aerocon
Novice Member
Hi all,
(before starting, sorry if this is the wrong place for this post!)
Yesterday, I recieved a pair of yamaha YST m100 2.0 speakers. These are discontinued models however I got them new on eBay. The seller obviously had some old b-stock or whatever. Anyway I bought them because as far as I can tell, the specs on them are amazing!( http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-vi ... s/ystm100/ ) 40W RMS and 50hz to 20khz dwarfs the other set I have, the YSTM20DSP speakers. When I turned them on, They seemed all well and good, however... In this part, you'll have to indulge me. I know about audio but not enough about these speakers to answer my own question! Picture the scene: My laptop is playing well mixed, fairly bass heavy music on 100% system volume with a Realtek HD built in soundcard. Any extra sound processing is not active. The bass, treble, and balance knobs on the right speaker unit are at 12 o'clock, the ymersion feature is not on, and critically the volume is at 12 o'clock. Now, this sounds fine, but I find that when split the audio and turn on my other YSTM20DSP units and match the volume, the treble is MUCH clearer and more defined, making the YSTm100s look really muddy and dull in comparison. Also, when using the YSTM100s, if the volume knob goes past, say, 2 o'clock, bass frequencies start to distort quite a lot. It's either the cones flapping or something else wrong. ANYWAY my question to you is this. Is this normal, and to be expected from an old unit? OR is there something wrong here? If so, what can I do about it? (bear in mind that I wouldn't like to send these back unless a last resort as they weigh 6 KG which would leave me quite a way out of pocket if asking for a refund and sending them back!!!) Basically, is this a fixable issue, or is it just a bad set of old speakers that I overestimated in quality? I just find their treble range very mediocre in comparison, and yet they should respond up to 20KHZ???
Cheers guys
(before starting, sorry if this is the wrong place for this post!)
Yesterday, I recieved a pair of yamaha YST m100 2.0 speakers. These are discontinued models however I got them new on eBay. The seller obviously had some old b-stock or whatever. Anyway I bought them because as far as I can tell, the specs on them are amazing!( http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-vi ... s/ystm100/ ) 40W RMS and 50hz to 20khz dwarfs the other set I have, the YSTM20DSP speakers. When I turned them on, They seemed all well and good, however... In this part, you'll have to indulge me. I know about audio but not enough about these speakers to answer my own question! Picture the scene: My laptop is playing well mixed, fairly bass heavy music on 100% system volume with a Realtek HD built in soundcard. Any extra sound processing is not active. The bass, treble, and balance knobs on the right speaker unit are at 12 o'clock, the ymersion feature is not on, and critically the volume is at 12 o'clock. Now, this sounds fine, but I find that when split the audio and turn on my other YSTM20DSP units and match the volume, the treble is MUCH clearer and more defined, making the YSTm100s look really muddy and dull in comparison. Also, when using the YSTM100s, if the volume knob goes past, say, 2 o'clock, bass frequencies start to distort quite a lot. It's either the cones flapping or something else wrong. ANYWAY my question to you is this. Is this normal, and to be expected from an old unit? OR is there something wrong here? If so, what can I do about it? (bear in mind that I wouldn't like to send these back unless a last resort as they weigh 6 KG which would leave me quite a way out of pocket if asking for a refund and sending them back!!!) Basically, is this a fixable issue, or is it just a bad set of old speakers that I overestimated in quality? I just find their treble range very mediocre in comparison, and yet they should respond up to 20KHZ???
Cheers guys