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Yamaha HS5 / HS8S
Note: I have replaced my Yamaha HS5 with the Kali IN-8 2nd Wave. I still use te HS8S Subwoofer.
For monitoring I use the Yamaha HS5 powered monitor speakers and the HS8S Subwoofer. The HS5 has a ported bass-reflex design.
Image: Set up of the Yamaha HS5 monitors in my studio. The HS8S subwoofer is below the desk.
HS5
2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified nearfield studio monitor with 5″ cone woofer and 1″ dome tweeter.
- 2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified nearfield studio monitor with 5″ cone woofer and 1″ dome tweeter
- Crossover frequency: 2kHz
- 54Hz – 30kHz frequency response
- 45W LF plus 25W HF bi-amp system for high-performance 70W power amplification
- Room control and high trim response controls
Image: Yamaha HS5 powered monitor speaker (front).
Image: Yamaha HS5 powered monitor speaker (back).
HS8S
8″ bass-reflex powered subwoofer delivers low frequencies down to 22Hz.
- 8″ bass-reflex powered subwoofer delivers low frequencies down to 22Hz
- 22Hz – 150Hz frequency response
- High-power 150W amplifier exclusively designed for low frequencies
- Low cut switch, low cut control (80-120Hz) high cut control (80-120 Hz)
- PHASE switch allow users to set up a subwoofer system with simple connections and no additional equipment.
Image: Yamaha HS8S powered subwoofer
Frequency response
Sonarworks reviewed the HS5 and checked the frequency response of these monitors. The results are shown in the image below.
“The bass region of the HS5 is curiously voiced – in anechoic chamber these speakers showed a rather early, but shallow roll-off starting at low midrange frequencies. The whole midbass to low midrange region sits at -3dB and at 80Hz starts rolling off very rapidly”. I am less worried about the early roll-off of the bass since I use it together with the HS8S subwoofer.
“In chamber the HS5 exhibited a +3dB peak at the critical 1KHz midrange. Sadly the coloration didn’t go away in all of the studios and resulted in a mid heavy sound. This coloration will make many instruments and voices sound too prominent and could result in mixes with sucked out mids. The good news is that the peak will make problems in the mid-band more noticeable”.
“High mids and treble showed very good linearity in all environments. The last octave has about -3dB rolloff which likely won’t be heard. All in all the tweeters did a good job of projecting a nice, reasonably wide sweetspot”.
Image: frequency response of the HS5 in different environments.
Image: frequency response of the HS5.
Image: frequency response of the HS8S.
See the full review on Youtube:
Manuals
Yamaha HS8S sub-woofer (Data sheet) (pdf) 300.79 KB 225 downloads
See also: Yamaha HS5/HS8 Monitoring ...
Yamaha HS5 monitor (Data sheet) (pdf) 385.81 KB 199 downloads
See also: Yamaha HS5/HS8 Monitoring ...
