Yamaha MSP7

[Psyentific]

Has anyone out there heard the Yamaha MSP7 "studio monitors?"
Are they Yamaha's most accurate speakers to date?

See, somehow (legally of course), I got one msp7 for an amazing price and it's just sitting in its original packaging in my slightly less than ideal project studio. As of lately I've been listening to a pair of BM6a's and HS50's.

So, should I sell my HS50's and get the second msp7?
Or, should I sell my msp7 and get a _____________?
Should I use all 3 three maybe?

Has anyone been willing to be the guinea pig and shell out $1200 for a pair of these?

Yamaha says the new MSP7 Powered Monitors will be the last speakers designed by the same designer of the NS-10M, Akira Nakamura.

[6strings]

Originally Posted by Psyentific

Has anyone out there heard the Yamaha MSP7 "studio monitors?"
Are they Yamaha's most accurate speakers to date?

See, somehow (legally of course), I got one msp7 for an amazing price and it's just sitting in its original packaging in my slightly less than ideal project studio. As of lately I've been listening to a pair of BM6a's and HS50's.

So, should I sell my HS50's and get the second msp7?
Or, should I sell my msp7 and get a _____________?
Should I use all 3 three maybe?

Has anyone been willing to be the guinea pig and shell out $1200 for a pair of these?

These are just coming into stock from what I've seen so the jury is still out on this particular model.

Generally, the MSP line is superior in build and components to the HS line of speakers so I'd place my money on the MSP7 myself... Compare your single MSP7 to a single HS50 and see what you think?...

[1979]

I'm really interested in hearing about the msp7's. I'm currently in the market for new ( my first) monitors for home. I use Ns10's frequently-they do some things very well, and other things poorly. I'd love to find an Ns-10's with a more extended low end response.

cheers

[-Noodles-]

I've just got the new Sound On Sound...
It rates these monitors as being pretty awesome - but with top-end happy frequency response.

Anyone tried these yet...?
War?

[-Noodles-]

Bump..

[danielmahone@mac]

the hs50's just outright suck compared to the ns10's. The other yamahas i have listened to and i wasn't that impressed. The best thing you could do for studio monitors is to buy a pair of wharfedale 8.2 diamonds. there the best sounding speakers. If i were you,i would sell the other yamaha and if i had enough to pick up a set of 8.2's i would do it and keep the hs50's because the theory behind yamaha speakers has been "if they sound good on those, they'll sound good on anything" that being said, the hs50's have no bass so if you try to mix with them, you'll end up f*#*#*# yourself. I would mix on the wharfedales then listen back on the yamahas and if it sounds good on those things, it will sound good on anything.

[Psyentific]

I think I'll stick with my BM6A's over the Wharfedales. Anybody think that's a bad idea?

Just to update, I sold the HS-50's and the MSP7 will be on eBay soon with NR.

[tilman]

Hi there,
I am interested in the MSP7. Working with the MSP5 for long time and like them a lot.

Psyentific, what made you sell the MSP7, did you test them? Could you describe
why you chose the BM6A's.

Anyone experiences with the MSP7? I myself will give them a try soon.

[Psyentific]

To begin with, I already have 2 BM6a's. With only one MSP7 I would have to buy the second one at full price. Also, I'm just not willing to be yamaha's guinea pig. The BM6a's are tried and true and I know that as long as the acoustics in my room are under control I can continue to work with my BM6a's and get great results. I'm sure the MSP7's sound just fine. My advice, the key is your room. ALWAYS. Go ahead and buy a pair of $1200-$2000 speakers. If you're recording in a crap room your sounds will only sound good in your crap room. If you have already treated your room, that's awesome. Hope you got LOTS of bass trapping. If you don't know what that is then check this forum out.

MusicPlayer Forums: Ethan Winer: Acoustics Forum

Bottom line. I don't care anymore what the MSP7's sound like. I know my room and I know my BM6a's. I've spent hours just listening to recordings on them and analysing my room to see what frequencies are doing in my sweet spot. Lately I find all this comparison of speakers to be quite hilarious. Once I treated my room my whole perspective on speakers changed. The MSP's and BM6a's are in the same price range and probably sound better than the crap that M-audio is putting out but won't compare to the stuff they talk about in the high end forum that I can't afford yet. Who know's, maybe I'll never feel like upgrading my monitors.

I love the BM6'a's. I'm happy I sold the KRK V8's i was using before. Anybody want a MSP7??? I'll sell it real cheap. I want to get more bass traps for my room.

[Bobbaganouche]

I own the MSP7 monitors... I too (legally of course) came to them at an "unpassable deal"
In the past I have really only worked on NS10 and Genelec 1032a
I have, however, heard many others.
If you are going to have an MSP... make it a 7, not the 5.
The MSP7 to my ear has very nice detail and accuracy throughout most of the audio spectrum.
My only dislike with these monitors is the lack of low frequuency reproduction. Anyone who has owned a pair of NS10s can attest to the same issue there.
I feel the MSP7s continue on the NS10 motto of being an accurate monitor of great quality. Unfortunately (to me anyway) the legacy also carries on of a lack of lows from a nice Yamaha speaker.
I use the MSP7s in a project studio setting. I personally use the extra low frequency bump selectable on the back panel of each speaker. It helps to smooth things out a little (at least in my listening environment).
A friend of mine owns the HS80Ms...
These are also nice monitors... I feel they beckon to push rock music of any variety. They are fairly flat through the high mids and highs, with a hole or two in the low mids. The lows on the HS80Ms are solid and well defined. This of course is true for most 8" monitors.

Bottom Line... I am damn pleased with my MSP7s for what they are. Would I like some more low freq. definition? Hell ya. Then again, I'm not producing the next Jay-Z or Dre album.

[atcing]

I used MSP7 studio + ADAM Sub 12 . The MSP7 is an very accurate monitor. I have tested them.
The MSP7 lack the lower end (55Hz -3dB) but have very flat response frequency ( 60Hz-20Khz +/-1.5dB) . The MSP7 have much more lineal frequency response in-axis and off-axis than the HS80M, the MSP5, and ADAM A7. I prefer the MSP7.

[Bobbaganouche]

Originally Posted by Bobbaganouche

I own the MSP7 monitors... I too (legally of course) came to them at an "unpassable deal"
In the past I have really only worked on NS10 and Genelec 1032a
I have, however, heard many others.
.

I may have been on some sort of inhebriating self medication when i composed this line... the NS10/Gene setup was just studio A...

I have also worked on Adam A7's, Mackie 824's, Tannoy Ellipse 8's, and Genelec 8040's.

I apologize to myself for embarassing... myself.