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Maybe not the best forum for this but I'll try anyway.
I recently bought a pair of Yamaha HS8s to have a good pair of monitors at home. I actually have a great pair of speakers in my living-room a pair of Bowers & Wilkins 805Ss, powered my a small digital NAD amp that's a bit under-powered. I've been playing my Helix though this via S/PDIF and it sounds great, but ultimately this is a HiFi set-up and probably not ideal.
So I bought the HS8s, and I can't say I'm overly impressed, they have crisper highs and deeper lows, but the mids feel very thin and anemic, almost as though some frequencies are reduced and other have been pushed up. Maybe this is more accurate than my 805Ss, but when listening to vocals and music I'm just not so sure.
Does anyone have experience with this? Are 805Ss just that much better and I made a mistake purchasing the HS8s? All thoughts and opinions welcome.
Thanks!
I recently bought a pair of Yamaha HS8s to have a good pair of monitors at home. I actually have a great pair of speakers in my living-room a pair of Bowers & Wilkins 805Ss, powered my a small digital NAD amp that's a bit under-powered. I've been playing my Helix though this via S/PDIF and it sounds great, but ultimately this is a HiFi set-up and probably not ideal.
So I bought the HS8s, and I can't say I'm overly impressed, they have crisper highs and deeper lows, but the mids feel very thin and anemic, almost as though some frequencies are reduced and other have been pushed up. Maybe this is more accurate than my 805Ss, but when listening to vocals and music I'm just not so sure.
Does anyone have experience with this? Are 805Ss just that much better and I made a mistake purchasing the HS8s? All thoughts and opinions welcome.
Thanks!