Tannoy Gold 8 vs Yamaha HS8 || Sound & Frequency Response Comparison 

There are a big holes in Tannoy, i really prefer the Yamaha. Tannoy -> sound like a poor 3.1 logitech... Just listen the voices or the guitars, it's really clear. It's good for modern bass/techno parts only.

@@dafxtone no it's utter bs placement. Trust me you'll pick the Tannoy's in reality. This is pushing people in wrong directions under the disguise of a pretty looking video. And stop with frequency response graphs, just write down the response. This is excactly what I mean...It only makes them look more professional. They are not. Any idiot can record a frequency response.

@@Projacked1 I've never watch any frequencie response, so don't tell me what to do with. I just use my ears. I'm using Genelec 1030 now and i'm pretty happy with it. I found these vids really usefull for comparing, especially if you already owned at least one of these brand.

So conclusion is the Tannoy is the better monitor. You don't want stuff to sound "good"on a studio monitor, you want it to show you the sound unadulterated as much as possible. The Yamaha's flatter all the sources too much, especially in the low mids

Yeah that makes sense. At first I thought the HS8 was more detailed, but after listening more its quite annoying to hear that ring to it that pierces other frequencies. The Tannoy is smoother yet more detailed high frequencies.

Yes, yet what makes me curious is, subjectively my HS8 monitors do not sound as bright, as here in the video - I guess that comes since each perception of the monitor depends on crucial factor - placement and acoustics, which are literally unique and differs with every room / treatment. It is not the performance of the monitor, which is technically determined by its construction, design etc. - and stays still the same, but the perception of the listener in particular conditions. That is where I am afraid we all are left in partial guess here. In particular - my opinion is, that it comes to the specifics of the recording / capture process and of course the room. As much I like these comparisons, which production must be time consuming and pretty technically demanding, I still keep in mind, that there are some significant variables having serious potential to mislead the listener, or give him at least distorted picture about true sound of the box in the end.

Try adam a8x

XD yeah... For sure... Beating a point source speaker... Yamaha is crap

Banyus Yamaha’s are not crap. They’re a great speaker, but they are fatiguing to listen to for long periods. Very detailed but slightly overhyped transients in the upper mid and high register. Not great for monitoring while making beats for that reason, mixing is great at low volume.

www.edifier.com/int/en/speakers/r1850db Great pro gear, it seems. One end of the power cable goes right inside the box -- so you can never misplace it when you move. Brilliant. Also, it says that the front is glossy. So professional looking, not like those cheap matte black faced monitors.

because the recorded hs8 sample will sound with an offset in an hs8, you'd need to record it in a measuring mic to make a kind of impulse response of it, if you listen to the response of the yamaha and the response of his room through your yamaha the response of both yamahas together will make it more dramatic, you need to listen to it in a different response, ideally flat headphones

Thanks! Micca is not available in my country though

You don't know what you are talking about, also the Tannoy Gold8 has an amp that can output 300w. You are never likely to drive them that hard, but in terms of sound it means that the drivers will be less compressed when amplified a fair bit

IMO that would force you to work on the mid range (which is where there meat of the music is) during mixing. Tannoy sounds interesting, without as much detail as the Yams. The Tannoy would make you think you mid range is perfect, only to discover a hole in the mid range when you play your mix on other playback systems.

Happy with them? I'm not sure to buy them or the Yamaha HS8.

Alfonso Arg adams doesnt hiss, awesome high notes. And paired with adam subs are very very fine.

@@alfonsoarg3541I’d go for Yamaha HS8. They have a slight edge for the low end. Just a/b’d them. Transients are spot on for both. But Yamahas translation is slightly better imo.

Legendary fake and harsh sound.

@@keithrichards4296 They sound too colored, 500-800 range. You can hear their box sound. Hs8 is more flat. That is good for proper mastering, but not for listening casually.

TheDudeGames most of people here don’t know what are the monitors for so their comments are useless

@@keithrichards4296 your ears are broken mate if you say that.

​@@udahuda Come and teach me then. I've 3 Grammy's and my set of speakers is $20k, what I've conquered through my 20-year+ career (and obviously that's my fake profile). Obviously there are plenty of people doing marvelous things with low end speakers or even headphones (about 10 years ago I met a genius indian at Mix With The Masters who shocked everyone in the room with his stuff - and he used to use HS80 speakers) Today he no longer owns the HS's - but a much higher-end set of speakers. It's a natural moving when you go forward in your career, the pursuit. I'd NEVER achieve the level of 'refinement' I've reached nowadays in mixing if I regressed to a pair of HS8. You cannot refine what you're not listening to. Would I make a mix with it? Definitely yes. The point is, if all you can have is a pair of HS, go and make music with it. But don't come and talk about it "has proven his legendary sound ❤️" (Secondly, this kind of test is pointless, you're listening through YOUR own transducer - being it a speaker or headphone, so you're judging based on YOUR transducer and its frequency response. How do you want your transducer to represent the frequencies, image, extension, dispersion, that another speaker is capable of?? There is no point at all.)

I like your comment. So do you not feel like the Yamahas are brighter and more hyped in the high end?

+room acoustics

yeah same here, on headphones the Tannoys sound more even and less diffused in the top end.

Yes 100% true! But the sounding of a studio monitor is not supposed to be musical 😅

Yamaha more flat, less "roomy" than tanoy, I prefered Yamaha as it is 😊

Ehm what? A studio monitor is designed to sound 'honest'

compression from the amp/driver or does it reveal compressors 🤯

还是hs8最适合音乐混音

same headphones here...totally agree

I'm actually deciding between the 802s and the gold 8: any suggestion?

@@simonecalderoni1218 Don't know man I think you have to hear it yourself and then decide. I can only guess that the gold ones will be better studio monitors but 808's are better speakers for daily use and listening to music. 808's got so good low/bass sound,very clear highs but lacking in the middle tones but thats only private opinion.Only thing i know for sure is that Tannoys 808 crushing Yamahas and KRK speakers really bad :D

@@simonecalderoni1218 Gold 8s, have the 15 golds and I always prefer the sound of DC

You sir, deserve more likes!

you are right, i'm just listening to BOTH of them now so i can really hear the difference. the hi-end on HS8 sounds agressive though

Demand are higher now 😀, I have too and I must confess its a wow! Lovely and so accurate.

holy shid thats a combo

Do these pair well together for watching movies on a 4K uhd television? If it’s not to much to ask, what do you need as far as cord and wires for the best possible installation. How do you connect the subwoofer to the Tonney Gold 8

@@DvD21mIL this combo is extremely good for music and movies. I connected it to the audio out from pc, to audio in svs sb2000, audio output from sub. to tannoy and set the crossover to 100.

@@DvD21mIL if you need pictures how connections are done by me, send your e-mail address and I will send pics, it’s a bit different as you may think because I used xlr for the speakers.

@@marvinhagen thanks but I’ll probably hook it up to the tv 📺 except I don’t know how that would be, since there are no hdmi cables and or arc output to input, can I still connect via digital optical cable, I’m not sure May need help with the installation!

The Tannoys are and that is noted on the graph. I didn't find them lacking in intelligibility though. Just louder in the low mids which as I own a set of older Tannoy dual concentrics I appreciate as I found I tend to have to double check the low mid with my older ones a lot. I often want more and that is the wrong answer. Also I have always found with Yamaha's the upper mids are harsh and I tend to want to duck them a lot to compensate. Everyone has their own requirement they need to trick their brain.

Tanoy sounds compressed

Because the Yamaha’s are very bright does that not mean that when you mix you try to reduce harshness too much and make your mixes dull?

@@nvisionbeats I think my issue was more or less the reference tracks I'd work off of were all made o. Some pretty high end stuff In their mixing chains and monitoring. I always had the high trim on mine dialed back a little but I think it's like anything else. Once you hear a nice set of focals it's hard to go back and work on the Yamaha, or once you work on a pair of Yamaha it's hard to go back to something like a krk. But you might also be correct. Hi hats and cymbals were always the hardest part for me to get to sit where I want on the Yamaha. Not really a knock on them at all. I'd never advise against so.eone buying them, but they do have a sound of their own. And they do translate very very well for the price.

@@jakerain2820 Ok yeah that's interesting thanks for the reply, I suppose if you are referencing those type of tracks then it doesn't really matter because you would be aiming to get yours as bright, but without the reference and yeah with cymbals maybe even vocals it might be an issue but I checked the frequency responses on both of these and the Yamaha's don't look too crazy in the high end. I think it's just the Tannoys have that high bass/low mid boost that would take away from the highs slightly because when I use them they are still very clear and bright. I'm looking to upgrade my home set up from KRK rp5's - want a pretty flat sound but with a decent low end (so I don't have to get a sub). We have the Tannoys at the Studio I work in and i'm not a fan of the high bass / low mid boost colouring the bass but they give a good thump without a subwoofer.

@@nvisionbeats the Yamaha are a major upgrade from the krk and they are very flat. I didn't really need a sub with the 7's so I'd doubt you'd need one with the 8's. The 5's I would definitely recommend a sub though. The other thing with the Yamaha is they are rear ported so you'll want to keep them a good distance from a wall. You wouldn't be disappointed with the 7s or 8s. But they will definitely tell you if your mix is good or bad and anytime I moved I'd have to play with my desks location in the room until I could find the sweet spot well enough. They are good monitors for their price. You have to spend a whole lot more to really go up another level that would be noticeable.

I agree. G8 is good for listening, HS8 is good for monitoring.

Gold 8 ....period. The coaxial design is super accurate in the image. Nothing beats that imo. But don't buy 8" if you don't need it. The 7 " version will sound better if the room is not that big.

no small speaker has sub bass- thats what sub woofers are for

En mi caso terminé comprando los Adam Audio T7v, debido a un buen deal que encontré. Estuve muy tentado por adquirir el Tannoy 8 o los HS8.

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