Should i sell my Yamaha NS10s?

acorredor

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Hellow everybody! I mixed for the first time on a pair of Genelecs awhile ago...and i am hooked! I wanna get a pair, but, should i sell my Yamaha NS10s?Compared to the Genelecs i dont find much use for them now...
thanks for the advice
 
I would say that you should hold on to the NS10's as well. They aren't Genelecs, but they're not supposed to be. The NS10's have been the staple ever since "Thriller" was supposedly mixed with a pair. You'd be hard pressed to find a respectable studio that didn't have a pair for general reference. If you know how to mix on NS10's, you're pretty much set to mix at any facility.

The NS10's aren't great monitors, not even close, but they represent the "everyman speaker". They're a good way to check how your mixes are going to sound when they are blaring from the end-user's boombox.

At our studio, we have a pair of Tannoy Super Red 12" for the dirty work but also pair of the crappiest Philips two-way speakers from the 70's. They're a good method to check how the music sounds in the "real world" where most people don't have the luxury of a high-end room.
 
acorredor said:
Hellow everybody! I mixed for the first time on a pair of Genelecs awhile ago...and i am hooked! I wanna get a pair, but, should i sell my Yamaha NS10s?Compared to the Genelecs i dont find much use for them now...
thanks for the advice

hey alejandro,
keep the ns 10 !! - in a few years you receive damn much money for selling them.
by the way, what genelecs? the 29ers are too small, the 30ers need a sub and the 31ers is really good and really expensive and the 32ers are out of reach for most of us!

i mix on the ns 40 with a sub and for that money i'm really pleased with them.

so, if you have the money for genelecs, take them but do not sell the ns 10ers!


bye
alex
 
Definately hold on to the NS10's, like Burner said, they're an excellent way to hear what John Doe will hear on his 50 dollar radioshack speakers. But they ARE horrible to listen to, really annoying when you've got a set of 1031's right next to 'em so i know what you mean :)

At home i only have a pair of Behringer Truth's. Most people are generally biased against Behringer and i agree to a large extent but i'm really satisfied with these speakers, they've got a resonable price and good frequency response without any major peaks or dips (from what i can tell).