I've spend 1 month listening for the best 'compact' ( 5 inch woofer max ) monitors. for my studio 'B' room. And finaly get the Genelec 8030C ! ... incredible sounds quality .. steréo field is amazing, tigh bass response
Yamahas tend to be rich in mid highmid and high frequencies and have quite colorful sound and for lows they got a separate woofer. I listened these a lot years ago and for hifi needs are may be quite a good choice regarding price vs quality. The Genelecs are hitec stuff and have better low end resolution and may be better for studio work out of the box.
For mixing I much prefer the Yamaha, it will highlight where work is needed. For purely listening pleasure or composing/tracking, something with a softer richer balance like the Genelec sure.
hah you don't wan't your work 'highlighted' when mixing. look at the frequency response at the end an you'll see that the Genelec's are more consistent and less coloured in the Mids
@@spettacolososognatore3909 still not as good as the genelecs sorry. With both speakers being a 5 inch or lower woofer the bass is not going to be ideal on either 1. But I bet you a decent mixer can make a better mix that translates on genelecs than he can on the Yamahas + sub.
you dont want it to highlight though, you want it to be a natural sound, a linear frequency response which the genelecs got more of, thats also why the genelecs are more expensive
Yamahas just sound like they got more mids. Genelecs sound more open to me, clearer and natural. Yamahas just sound more mid heavy that’s is all with less bass. Genelec all the way
it seems the genelecs sustain the harmonics in a more natural way. Lower-mid freqs remain longer, while the higher ones decay sooner. the yahama boxes are unnaturally flat (which does not mean neutral). Natural genelecs vs neutrals yamaha
Ambos son buenos monitores, yo tuve las HS5, actualmente tengo unas KRK Vtx6 de las que estoy enamoradísimo superiores a las Rockit. También he trabajado con las Genelec y lo primero que escuché comparadas con las HS Yamaha es que estas tienden a chillar un poc de agudos y tienen un poco menos de definicón de bajos. En las Genelec quizás suena todo más plano pero no tan artificial sobretodo lo notas en los agudos y en los medios que suena todo más claro y definido, con más detalle. Como digo las dos cajas me gustan con las Yamaha hice varios trabajos, con un sub eso si.. pero doy como ganadoras las Genelec. PD- Eso si mis KRK VXT no las cambio por nada jejeje....
Genelec's sounded very close to original track, which is what you want. Yamahas seem to have very bright high end. You might end up cutting high frequencies on a track when running the hs5's that didn't need to be cut and don't translate well to other systems. Very interesting comparison. Of course best way to tell is to bring these into your own studio for testing and don't rely on a mic recorded youtube video's audio to tell you the full story.
hs 5 is way more accurate for mixing but harsher for casual listening . Genelec is good for non-mixing listening but for mixing forget about it, It's veiled af and you will get a veiled mix as a result.
Genelec far more fidelity, but Yamaha has the defects we'll encounter in home systems (mid bumbs, harsh highs, etc.), that's why they translate in mixes that sounds great anywhere.
kind of a silly comparison. If one has the money to spare, then the genelecs, adams, focus, atc and behringer's ( :) ) will be among the top choices. I actually like the sound of the hS5 better. get a mix going good on those and the earbud/bluetooth heads of the world will hear the same thing.
Hello @digital Stereophony, I am running crazy at finding the best speaker for music listening. Sadly I can't go in shop as they don't offer listeing session... What would recommend me as • Active speaker (no ampli) • Under 200 • Only for listening music, mostly RnB, rap and hiphop Thank you in advance if you see my message :) Cheers
Sort of like choosing if beer is better than a milkshake here..Gotta say I'm down with smooth treble balanced w/punchy bass/mid tightness of Genelec overall.
Ymahas sound less pleasant and have noticable coloration, I would not prefer to listen music on them. But I'd prefer them over genelecs for final check of the mix for their better details, just like many others use their NS10s
I don't think it's a fair comparison ether. Bass will be much fuller in frequency range but probably also less precise and compromise lower mids. So they won't get any advantage for mixing in terms of vocal and percussion representation and separation. Just thoughts anyways...
I really like the crystal clear hi-res sound and the very detailed mid and high frequencies - as well as the really great top end (go above 30000 Hz) - of the Yamaha speakers. At least can sense a bit of the good sound quality of these studio monitors by listening to this with my Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro headphones, directly connected to my high-end headphone amp Lake People Phone-Amp G109 (which is connected to my Steinberg UR44 audio interface). Finally, I would really like to see (or rather listen to) a direct comparison between the Yamaha HS series and the Yamaha MSP series - because I still don't have listened to both versions together in a store or within one video.
No Monitor speaks truth... Every monitor sounds different. Its just our ear training and frequency table understanding. Different song will sound differently in different DEVICE.. Yamaha rich in mid its good sign caz it helps to catch the unwanted resonance. While genelac is good too. Bt pro mixing engineers focus more on mids.. Thts why yamaha Ns10 is still the common piece of cake in every pro studios
I think some listeners get confused in the overall test reproduction process as this is about truth, the Yamaha has always been the super crappy flat signal doing its legendary work, imagine the source work or music for this test being created at another studio mixed and crossed reference with a pair of classic Yamaha NS10's sent out and used for this test today would mean the $2500 Genelecs sound better than the HS7 because of the source mix, this would be (Fact) because I did a mix on my Yamaha HS8 and cross-reference the mix on my M Audio BX8 and the mix sound better on the BX8's (Thank You Yamaha For Making My M Audio BX8) sound better than the source monitors (Think About This) The same thing could happen with the source material in this test could make the Genelecs shine over the creator NS10 or even the HS7 that bare striking resemblance of its older brother...Oh, yea, I own the Genelec 8040 switching with my Coleman SPK5+1, giving me the flexibility to share this test. I get the same result is the reason I will never part with my NS10's/Genelec 8040 gives me endless sound reproduction possibilities!
Thats because its recorded through a microphone again. This is a comparison for harshness and balance, and not how "accurately" they replicate the track.
the 8020's destroy the 10's I thought it was going to be close..... but its NOT AT ALL. The 8020's have a MUCH bigger sound. The 10's feel like a speaker making noise in a room, the 20's fill the entire room. Its a HUGE difference. I wanted the 8010's but as soon as I heard them back to back it wasnt even a question. You can kinda here it between his two videos. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ipohm9fuz5A.html vs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gtl978SZsk8.html BIG difference in how the sound fills the room vs how the sound just comes out the speaker.
If you listen to New Orleans Jazz, the 8010's smoke the HS5's. No contest. In fact, the 8010's make the HS5's sound like bad speakers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gtl978SZsk8.html
we feel a big loss of performance at yamaha the low bass level is very bad and a disaster at the level of high sounds. as a dj I will not take these monitor yamaha even if it is 5usd the pair
@@xed530 it matters when the title says "this is why you should get X over Y". Price is something to consider when deciding what to buy for most of the people. lol
@@jfs5983 my point is the sound of the monitor, if you are on a budget the price matter, but im not talking about the price but the sound, hope you get my point
