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Yamaha NS-1000M ...

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Chip - HP

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This morning I picked up a pair of Yamaha NS-1000Ms ... which are in pretty good shape ... but do have some minor issues ...

At some point in their life ... someone (I am guessing the wife) ... decided to "cover" them in an ultra-suede like material using a staple gun ... the good news ... staples were applied behind the grill covers ... on the backs ... and on the bottoms ... there must be a couple of hundred ... I have removed about half of them ... the rest are embedded and will take some doing to remove w/o further damaging the cabinets (which also have a few dings) ...

Cosmetically the grill covers are in good shape ... however one of the grill covers is missing three of the male plastic connectors ... someone (probably not the wife) ... decided to replace the missing male connectors with flat head nails ... with the head pressed into the plastic female connectors ... thought I would never get the cover off ... ended up pulling the female connectors out of their wooden sockets ... should be able to come up with a better solution for attaching the grill ...

The plastic portion of one of the common connectors is broken ... hopefully I can still hook it up ... looking forward to hearing them ...

May have to sell them ... to pay for the hernia operation that I may need after hauling them into the house ... they have to be the heaviest speakers that I own ...
 
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toolik said:
I would be really interested in comparison between NS-1000M and SS-M7!
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You've been peeking :) ... eventually ... but I have to do some rearranging to pull that off ... which might take several days ...
 
Congrats on a great speaker. Do a search in this forum and you can read a couple of fairly in-depth threads on the NS-1000M/NS-1000. Yes, a comparison to the SS-M7 would be great. Am going to guess right away that the lower-mid down in the SS-M7 will be better while the mid on up will be better in the NS-1000M. Enjoy!!
 
Yamaha B-2 said:
Congrats on a great speaker. Do a search in this forum and you can read a couple of fairly in-depth threads on the NS-1000M/NS-1000. Yes, a comparison to the SS-M7 would be great. Am going to guess right away that the lower-mid down in the SS-M7 will be better while the mid on up will be better in the NS-1000M. Enjoy!!
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Thanks ... listening to the Yamahas as I type ... sound nice ... not quite sure how to hook-up the SS-M7s ... how come there are 2 sets of connectors on each speaker? ...
 
The SS-M7 is capable of being bi-wired/bi-amped. Both of which I like to do. But, no requirement to do so. You can simply hook the two inputs together with a jumper and run the leads from your amp to one set. The two sets are generally a 'standard' distance apart and you can buy a set of shorting bars from PE (see the banner ad at the end of the page) for under $10. Or, you can biwire or biamp using the correct configuration. But, that should probably wait until you get everything set up and running and then start tweaking.
 
Yamaha B-2 said:
The SS-M7 is capable of being bi-wired/bi-amped. Both of which I like to do. But, no requirement to do so. You can simply hook the two inputs together with a jumper and run the leads from your amp to one set. The two sets are generally a 'standard' distance apart and you can buy a set of shorting bars from PE (see the banner ad at the end of the page) for under $10. Or, you can biwire or biamp using the correct configuration. But, that should probably wait until you get everything set up and running and then start tweaking.
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There is a flat gold color piece of metal connecting the two positive poles underneath the pole nuts ... I assume that is the "jumper" ... does it matter which set (the upper or the lower) of connects that I use as long as the jumper is in place? ...
 
I'd probably lean towards B-2s prediction that the Yamaha topend will be superior (not by much) and the bass/midbass of the Sony will be superior (also not by much). We'll call midrange a draw.

Keep us posted.
 
Nice Find!! With a bit of work, these units will look as great as they sound! Outstanding, simply outstanding!:yes: Brad
 
Oh Man! I am so jealous. The SS-M7 and NS-1000 are right at the top of my "gotta have" list. Finding them both in one week is just amazing. You lucky dog.:thmbsp:

On the SS-M7s there should be two jumpers on each speaker, one connecting the positive side and one connecting the negative side. If they aren't both there you can connect the terminals with regular speaker wire. You can hook the speaker wires to either the top or bottom terminals, makes no difference.
 

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ByrdWyngs said:
Oh Man! I am so jealous. The SS-M7 and NS-1000 are right at the top of my "gotta have" list. Finding them both in one week is just amazing. You lucky dog.:thmbsp:
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Thanks ... I feel fortunate ... yesterday was a good day :) ... I almost didn't buy the M7s when I saw Sony on the grill covers ... but the cabinet styling prompted me to take a chance ...

On the SS-M7s there should be two jumpers on each speaker, one connecting the positive side and one connecting the negative side. If they aren't both there you can connect the terminals with regular speaker wire. You can hook the speaker wires to either the top or bottom terminals, makes no difference.
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You are right ... the other M7 has two jumpers ... so I am missing a jumper ... I concentrated on the Yamahas yesterday ... so I haven't done much with the M7s ... other than clean a layer of dust off them before bringing them into the house ...
 
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Chip - HP said:
You are right ... the other M7 has two jumpers ... so I am missing a jumper ...
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I wouldn't worry too much about the missing jumper. Most of the factory jumpers are brass (or even worse, steel) under the plating. You're almost certainly better off with any decent copper speaker wire as a jumper between the binding posts. Or just go ahead and remove all the jumpers and biwire them.

Along with some of the other posters I'm looking forward to your comparison of the NS-1000 and SS-M7. Should be interesting.
 
Yes.....I'm certainly in agreement with folks sentiments on the SS-M7. I can't understand why no one has jumped on that set of SS-M3 (like mine) and SS-M5 in Detroit for $500 (Audiogon). That would be a killer deal. Just add the woofer and you are set up for a fabulous HT system.

Nothing I've heard short of electrostatics and ribbons can keep up with the mid-up on the NS-1000s. Especially with female voices, trumpets, violins, etc. The extra bass in the NS-1000 over the NS-1000M is a plus, though.

Chip - HP - What will you be using for electronics, source, etc.?
 
Yamaha B-2 said:
... Chip - HP - What will you be using for electronics, source, etc.?
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All of my receivers (Pioneer ... Yamaha ... Kenwood ... Marantz ... Fisher ... Sansui) are '70s SS ... the main one that I am using at the moment (which I really like) is the Fisher RS 2010 ... my CD player is a Sony SCD CE775 ...

I am probably not the one to provide an analytical comparison of the Yamahas and the Sonys ... I just hook 'em up ... if they sound good ... I leave them hooked up for a while ... I currently have JBL L112s ... HPM 100s ... and the new kid on the block ... Yamaha NS-1000M ... hooked up ...
 
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