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Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
Hi Guys, Do you see a problem with using a pair of NS-10 M's near my near LCD monitor? I have about 6" of space from the left and right sides of the monitor. If this will work without distorting the screen, I will by an amp to power the monitors. If not, I am looking at the KRK 5 or 6's active monitors. My room is 11x10 with only two walls (it's actually our converted dining room). Thanks for your thoughts.
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/08 13:31:18
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I'm curious - why would the KRK's be better than the NS-10's? are the NS-10's not sheilded well?
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Dave Modisette
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/08 13:47:30
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I have a pair of NS10s next to my widescreens and I'm not seeing any issues.
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Rimshot
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/08 15:30:02
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Thanks Mod Bod. I thought that the NS-10's would damage my LCD monitor since they are not magnetically shielded! It would be great to use them instead of the KRK 5's or 6's. The computer is about 2.5 feet away from where the speakers would sit. Is that a concern also? If no concern, can you recommend an inexpensive amplifier for the NS10's? I think about 50 watts a channel should do it? I appreciate your help!
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Dave Modisette
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/10 09:04:16
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I use one of the Alesis models. They go for dirt cheap. I've got one of the intermediate size models. I had the smaller one but the middle ones were on sale and they were too cheap to pass up.
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/10 10:52:02
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Yesterday I had set up a temporary studio to do some tape transfer. I set up my NSM 10 either side and very close to a LCD monitor, it was fine , Tape transfer is a boring job so I turned on my office computer to amuse myself which has an older style monitor, The screen was screwed on the side next to the NSM10's, I thought the computer monitor had finally died until I moved it a little ,, Oh ya, I remember that problem.... But LCD's are immune to magnetic interference , apparently.
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/10 10:58:01
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The newer flat screen LCD monitors do not use the old magnetic yokes to direct an electron beam to the screen, so magnets in the monitor speakers should not bother them. The screens do have a magnetic field that will cause hum in the pickups of guitars that venture too close.
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/10 11:52:24
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"Do you see a problem with using a pair of NS-10 M's near my near LCD monitor? I have about 6" of space from the left and right sides of the monitor. " Yes, there is a problem... the sound will come out of the speakers and reflect right off that screen and cause a peak/null right to form right about where your nose goes. I wouldn't sweat it though... over 78% of DAW users, plus or minus a few, do the very same thing. best regards, mike
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Rimshot
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/11 10:45:20
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Thanks to all. I was going to purchase a new set of active KRK 5 or 6's but after thinking this over, I will get out the old NS-10's and give them another go. I used NS-10's for decades before I took a long break in audio but now I'm back and am getting ear fatigue mixing on headphones.
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/12 13:16:15
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Rimshot, A little OT but if you want some good headphones that don't cause ear fatigue, check out Ultimate Ears In Ear Reference Monitor. You get an audiologist to make molds of you inner ear and UE makes the Reference Monitors to fit your ears. Downside. No can really use them since they are molded to your ear shape.
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Jeff Evans
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/12 15:04:03
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Mike: Yes, there is a problem... the sound will come out of the speakers and reflect right off that screen and cause a peak/null right to form right about where your nose goes. I cannot believe how different a mix sounds when you remove the computer screen completely. Mike is so right about this. And two monitors is worse, the problem compounds. When I do mastering work I completely remove the screen and put it to my left and low down looking up. It makes a big difference and it sounds more accurate to me that way. But for normal work I have the monitor straight in front like the rest of us. You can cable up your monitor in such a way that it can be easily moved from here to there. One option might be a monitor arm that allows you to push it right back behind the speakers when more accurate monitoring is needed. I don't have that at home but we do have that where I teach Sound Engineering at the college and it works quite nicely there.
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Cactus Music
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Re:Yamaha NS-10s near an LCD monitor
2011/11/12 17:09:32
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I hate mixing in a corner where I'm stick right now. Soon I will go back to having my mix position being away from a wall, In other words you can walk behind the mess. I know they make articulated monitor arms as they have them in my wife's dentist office.
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