New Owner of NS-10s

zesbez · Post by **zesbez** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:42 pm

I just bought a pair of NS-10s. I have a Crown D-75 amp and hope it's a good match.

Have a couple questions...

1. Does anybody here know of the practice of fusing in between the crossover and the drivers to avoid blowing?

2. The pair I bought do not have the screw down posts in the back and Yamaha does not source the part anymore. Is this neccesary for one... and does anybody know of a generic solution or a place to get the actual part?

Thanks and thanks again,
~ eric

dokushoka · Post by **dokushoka** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:28 pm

I don't do the fuse because they change the sound of the monitors. Just be careful about turning stuff up. Its harder to blow NS10s then the internet will lead you to believe.

I'm sure you could get a bolt that is properly threaded for the contacts. Just take a monitor down to your local hardware store and see what they have!

Mark Alan Miller · Post by **Mark Alan Miller** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:18 pm

If I can suggest keeping them the heck away from walls. They throw some odd midgrange off the back of their cabinets (all speakers do to some degree) and if you're too close to the walls, that stuff sums in nasty ways with what's coming out of the drivers. I hated my NS10s for years (only had them becaise they were 'the standard' and other engineers wanted them) until i reconfigured my control room, placing the monitors about 6 feet from the back wall. (2 or 3 feet should do, though.) Now, I really like them, and can trust them.

virtualguthrie · Post by **virtualguthrie** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:56 pm

One of my NS-10's has a generic screw on one of the posts so I'm pretty sure the hardware store will have something that will work.

linus · Post by **linus** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:44 am

Expect to buy a metric nut though. They ARE japanese.

zesbez · Post by **zesbez** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:53 am

Nice... I'll go to Lowe's later today and I'm also thinking about buying some 16 gauge Romex in leui of expensive speaker wire. I've heard it's a waste of money.

Thanks for the help.

dokushoka · Post by **dokushoka** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:07 pm

As a side, look around for a bryston or adcom amp to power you NS10s... you'll love them after getting them paired up with something like that.

lanxe · Post by **lanxe** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:37 pm

zesbez wrote:Nice... I'll go to Lowe's later today and I'm also thinking about buying some 16 gauge Romex in leui of expensive speaker wire. I've heard it's a waste of money.

Thanks for the help.

isnt romex solid core? i think that is fine behind the wall where it wont get flexed too much.....i would just be afraid for my type of application (i dont have the neatest setup and the wiring isnt permanently installed).

i dont know, tell me to shut up.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:51 am

Get some decent speaker wire. It isnt expensive.

Get a good amp. NS10's can sound really good (in relative terms) with a good power amp, like dokushokaokashoka said.

UXB · Post by **UXB** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:00 am

I'll second the power amp. I can't believe what a difference it makes. I recently replaced my good power amp with a great one, and now the ns-10's are my main monitors, where I used to use them to just balance midrange.

These speakers seem inordinately sensitive to what amp is pushing them.

Best,
H

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:41 am

UXB wrote:These speakers seem inordinately sensitive to what amp is pushing them.

+1 on that. Mine were powered by one of the Hafler Cheapo series (TA1600 maybe?) and I thought the speakers were okay. The amp blew (big surprise) and I bought a used Yamaha power amp and boy, was there an improvement.

zesbez · Post by **zesbez** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:54 pm

Other than the Bryston ($$$) and the Hafler suggestions, any affordable power amp suggestions? I actually hooked them up to my Pioneer home audio receiver and was impressed but I know that's not standard practice.

Thanks,
~ eric

dokushoka · Post by **dokushoka** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:59 pm

Adcom 535 or 545.

firby · Post by **firby** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:23 am

Adcom GFA series amps go pretty cheap and sound awesome. I went from alesis RA100 to Hafler DH500 to Adcom GFA545.

The Adcoms are the sweetest yet !

mwingerski · Post by **mwingerski** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:18 am

Joe Chiccarelli turned me on to the Yamaha P2200 / 2201 last year.
They are affordable and I've found they match the NS10's pretty well... I got a pair of them... the real key to NS10's is to just overpower the shit out of them. 500 watts or more really helps.
Just dont' turn them up loud with a live condenser mic in front of them... replacing the tweeters can be a pain in the ass (and costs about 100 bucks a pop, i think)

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