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Adam T5V/T7V/T8V or Yamaha HS5/HS7/HS8?

Don't get 5 inch woofers. Even with a sub a ported 5inch will kick screwybass and lower mids in my experience. If your space is confined don't use 8 inch woofers the lows are more likely to create standing waves. If the speakers are going within 2 feet of a wall don't get a rear ported design.

Though I like a lot of older yamaha passive speakers I personally dislike the sound of the HS series. They're accurate enough but fatiguing like NS10s sans all that transient response from the sealed box and glued paper woofer... I would definitely go adam, the ribbon tweeters are smooth yet detailed and encourage brighter, more modern mixes with less ear fatigue. I've not used the TV series but I've worked o. the more expensive ones and quite liked them assuming I had a sealed, silk dome tweeter or giant sofit mounted alternative to flip between. Adam's. Yamaha hasn't made a truly great pro audio product since the PM1000 and 2000... they should stick to synths and consumer bookshelf speakers... and lawnmowers lol

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