TEPEZ
New Member
Hello friends! After having read pretty much everything available in english out there on the rare Yamaha NS-100M i felt extremely hesitant to pick up a pair offered to me. The universal conclusion seems to be that they are just OK, but cannot at all hold their own against famous bigger brothers NS-1000M (with be drivers), of wich I have some prior experience and much like (owned many years ago).Well, after auditioning NS-100M and NS-1000M A/B side-by-side at the sellers house I can tell you that I bought the NS-100M in a split second! These little boxes (significantly smaller than the NS-1000M) present a Very impressive and extremely transparent sound stage. Much like their bigger brother they absolutely vanish in thin air. Such fine treble and lively midrange. Impressive. The bottom end is of course limited at about 50 Hz, but above that more present than you might think. Overall, surely neutral side, but also a lot more fun listen than you think. Given their size/price I absolutely find the NS-100M an excellent speaker. In fact, overall, physical size considered, I prefer the NS-100M to the NS-1000M. Well, their both really good...
And thats the bottom line. My guess is that people slandering the pretty rare NS-100M in favor to the NS-1000M have not owned or even auditioned the former. With this written I would like to restore the reputation of the lovely NS-100M. In by book, a truly great little speaker!
