Yamaha HS 7

Great spraker

Very good quality speaker for studio use. The clarity in the sound is amazing, wound highly recommend.

Good nearfield monitors

Great for their size, good quality. Revealing sound character.

you can't go wrong with these speakers

The speakers are really worth every euro, the sound is crystal clear, there is enough bass, my best purchase.

Defective design

No one should buy these monitors in current world, they should not even be sold. They have absolutely no shielding to outside electronic interference, horrible buzzing, crackle and pop caused by nearby wireless devices and environments. Do not buy this, buy any other device that says it has shielding.

More than decent Home Studio monitors

Pros

* Accurate Sound at this price point.

* HS 7 provides the little extra bass you need for your mixes.

* The Room control and the High Trim are perfect options for home studios that needs adjustments and that are not accurately soundproofed.

* Value for money.

* Long lasting quality (bought in 2019).

* Plays in my house almost every day and is used by other applications and not only for listening to music or composing or mixing.

* Powerful sound !

Cons

* Not a professional studio monitor (go for Adams if you are really interested to the top quality) , just experienced them but never owned Adams.

* The white paper material speaker cones are eager to attract dirt.

* If your room isn't properly soundproofed your mixes are not going to sound accurate . This is not a minus to the speaker , it is just a comment to give awareness to the future buyer not to expect miracles buy simply buying an entry level quality monitor !

* Somewhat heavy.

Overall :

A nice Value for Money starter speaker great for the average Joe home producer musician like myself OR a secondary set for professionals. Great for guitar studying with your cab sims and small productions.

Not for professional job exactly but a great monitor to compare mixes between 2 other monitor set (if in studio).

The HS 7 can provide a wider range of frequency for users that do not lack the space in the house and want to experience a bigger sound in their mixes.

It helps me a lot because I do not produce only rock music but Electronic also.

I am not giving it a 5 star because I think that my friend's KRK G4s are a bit more sturdy and look more fancy and have better build quality and better mids.

In a side to side comparison they sound more bright than the KRK's (maybe there is more clarity on the highs or maybe our ears are not working as perfect as a professional's ears) .

I am a more high frequency oriented and he is more mid-bass oriented guy so... I guess that was our preferences.

You can read in forums about these differences too and see that I am not kidding at all.

In the end I prefer mine over his only for this reason, but if I was to buy again I would go for the KRKs .

powerful

such a powerful speeker for techno getting these has made a huge diffrence to the quality of my music only thing id say is you have the sit them in a certain position to really hear the sub

Warm, detailed, powerful, loud

Superior long last quality build. Realistic and transparent sound. Totally reliable and detaild in all frequencys. You may hear every detail and every frequency at every volume. Adjustable depending on your preferences and need.

For mid range home monitor studio they work as a charm

They are very good and capable to read a lot o kw

Although I have never heard expensive monitors, these ones paired with a .flac file produced an exquisite sound.

It´s a game changer

I been after a pair of HS for a while for the home studio, and finally got the HS-7. Got the 6.5 inches version to improve on the low end response (details on this below).

I had very good monitors in the past (also Yamaha, other Alesis, etc) and though I had a good listening experience, but I was wrong.

The only way to explain the difference in listening from low budget studio monitors or HiFi speakers to this (mid budget) monitor, is listening to music under water, then taking your head out of the water, and then the music and everything gets defined and cristal clear.

That´s the change I experienced with the new HS-7´s.

I´m a guitar player and also fullstack producer, and mixing the mid frequencies has been always a constant pain (guitars, synths, vocals, snares... god the snares!), that was the main reason I got them.

Of course, not everything is perfecto, they have a few cons:

-> Like everyone says, this is flat sounding monitors, with VERY limited EQ settings in the back, this is not for music listening per-se, is a working tool.

-> Little bass, it´s really good for mixing kicks on the midrange, but the low end is missing. I got the HS-7 for the low end, but in the end had to add a Subwoofer, since I´m mixing some Latin stuff lately.

-> They are BIG! The HS-7 are huge! take this in consideration (I might needed to take the HS-5 + SW intead of this ones).

-> The switch in the back. it´s really annoying. Clearly is an outdated design, but I can live with it.