Yamaha HS7 Studio Monitor Black - Returned (Condition: Very Good)

Newly Developed Drivers

The HS series features newly developed drivers that deliver a remarkably balanced response across a wide frequency range. The behavior of the speaker magnets and the magnetic field they generate has been perfected and plays a major role in flawless, natural-sounding transduction. All assemblies, including their raw materials and circuit designs, were carefully tested and refined to achieve absolutely accurate signal reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

Low-Resonance Cabinet Construction

A special cabinet design prevents unwanted resonances in the HS series, allowing reproduction precision to be pushed to the limit. The cabinets are made from durable MDF with optimal damping characteristics, which is ideal for studio monitors. With more than 100 years of piano-building experience, Yamaha's HS engineers used the traditional three-way miter joint. This construction securely locks the cabinet panels together at the corners, making the units not only very durable but also keeping unwanted resonances that could negatively affect the sound under control.

Innovative Techniques to Minimize Noise

Bass-reflex ports can add punch, but they can also negatively affect the sound. Turbulence at both ends of the port channel creates air vibrations that in turn produce unwanted noise. Through carefully executed analysis, Yamaha engineers optimized the bass-reflex channel and minimized its tendency to cause turbulence, resulting in up to 6 dB of noise reduction. That allows HS-series monitors to meet even the strictest and most demanding production requirements.

Controls and Connections

The full-range HS models feature two tone controls that let you adapt the speakers to the room's acoustic properties and boundary surfaces. ROOM CONTROL lets you reduce the boosted bass that inevitably occurs when speakers are placed near walls. HIGH TRIM lets you fine-tune the high-frequency response. On the input side, the full-range speakers are equipped with jack and XLR sockets suitable for both balanced and unbalanced connections to devices ranging from keyboards and mixers to audio interfaces.

On the HS8S subwoofer, the cutoff frequency of the selectable low-pass filter (HIGH CUT, trimming high frequencies) can be set between 80 and 120 Hz. The high-pass filter at the output (LOW CUT, trimming low frequencies) can also be positioned between 80 and 120 Hz. PHASE allows the phase at the subwoofer output to be inverted. The HS8S features XLR outputs (L, R and EXT SUB). Inputs are available in both jack and XLR formats.