of your monitor based on your room.
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Yamaha HS8 Powered Studio Monitor (Single)

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Yamaha HS8 W

Yamaha HS7 Active 2-Way Near-Field Monitor: Professional Studio Sound for Your DesktopElevate your audio experience to a prof... moreessional standard with the Yamaha HS7 Active 2-Way Near-Field Monitor. Born from a legacy of studio excellence, the HS Series is the industry benchmark for honest, precise sound reproduction. Whether you are a music producer, a content creator, a gamer seeking immersive audio, or an audiophile demanding pristine clarity from your PC setup, the HS7 delivers a sonic purity that allows you to hear your sound exactly as it was intended.The philosophy behind these speakers is not to enhance or color the sound, but to provide an accurate, flat-response platform for critical listening. This ensures that your mixes will translate perfectly to any other playback system. The iconic white cone is more than just a design choice, it´s a symbol of Yamah´s commitment to sonic integrity, a heritage built upon the legendary NS-10M monitors found in top studios worldwide.Key Benefits:* Uncompromising Sound Accuracy: Experience an incredibly flat and honest frequency response. The HS7 doesn´t add artificial bass or treble, giving you a true representation of your audio for reliable mixing, mastering, and critical listening.* Powerful and Detailed Performance: The bi-amplified design dedicates separate, perfectly matched amplifiers to the woofer and the tweeter. This results in a highly efficient, dynamic, and detailed performance across the entire frequency spectrum, free from distortion even at high volumes.* Adaptable to Any Environment: Every room sounds different. The HS7 features unique ROOM CONTROL and HIGH TRIM switches on the rear panel, allowing you to tailor the speaker´s response to your specific acoustic space, compensating for wall proximity and reflective surfaces.* Professional Build and Design: Engineered with a low-resonance MDF enclosure and advanced noise reduction technology in the port design, the HS7 eliminates unwanted vibrations and port turbulence, ensuring that you hear only the pure, intended sound.Main Features:* High-performance 2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified near-field studio monitor.* Features a newly developed 6.5-inch cone woofer for a solid, well-defined low end.* Equipped with a highly efficient 1-inch dome tweeter for an extended high-frequency range and superb resolution.* Impressive 95W dynamic power output (60W LF and 35W HF) in a bi-amplified configuration.* ROOM CONTROL and HIGH TRIM response controls for acoustic adjustment.* Professional XLR and TRS phone jack inputs accommodate both balanced and unbalanced signals for versatile integration with audio interfaces, mixers, and PC sound cards.Technical Specifications:* Speaker Type: 2-way bi-amp powered studio monitor* Frequency Response: 43Hz - 30kHz (-10dB)* Woofer: 6.5 cone* Tweeter: 1 dome* Crossover Frequency: 2kHz* Output Power: 95W Total (LF: 60W, HF: 35W)* Input Connectors: XLR3-31 type (balanced), PHONE (balanced)* Power Consumption: 55W*
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Model overview based on user reviews  
The Yamaha HS-8 speakers are active near-field monitors known for their smooth, clean, and accurate sound, making them ideal for mixing and mastering. They feature a flat frequency response with a range from 47 to 24000 Hz, ensuring that any recording errors are easily detectable. The design includes a polypropylene woofer and a fabric dome tweeter, with a bass reflex port to dampen resonances. While some users appreciate the great sound and well-defined bass, others have noted issues such as a small range on the tweeter and potential quality control problems, like volume discrepancies between monitors. Despite these concerns, the HS-8 is praised for its ability to enhance mix quality, though its neutral and dry sound may not suit all preferences.
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We take, we take, we take!
17 February 2023 
Sheeeeesh!!!! This is just what the doctor ordered for the budget audio engineer. The sound is such trash, only worse than the legendary Yamaha NS-10. XD. Actually, it's a semi-surgical device that will elevate the quality of your mixes to a new level. Good sound, bass just as it should be, well-defined, and not overblown. I resell or send back a lot of monitors, but these Yamahas, I kept for myself XD
Great sound.
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Vitaliyuse Yamaha HS-8 more than year
a model with serious flaws
4 March 2016 
No
Small range on twitter, weak bottom, rubbery sound in my opinion, a very high probability of getting a MARRIAGE ... for example, I have one monitor twisted 4db louder, and this is the only way I could get more or less the same sound of a pair, and a friend has one on the bottoms the monitor gives an overload ... Considering their price, this is terrible ... You can’t mix in them at all !!!
use Yamaha HS-8 month or more i recommend it don't buy
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Time for improvements

Acoustics Yamaha HS-8 is the older model of active near-field monitors of the HS series. Keep in mind that this series was updated in 2013. The two monitors HS50M and HS80M have been replaced by three new models HS-5, HS-7 and HS-8. The most interesting thing in the new series is the use of completely different dynamic heads, which made it possible to equalize the frequency response and get more feedback at low frequencies.

Yamaha Signature Design

The diffusers of the traditional white woofers are made of polypropylene. A fabric dome tweeter is used as a tweeter, protected by a metal grill from mechanical damage. The phase inverter is brought to the back side, so it is undesirable to install them near the wall. Although, the process of arrangement itself is how much simplified by a simple acoustic correction system and a high-pass filter. The power of one monitor is 120 watts, of which 75 watts are dedicated to the diffuser, and 45 watts to the tweeter. Frequency characteristics are played in the range from 47 to 24000 Hz.

Smooth, clean and accurate sound

The entire HS series delivers smooth, clean, accurate, and as portable as possible. The upper frequencies are well developed here, the mid frequencies sound detailed and without dips, and the low frequencies do not have a pronounced spurious colour or resonances. Here thanks to the well-calculated phase inverter. The character of the Yamaha HS-8 is restrained and, one might say, neutral. The sound has no colour at all. Thanks to this and a flat frequency response, they are perfect precisely as monitors — any jambs during recording and mixing noticeably crawl out of the mix, so that you can’t give up on them. Plus, if the younger models with a 5 and 6-inch cone lack some pressure at low frequencies, then the HS-8 bass is just right.

Successor to the iconic Yamaha NS-10

However, Yamaha's honesty has a downside, if you use monitors for studio jamming and recording rather than mixing or mastering, then their dryness can be tiring. They play beautifully — this is definitely not about Yamaha. Apparently, this has been going on since the days of the iconic Yamaha NS-10, which were specialists in catching recording errors. Therefore, before buying the HS-8, we strongly recommend that you listen and compare them with other models like Mackie MR824, JBL 308 and Kali Audio LP-8.

Additional features speakers Yamaha HS-8:
  • Treble level control (±2dB)
  • Level control below 500 Hz (0, -2, -4 dB)