The Yamaha NS10 Story – How a Hi-Fi Speaker Conquered the Studio World (2008)
&gt; Love or hate the Yamaha NS10, this unassuming little speaker has found a place in the studios of many of the world&#x27;s top producers. We trace its history, and investigate why a monitor whose sound has been described as &quot;horrible&quot; became an industry standard.<p>I see people use this all the time as their main speaker? I usually ask why and if they say because it is a standard I stop talking music production. If they say they use them because they use it to hear the sound distorted then I am 100% in the conversation. These are used to hear what the &quot;real world&quot; crappy speaker system would sound like. Problem is EVERY speaker made the last 20 years is better than these speakers. The main response to why they use a NS-10 is &quot;If it sounds good on NS10s then it&#x27;ll sound good on anything.&quot;<p>I HATE HATE HATE the NS10 speaker. It was used because it was such a BAD speaker. In front of me I have Genelec speakers. They sound so good and clear. NS 10 sound like a brown paper bag with foam is covering the speaker and all low end and high end sounds were scooped out and I have my hands covering my ears!