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Great vintage studio monitor
I use these as my main monitors (for now). I switch between my them and my Sennheiser hd-25 headphones to check that everything sounds right. Seeing as I live in an apartment building with quite thin floors, these are great cause they don't produce that much bass so I can play a bit louder without shaking the whole place up. They're also really good at bringing forth the problems in the mix so it makes it easier to hear what needs to be adjusted.

actually most of us would mix on the NS10s really quiet and then go over to the big monitors once ina while as a reference and then check the mix in mono on a singe auratone cube... the NS10s have the mid detail, they cause you to mix brighter and deeper, and they don't fatigue your ears at all assuming you don't hit them so hard that you can't hear yourself speaking over the music. The big installed JBL and Urei type speakers in large commercial studios that were around in the NS10's heyday will blow your ears out really quickly even at very low volumes.

Best reference monitor ever!
I have all the 3 versions of them: 10M, 10 PRO, 10STUDIO. For all people who knows about them, still a great reference for all. PRO and STUDIO versions are a little bit harder in midrange response and the power amplifier is the most important thing to make them sound like a rock.

Trusty 'Can't Go Wrong' Set
The cliche is always 'if it sounds good on NS10's it sounds good everywhere'. The sweet spot is more in the levels for me. I can balance anything into proportion on medium to low volume levels and also my clients say 'wow, I didn't hear that before'. It might not appeal to the 'Beats By Dre' generation but hey, once you stray from McDonalds or KFC, you'll develop a taste for what you're hearing instead of what you think you hear. 'Patience my young padawan', Master Yoda would say..

Forme parte de esa generación de "beats by dre" jajaja y creanme que cuando me quitaron esa venda de los ojos dije: tengo que dedicarme al marketing y comprarme unos Yamaha Hs8, "ahora guió aquellos al tesoro que no puedo poseer" (por presupuesto)

Chris's monitors
(chris's monitors) one of many he uses, has been using them for years

Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitor
Uellton Alves will be using Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitor

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My Sub Monitor.
I using sub monitor with Yamaha NS-10M Studio.

Best Flattest Monitor
The bad Lack of Studio Monitor, but in a good way you can easily create a great mixing, that can listen in all different Speakers.

Love them or hate them
If you can achieve a great mix on these speakers, it will translate well everywhere.
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Ledgend
Still some great monitors because of their really detailed mids when you can make critical changes in that fields.
Yeah, young guys do not get what the NS10s are about or why they are so popular!