About The Yamaha NS-2000A Speakers
The NS-2000A is a new generation of speaker crafted by Yamaha. Fusing exquisitely rich aesthetics with the latest advanced technologies, it delivers a unified, balanced sound field that encompasses musicality at its essence.
The elegant appearance of Yamaha's NS-2000A merges the style of the piano with the design philosophy of the speaker. Yamaha's signature gloss finish has been adopted on these speakers, using the same process as used on their grand pianos, a process reserved for a limited number of products in Yamaha's range. This elegant finish presents the speaker as a stylish piece of furniture, providing a gratifying feeling both when listening to music and even when not.
True Sound: This is sound that only Yamaha can realize as the only audio brand in the world that handles everything from the moment a sound is created to the time it reaches the human ear. Simply close your eyes and feel the artist performing right there in front of you and experience the profound sensation of being truly 'Closer to the Artist.'
Tonal Balance: Every ear hears the world differently. Yamaha expresses sound as the artist intended. Reproducing sonic elements such as vocals, instruments at the right pitch requires both passion and precision. Yamaha accomplishes this through tonal balance, enriching harmonies, and recreating musicality to help you hear sounds you couldn't hear before.
Perfectly Unified Tone: Delivering the sounds of musical instruments as they are. As a world-renowned musical instrument brand, Yamaha is relentlessly committed to this mission. In order to make this quest a reality, Yamaha created flagship speakers under the design concept of having consistent tone colour throughout the entire frequency spectrum and applied unique technology to achieve it. For each and every one of its speaker units, the NS-2000A employs the newly developed Harmonious Diaphragm™ - made from a blend of ZYLON®, which has excellent sound velocity and optimal internal dissipation, and spruce, which is actually used in the soundboard of Yamaha grand pianos and is essential for emanating sound. This ensures accurate, faithful tonal expression throughout the entire audio spectrum, making the harmonies of the sound stand out and the music richer and more beautiful.
Sound Image: The position of the artist and the instrument, and even the delicate nuances and very atmosphere of the performance space is stunningly reproduced just as they are. The resulting soundstage is so incredibly realistic, you'll feel as if you were watching the performance unfold right in front of you.
Total Music Reproduction: Yamaha's patented R.S. (Resonance Suppression) chambers are mounted on the back of the tweeter and midrange units in order to faithfully express even the finest nuances of musical instruments and voices. Two specially shaped tubes cancel unwanted tube resonance generated behind the diaphragm, without relying on conventional sound-absorbing materials, reviving the natural sound and maintaining the minute musical nuances in the original source.
Faithful Musical Presence: Conventional speakers use a large amount of sound-absorbing material to eliminate standing waves inside the cabinet. Unfortunately, doing so also removes much of the inherent freshness of the music. In the NS-2000A, Yamaha have employed their patented Acoustic Absorber resonator tube to eliminate standing waves, and yet minimize the amount of absorbing material, so that the original realism of music that tends to be lost by sound absorption is reproduced with full energy and dynamism.
Dynamics: As opposed to merely producing powerful sound, Yamaha pursues a sense of dynamics that express the contrast between stillness and motion in the music allowing you to feel the intensely deep emotions in the music and immerse yourself in that musical world.
Highly Musical Vibration Control: The basis for producing excellent sound - determining what makes the enclosure sound and where to suppress vibration - is virtually identical whether making musical instruments or making speakers. The cabinet construction of the NS-2000A incorporates state-of-the-art speaker design technology that makes full use of laser vibrometers, used in musical instrument research and development, and sophisticated FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis. The cross piece of the cabinet has been optimally reinforced, ensuring solid low-frequency response, providing a secure, comfortable musical foundation, and expressing the vastness of the sound stage without anything being lost.
Seamless Sonic Performance: Representative of the flagship series, the NS-2000A adopts the highest quality parts for the crossover circuit. The MCap® SUPREME Classic audio capacitor made by Mundorf of Germany, renowned as the pinnacle in audio-use capacitor, is used along with a huge woofer coil.
Solid Connectivity: Cut from pure brass, the large, screw-type speaker terminals allow for easy and firm tightening, making a highly secure connection and delivering absolute signal integrity.
High-Quality Feel: The speaker terminals feature an original design, with a shape that comfortably fits with human fingers for a luxurious feel, while simultaneously allowing for effortless tightening.
Our Take
The NS-2000A is a substantial speaker that can effortlessly fill a large room with truly enveloping sound. It has great bass dynamics when driven by a suitably muscled amplifier with the kind of current required to keep a 3-way, 4-driver speaker under strict control. When so partnered the NS-2000A can sound big and powerful with a huge sound stage or delicate and nuanced with smooth subtlety depending on what the music requires. This speaker can do it all and looks pretty darn good while doing it. The Piano Gloss Black finish, which is also used on Yamaha piano's and is reserved for their high end speakers, must be experienced in person to be fully appreciated. This elegant finish presents the speaker as a stylish piece of furniture, providing a gratifying feeling both when listening to music and even when not. So, a speaker with real style and advanced technology, all in the service of music. You really should check the NS-2000A out.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: 3-Way, 4-Driver Bass-Reflex Floorstanding Speakers
- Newly developed Harmonious Diaphragm™, a blend of ZYLON® and spruce — for faithful tonal balance
- Ideal cabinet construction, designed with vibration analysis technology cultivated in Yamaha's crafting of musical instruments
- Yamaha patented Acoustic Absorber optimized for the NS-2000A
- Yamaha patented R.S. (Resonance Suppression) Chamber for suppressing unwanted resonance
- Authentic piano finish — adds to the luxurious joy of ownership
- High-quality parts for crossover circuitry, including audio capacitors made by Mundorf of Germany
- Solid brass speaker terminals for highly secure connection and luxurious feel
- Woofers: Dual 6½" (165mm) Cones
- Midrange Driver: 3¼" (83mm) Dome
- Tweeter: 1¼" (32 mm) Dome
- Frequency Response: 34 Hz-65 kHz (-10 dB), -100 kHz (-30 dB)
- Nominal Input Power: 60 W
- Maximum Input Power: 200 W
- Sensitivity: 88 dB
- Crossover Frequencies: 750 Hz/3.5 kHz
- Impedance: 6 Ohms (minimum 3.5 Ohms)
- Supplied Accessories: Floor Spikes, Magnetically Attached Grille
- Finish: Piano Gloss Black
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 330 x 1,134 x 459mm
- Weight 8 kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 5 Years
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE