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NS-1000 sucessor

BroonsBane said:
Wow, those are beautiful, excellent job. I wish I had the skills to do that.
How high are they?
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They're exactly 20cm at the moment, however i've got some chunky M8 spikes coming through for them, When they're fitted they'll be about 23cm i think.

The NS-1000M cabinets are 67cm, add the 23 and you get 90cm. Perfect height for my listening position.

Really appreciate the comments. All thats left to do is fit the spikes, a splodge of blue tack on each corner, new tweeters and grilles.

Think its been a couple of months since i bought them, hard work but worth it.
 
basite said:
just to correct all the $2000 stuff, it's £2000, which would make about €3000, which is about $3800...they should better sound good for that price, but they look cheap. Keep them spinning, Bert.
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Wonder what he said? Must be lost in the translation.

Nice work. You could drill holes in bottom of the corner posts and install spikes. Will allow you to tip them back just a bit, which helps when mounted low. And also locks them to the floor.
 
Anybody interested in trading a really nice pair of milk crates for a pair of NS 1000M stands? :naughty:
 
BroonsBane said:
Anybody interested in trading a really nice pair of milk crates for a pair of NS 1000M stands? :naughty:
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Using these http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=240-748
Used these under the NS-1000Ms and now the NS-1000s w/NS-500s stacked on top.

Until I can get around to building a set of these:

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BroonsBane said:
There is an excellent Yamaha dealer here in Thunder Bay, I've done lots of business with him over the years. I'm hoping that he'll get a pair of Soavo's in, I'll likely be able to home-demo a pair and compare them to my 1000M's. Here's hoping...
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I'd love to hear a first hand review! Even in Apogee land, the 1000M is well reguarded, even with it's small faults. :yes:
 
wineslob said:
I'd love to hear a first hand review! Even in Apogee land, the 1000M is well reguarded, even with it's small faults. :yes:
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I still haven't made it in there but I think I may be able to this week. I really hope he has a pair :thmbsp:
 
I doubt they'll ever come up with anything to beat the GF-1's. They were truly "a cost-no-object extravaganza". Nobody really makes anything like that anymore.

They're rarer than even NS-10000's i think. If you read more from that link you'll see that the drivers on the GF-1 are of much higher quality than even NS-1000/2000/10000.Not vapor deposited but forged pure beryllium!!!

I bet finding spares for those is tricky! :D
 
Yamaha B-2 said:
Wonder what he said? Must be lost in the translation.

Nice work. You could drill holes in bottom of the corner posts and install spikes. Will allow you to tip them back just a bit, which helps when mounted low. And also locks them to the floor.
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Hi Glenn, yeah i ordered chunky M8 spikesthis morning in fact. I've already marked out the centre's of the undeneath of the posts. Should get them this week i hope. I'm wondering about maybe a set of spikes on the top too? Or should i just use blue tack?
 
Depends on how much you like the bottom of your cabinets. Blue Tack works well for me.

BroonsBane said:
I'm considering those but every time I go to that page they've gone up in price.
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c'mon. I bought mine over two years ago and they were $93. Can't believe you are being held up by a $10 price increase in two years.
 
I'm sorry, I'm sure the soavo are very nice, but if Yamaha wanted to get back into the hi-fi game, why not go balls-out? don't they still make beryllium based speakers? what are they, the NS-10000? not sure.

anyway, introduce the soavo, but only as second to tier to an all out assault in the $5,000-$6,000 range with their famed beryllium drivers. take on Theil, vandersteen, von schweikart... head on.

just my .02,
Robby
 
re-release the NS-1000 and make the GF-1 again, payable this time...

then yamaha would get back into highend, but then they should also start to build good amps again, not like the ht stuff they have now, something with balls...

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
 
I have observed that many audio enthusiast have allowed a certain device to impede their hifi systems, known as wifes as i far as i can tell they take avenue's of pleasure such as hifi and gradually close them off.

If Yamaha re launched the NS-1000M they wouldn't sell in the abundance they once did as women have found out that sound can come from slim small speakers....W.A.F?? So glad i'm not married.

I was thinking earlier about the Soavo series, what if they dumped the cone midrange and aluminium tweeter and used beryllium dome units instead. I'd be very interested in that.

Are NS-1000M nearfield monitors? I cannot hear deep bass in my listening position as its getting cancelled out! Up close they;re VERY punchy indeed sound awesome.....take a few steps back and the bass just dissapears!:tears:

I've had to switch the setting in my AZ1 to 'small' speakers for the NS-1000's. So anything below 90hz is sent to my SA-WX900. It sounds great but i just wanted to not have to involve the sub for stereo....especially with dual 12" woofers.
 
basite said:
re-release the NS-1000 and make the GF-1 again, payable this time...

then yamaha would get back into highend, but then they should also start to build good amps again, not like the ht stuff they have now, something with balls...

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
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The Yamaha MX-D1 is 500Wx2 at 8ohms continuous, thats pretty gutsy for an amp that even had Stereophool mag ranting about it, they never did so with any previous Yamaha offerings sadly. The Soavo is no 1000, but its quite good as far as its contemporaries go, Ben raises a good point,dreaded WAF, both the NS-1000 or 10000 or GF-1 would have a hard time in today's neutered tin box satellite speakers, however if they do bring the 1000 and GF-1 back, I am sure there would be a huge line.

Ben, the NS-1000 fill my big room with phenomenal bass, but then I have them connected to the Yamaha MX-1000 amp which is known for superb dynamic low end bass. I have no need for subs with the 1000.
 
Its not a fault with the speakers or the amp, they are producing immensely punchy tight powerful bass with my DSP-AZ1. The problem is i can only hear that at certain points in the room. When i sit at the back of the room in my normal listening position, the low frequencies are being lost somehow.

Just got my M8 spikes for the stands so i'll try a little tilting, see if that helps.
 
It's nice to see the Soavo comes in 4 different finishes.

They're selling on ebay for less than half msrp, anyone ever get their hands on a pair?
 
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