Open Box Yamaha HS8 8" Powered Studio Monitor (Each) Level 2 197881281144

These Yamaha HS8 are crazy nice. Keep in my, their best for mixing and that typa stuff. I also got KRK 8's and their good but have more muddy near mid range. Yamaha HS8 are good for clarity. KRK good for just listening music.

Home studio use. Get them. Just amazing for the money.

I purchased the HS8s for Home Audio listening and not for Mixing or Studio purposes. Many reviews state that these powered speakers present a truthful sound when creating/mixing initial performances in studio. For better or worse. Some say they are brutally honest, some say they present a necessary accuracy needed to create an appropriate mix. Bright, forward, real bass. I have for many years now discovered powered studio monitors have provided me with an affordable path toward audio bliss. Currently I have several pairs of M-Audio studio monitors. Easily driven by the Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 200M or the Emotiva DC-1 Stealth DACs. Total cost of a complete system under $1500. I decided to try the HS8s as they have different tonal characteristics than the M-Audios. After breaking in the HS8s after a month, I came to the following conclusions: The HS8s are forward and bright. Accurate and detailed. I agree they are more honest presenting what ever media is played through them. The M-Audios are laid back. Warmer sounding. Still presenting much of the detail. The HS8s surprise you by making you aware of details not previously noticed. I hear more decay from the HS8s. The M-Audios draw you in with a pleasant, warm presentation not giving up tonal accuracy but with bit less bass articulation. The M-Audios can be a warm blanket with some media. Always enjoyable and inviting. The HS8s challenge you. They tell you to wake up and listen! They can change perceived instrument location in the sound field compared to the M-Audios. The bass is more articulate and still able to dig fairly deep depending on the media. The good news is I have two different sounding presentations yet both able to provide pleasing sound reproduction, once again, depending upon the media. I have mostly conquered speaker hiss by plugging all devices into a Panamax 5100 power conditioner, upgrading power cables and XLR interconnects. I stopped turning the powered monitors off with their own power switches. Power on, power off controlled by the Panamax for all devices. This may or may not help you as there are many variables in the audio chain.

An industry standard for a reason. More than powerful enough for my 250 sf home studio, including ample bass without an additional sub. These are pretty big and fairly heavy. Make sure you measure your space.

HS-8's are still in the box, tbh. Just posting to thank GC for the great service. Purchased from local GC on Friday night and informed salesman I wasn't sure how I'd get them home. He said GC could ship them free. They went out Monday morning and arrived Tuesday. Seems like a simple thing, but I've had bad experiences with crooked sellers and FedEx drivers. Next time I'm looking to buy gear online, I plan to check out my local GC, too. Tip: Sometimes they have very good sale prices that you don't see online. PS I know the monitors will sound phenomenal, because I have the HS-5's and the 8's are even better.

Versatile use. I use it in my home studio and for a small venue keyboard amplification through a Yamaha MX 61. I already have two in my studio as mains so these are for mixing board monitors. They add much more control for the overall sound during rehearsal. I play keyboards at a home based Bible study so I detach one and use it with a Y connector and it has plenty of clear sound response in a small room. There are room control settings on the monitor allowing you to further control the frequency in different size room settings. I tried different keyboard amplifiers, but finally ended up satisfied with using this monitor.