Yamaha NS 5000

Briefly I will say that the NS5000 presents an incredible balance between amazing detail retrieval and musical flow. Surprisingly I can hear more details on these than my HD800S ! Holographic pictures that float and dance in air around you. Authoritative bass and sub-bass that is quick and deeply extended. Its really a speaker that is spell binding and charms the pants off you. I love the airy decays off strings and instruments and wholeheartedly agree with @yyzsantabarbara  that the tonality is simply superb and real sound. When a piano plays and you close your eyes, you can almost reach out and touch the piano. The finish is superb and I love the brushed aluminum baffle around the drivers.
Some negatives:I don't like the grill system. If the speaker is bumped  or if you touch the grills (especially the bass grill) and don't have a firm grip, its not hard for it to slide off and then you are panicking praying that it doesn't destroy the beautiful finish to scratch the drivers. I think the grills do a good job to block poking and easy to place on and off but I do wish they made a stronger more robust system here.
Made in indonesia? I heard thats where this speaker is assembled/made? For the asking price imo that is unacceptable. I mean the final product is fantastic but I would still appreciate Japanese craftsmanship on such an expensive speaker (at least for me). Whose to say the quality would not be even higher in such a scenario. I just have to trust that yamaha knows what they are doing and have maximized off shore production quality.
I will be writing up more in the coming days.

Full impressions are on sonic visions dooot org
thx

http://sonicvisions.org/index.php?threads/yamaha-ns5000-impressions.44/

yyz thanks. I didn't know you can post links? Usually it gets blocked?

Posted an update on my original impressions but to summarize here: Moving my listening position in closer was a big step up in everything, soundstage, microdetail, imaging. But an even more massive difference, un-toeing the speakers. This resulted in another huge increase in soundstage and holography... hearing things off to the sides and behind me. Truly enveloped in the sound. Utterly incredible. They sound better than at the dealers now. Feel free to read more at the link above.

Anyone who gets these speakers try NOT to toe them in.

The smearing you you mention is something I also had with my speakers in my small office. Adding the GIK acoustic panels at the first reflection was an amazing improvement for me. That smearing of the sound disappeared.

The Yamaha NS3000's will be coming on the market later this year for about $6K

There have been rumors of those for well over 2 years now.

 Im surprised Yamaha won't make a bigger floorstander version in the NS line.

This is a little like Goldilocks.

NS3000 too small
NS5000 maybe too big
NS4000 hopefully just right

This is a little like Goldilocks.

NS3000 too small
NS5000 maybe too big
NS4000 hopefully just right

You've been talking about the Yamaha speakers and Luxman amps for over a year... BUY SOMETHING!!!

Lol, dznutz!

I am with you on the buy something. Actually I was going to buy the NS5000 at the public NS5000 event at the local dealer. I wanted to hear it in the bigger demo room just in case.

Well this thing called Covaid-19 hit and the event got cancelled. So I am twiddling by thumbs until I can drive down and buy them.

BTW - The reason I have not bought anything until now is because I only want to spend $5K to buy my next system, speakers + amps + DAC. That initial $5K is the amount I invested in the stock market to spend foolishly on audio gear.

So today $5K = $40K system. LOL (first time I used this)

The Luxman amps are out and I will get the T+A PV3100 HV integrated instead. I have no physical space to put the separates due to extra crap I am putting into the office space for a new work project.

Luxman amps for the downstairs in a few years.

UM... ok.

Lol @dznutz funny guy

This an audio site and not a finance site so my last comment on money is that volatility in the stock market is not necessary a bad thing. You can make money with stock prices going up and down. That $5K investment started about 5 or 6 years ago so this is not money falling from the sky. It’s been a grind.

My virtual system photos will get updated once the gear is in place.

Im starting to have a bit of an allergic reaction here.

During a pandemic you should take all allergic reactions seriously.

These Yamaha speakers really come to life with the new Accuphase E-800 Integrated amp! 

They will be a review in mid June on the all new Yamaha ns-3000 speakers!  

 Here's a review on the new Yamaha a-s3200 Integrated amp!
 
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.lowbeats.de/erster-test-yamaha-a-s3200-das-spezielle-japan-high-end/

@highend666 You seem to be a little connected with Yamaha products. Do you think there will be an NS4000 in the pipeline? I got my DAC and preamp for my Yamaha based office system today. Something in-between the NS3000 and the NS5000 could work out better for me than the large NS5000. 

I don't know.. but I would love to see a NS-4000 sometime in the future. I think a Three-Way NS-4000 would work out better for most of us with smaller rooms..

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.lowbeats.de/erster-test-yamaha-a-s3200-das-spezielle-japan-high-end/

Only 10 more days until we see the first review on the new Yamaha ns-3000 speakers!

Here's the review on the NS-3000's...they said the NS-5000's are a better buy if you have the room.  
 
We will have to wait and see if Yamaha comes out with a NS-4000
 
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.lowbeats.de/erster-test-kompaktbox-yamaha-ns-3000/