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Reddit mentions of YAMAHA Hs8 Studio Monitor, Black
Sentiment score: 9
Reddit mentions: 14
We found 14 Reddit mentions of YAMAHA Hs8 Studio Monitor, Black. Here are the top ones.
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- 8 inch cone woofer and 1 inch dome tweeter; Produce low distortion sound with a well-defined bottom end at any output level
- 38Hz to 30kHz frequency response; Power consumption: 60 watts
- 75W LF plus 45W HF bi amp system 120W total; Level control ( 4dB/center click), EQ: High trim switch ( / 2dB at HF) / Room control switch (0/2/4 dB under 500Hz)
- Room control and high trim response controls
- XLR and TRS phone jack inputs. Crossover: 2kHz
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 15.4 Inches |
| Length | 13.1 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | November 2013 |
| Size | 8" |
| Weight | 28.8 Pounds |
| Width | 9.8 Inches |
I bought them about 4 years ago for ~$375/ea, and love them to death. I was into producing for a while and these were an excellent set of reference monitors for that. However, I also have to acknowledge them as listening speakers. Truly a very high quality and great listening experience for nearly any genre.
I've never paired them with a subwoofer, for the sake of avoiding noise complaints, but I'm sure that would add to the listening experience quite a bit as well. One downside is that they tend to have some static / odd high pitchy noises that you only hear when nothing is playing. From what I've read, this is related to ground loop isolation, and easily resolvable, it just hasn't bothered me enough to do anything about. You can read more about this here.
Compared to the Rokit's, which I also demo'd prior to purchasing the Yamaha's, I felt like the Rokit's had a bit of artificial tonality to them that I just wasn't interested in. My goal was to have a great reference for my mixes, and I felt like the Rokit's had their own little touch.
Back to the Yamaha's, I'd reference the Amazon Reviews. The price looks great on Massdrop. $313.68 is the lowest price Amazon has ever had.
Beginners kits get asked often here. Here is what I wrote up a few weeks ago for beginners kits:
A beginners kit on a tight budget ~$180:
A good beginners kit ~$700:
An advanced hobbyist's kit ~$1975:
KRK RP8 gen2 -> http://www.amazon.com/KRK-RP8G2-Powered-Studio-Monitor/dp/B001A6IGDG
KRK RP8 gen3 -> http://www.amazon.com/KRK-RP8G3-NA-Generation-Powered-Monitor/dp/B00EO7Z9YM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_267_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51%2BILc6cLkL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=15BDC5CR7AYQB7DWBC5Z
Yamaha HS8 -> http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HS8-Studio-Monitor-Black/dp/B00DCYMVB2
All of these will get the job done, as far as practice at home goes! They're great monitors for the cost. (Look for used if you want to save some cash, obviously.) I haven't personally heard the Pioneer's you've mentioned, but the general rule is: larger cones allows for more bass extension, ie. a more complete, accurate frequency response. Adding a sub can be useful but becomes tricky when you want to place everything within your room and still attain a complete AND accurate frequency response. Either option will work but I'd suggest a pair of beefy studio monitors. Best of luck!
Yes its a LG 34 Ultrawide with Yamaha HS8 Studio monitors. https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HS8-Studio-Monitor-Black/dp/B00DCYMVB2
The build quality of the KRK's is not evident when you use them, but it absolutely shows when they stop working. They have the reputation of having substantially higher failure rates compared to other products that they compete with, according to professional retailers who repair them all the time. Rokits are popular and trendy, but they aren't built with the same quality as Yamahas. Regarding the flat response, if you're looking for a sound system with more color, I'm not sure that I would necessarily go with KRK's or studio monitors over other products, as studio monitors are designed to give you a neutral sound.
I sold my KRKs and bought Paradigm Shift A2s and am tremendously happy that I did.
Let me draw a small comparison between the two products through amazon reviews. While both are great products with great ratings, you'll see some evidence of what I'm trying to get across when you look at non-5 star reviews.
KRK Rokit 8's on amazon have worse reviews than the 5s, and have fewer ratings, but regarding reliability and build quality we can assume that they are at least equal to Rokit 5s. The Rokits have 76% 5 star ratings, 10% 4 star ratings, and 14% 1, 2 and 3 star ratings. When you dig into the reviews, people complain about them failing after several months, or having other reliability problems.
Yamaha HS8s are more reviewed, and have higher ratings across the board. 89% of customers have them 5 stars, 7% have given them 4 stars, and only 4% have given them 1, 2 or 3 stars but with no mention of problems regarding serious performance issues.
Of course, these amazon reviews only say so much, but hopefully you understand the idea that I'm trying to get across. KRK cuts corners with QC and it's very evident in the big picture, there are other brands to look into with a bit of research.
https://www.amazon.com/KRK-RP5G3-NA-Generation-Powered-Monitor/dp/B00FX7MMRO/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1505242802&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=rokit+8&psc=1&smid=AJFLJ7J2AIXGD
https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HS8-Studio-Monitor-Black/dp/B00DCYMVB2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
> The fact that they don't sell this in pairs as the default indicates that this thing is not being marketed towards serious audiophiles.
What makes you say that? Many high end speakers above 500$ each are sold individually.
Example 1
Example 2
For desktop listening I'd recommend nearfield monitors, as they're designed for exactly that listening environment:
Edit: Almost forgot, if you wanna go with studio monitors I do also recommend getting a separate DAC for them, such as:
And since they are active speakers, you can save precious desk space by not having to make room for a separate amplifier! 👍
But if you do have the space for it, hi-fi bookshelf speakers with an integrated amplifier are of course not out of the question:
And for integrated amplifiers:
Allow me to clarify (forgot this was r/beatmatch and not r/djs)
OP won't be able to hear the difference between any of the three conditions. But for the brief time he spends mixing his 128kbps pirated music, which I imagine is playing from some neglected laptop connected via headphone jack, he'll have a new benchmark for what "good" sounds like and maybe become a better DJ.
Or they immediately blow the speakers...
Yamaha HS8 Studio Monitor, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DCYMVB2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FdZUCb0HPK66B
Keep in mind, that's just one speaker. In that price range, you'll probably get a lot more bang for your buck with a Yamaha HS8.
I have a pair of HS5's ($400 for a pair) connected to my PC rig and they are louder than I'll ever actually need them to be. You probably don't need 8" monitors, especially if you're sitting them on a desk/shelf just a couple of feet away from you.
As far as the value of those Gibson monitors, I couldn't really say. Gibson isn't known for their monitors and I haven't personally tried them. If I had to guess, it's like buying a Marshall refrigerator. Nobody buys one because they're the best refrigerators. You buy one because it looks cool.
Oh yeah we have GC. i'm in Chicago. Dang, you're the second person to say that. I really like how they look and was under the impression they're the best shit around until you get to the thousands of dollars range. Are they better for home theater than other audio? People I'm speaking to are biased toward that.
So Yamaha HS-8 and Klipsch R-15PM are the same price. Thoughts?
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I've been in the market for speakers for playing music + playing guitar / bass. I currently have the following:
When I'm just listening to music, the speakers sound great! When I add in playing guitar along with the music, there's definitely some loss in quality. The guitar and bass both sound just fine, but not really ideal.
I've been considering ditching the logitech speakers for actual studio monitors paired with a subwoofer, but I'm not 100% whether I need to go this route if I want to play guitar + bass + music all together.
My friend comes over to play the bass as well, so we would be playing simultaneously. I took a trip to GC today and had a listen to a bunch of studio monitors and narrowed down the most pleasing (to my ears) sound to these two monitors:
Holy crap the above speakers sounded amazing. The HS7 and HS8 had me in that room for like an hour, switching back and forth between the two. I just couldn't figure out which one I liked better!
Anyways, before I go making a purchase, I wanted to see what others had to say or suggest.
My budget is 1.5K
Hey you need overall 3 things:
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-Audio Interface:
You want a number of channels depending on the type of groups you wanna record and the size of the group. Example: 18 Channels (8 mics) v.s. 2 channels (2 mics)
-Microphones:
You want basic versatile microphones and specialized ones for the type of instruments you wanna record.
Example of basic mics: Shure sm-57 Dynamic Mic and AKG 414 Condenser Mic
Those two have a fairly transparent frequency response and work for most scenarios but you also want mics that work better for certain instruments because of their coloration or diaphragm or polar pattern.
-Monitoring:
You need some headphones like the Audio Technical M50x which are transparent enough and good for the price although you could go a little further and look for Sennheiser HD or some of the expensive AKG stuff.
-Accessories and cables
You want good quality XLR cables, two direct boxes like this one and probably a direct box with pre amp like the Avalon U5 (great for sending bass via line, skipping the bass amp part, which can be great for live sessions). Both depend on the type of music you are gonna record of course (first example works for connecting stuff like a keyboard and the Avalon well for bass is great).
You may want a monitor amplifier like Behringer Powerplay for distributing audio to the players or producers or audience via headphones monitors.
Also check out EquipBoard to see what gear are other producers or studios using. They have a good database and is good reference.
You also wanna look on isolation techniques and architecture if you wanna have good natural reverberation or just have control over what the sound is doing, including annoying neighbors if that’s the case. Look for how to soundproof a room in the internet and try read a little about acoustics if you haven’t.
You may wanna to set up 2 rooms: a live room and a control room. The live room would be where you record the musicians and have way more soundproofing and the control would just need to isolate enough and allow visual contact with the ppl in the live room. If you go for 2 rooms you may need to set up the ins and outs and pass cables through the wall in a snake cable like this Hosa or this bigger one . The purpose of having 2 rooms is partly because you wanna monitor with speakers not only headphones (as well as having more recording gear there but it only applies to bigger studios). Example Yamaha HS8 x2 or the KRK . Those are fairly priced options and you will get more value out of them if you are the one mixing the music as they can be better references than just headphones.
That’s it. I was very broad but I did mentioned some basic equipment you can start budgeting. If you need more details about the basics PM me and can help you a bit more, I’m no specialist on some stuff like exquisite mics but know about a bunch that are generally used. Are you in Vancouver by chance? I can help you in the actual physical setup if you are.
Cheers.
Edit: You probably want a powerful laptop or a desktop computer btw but I figure out you already have one.
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Don't listen to this, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Get a pair of ADAMs and you are good. They even have a college discount program currently so you can get them even cheaper.
EDIT: Also - if these are too expensive for you, this industry standard is in your budget https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DCYMVB2/ref=psdc_11974991_t4_B003SYYU9C?th=1
https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56CM
I just got one of these and I'm rebuilding my entire stereo around it. The sound quality is fantastic.
https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HS8-Studio-Monitor-Black/dp/B00DCYMVB2
I'll probably add these later. But just with the initial scarlett solo it made my $100 speakers sound like $300 speakers.
Sorry to say dude, but those Logitech's sound like shit. Unless you're listening to dubstep all day. Then they'll do fine