wierd new yamaha speaker... the YSP1

michael_w
michael_w Posts: 2,813
edited April 2005 in Speakers
I found this new speaker from yamaha... It uses 42 drivers each driven by seperate digital amplifiers to create "surrround sound" from one speaker. Forty 1-5/8" speakers and two 4-3/8" speakers. A neat use of small efficient digital amps.... nice waf too :p

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited April 2005
    That has GOT to sound like absolute ****!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited April 2005
    yamaha's version of bose ? lmao... gotta give them credit for trying a massive array like that tho. o and aparently each of the 40 drivers can move individually or something.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by michael_w
    yamaha's version of bose ? lmao... gotta give them credit for trying a massive array like that tho

    The current issue of "What Hi-Fi" is giving this speaker a very high rating.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited April 2005
    Yea I'd like to listen to it and see what it's like because I've never listened such a unique speaker before...

    aparently it's pretty pricy though, I heard numbers around $1500 - $2000?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited April 2005
    When something like that gets a high rating on anything other than a massive center channel...

    We must then ask ourselves...

    "What IS Hi-Fi?"
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2005
    Here is another review. You can be skeptical, and I am as well, but maybe it is good.

    Edit: So it's also a pre/pro, but will need a powered sub for bass.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited April 2005
    There is no subsitute for large radiating surfaces. :D
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited April 2005
    I've heard it!. While It does not compare too a full surround system...It does blow the Bose far apart. The system is extremely functional. Even the sales guy admits its for a small room...Lots of bells and whitles for adjustments to get it to sound right though....not just a bunch of speakers...has a lot of processing power behind it.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Some speakers are just meant to keep their grills on.... this is one of them...

    Reminds me of a prize sow at the county fair... underside view.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited April 2005
    I have been trained on this and found it to have a great purpose.

    I wanna explain something, most of you guys are audio snobs. Yes I said it snobs. You turn you nose at whatever isn't in your class.... I'm not far away from being the same way but I do see where OTHER kinds of audio products fit a bill thats needed.

    This speaker/system is designed for people who want a surround experience in a small room where running wires are not possible hidden. Unlike alot of you who have so much exposed wire, most people don't wanna see any wire anywhere. Like the Bose 3 2 1 system, you get a pretty decent sounding surround experience from this. I heard it and felt it was on the bright side but it has a Digital EQ so you can tailor it to your room. It has many setting and functions.

    For a bedroom system, it's the bomb. remember it's not suppost to compete with a full blown surround system, but can simulate surround by reflection. You Actually measure your room and find it's reflection points and calibrate the system to work in that given room. How many of you have took the time to properly calibrate the angles of your surround system???? HuH??? How many???

    Put your ball sacks back in your pants and allow yourself to have a open mind. Is it so hard to figure out that these kind of products where designed for peoples needs? Maybe not yours and mine, but so many people love this thing. Like Bose, they love it to death.

    I just went back to tweak a system that had a Bose Lifestyle system and talking to my customers, they couldn't be happier. They completely love the flexability of the Bose and find no flaws in it. Unlike like us Audio snobs.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited April 2005
    Pioneer developed that a year or two ago, they clearly stated that it would need to be augmented by a subwoofer.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Chill out, Dan... Just said it was fugly naked.

    I've no issue whatsoever with the concept or its target audience.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited April 2005
    Dan, there's just no defense of Bose. They make a lousy, overpriced product. There are other, superior products that fit that nitch.

    Aaron
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited April 2005
    I haven't heard it yet, but it is a great concept for people that want surround sound but can't/won't run wires to the rear of the room. It is also wall-mountable and fit great under 42-inch plasmas. It needs to be in a traditional four-walled room too, since it is using reflections for the surround part. There was a guy over on AVS raving about it. He has a high dollar 2-channel setup, but was considering it for his home theater. In the demo he heard, the surround effects really seemed like they were coming from discrete speakers.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by mantis


    Put your ball sacks back in your pants and allow yourself to have a open mind.

    Dan

    Looks like Master needs a beer....

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited April 2005
    Sorry guys but It gets to me from time to time read about how everything sucks and only the best will do.

    Carry on,

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    No problemo... psychoacoustic surround systems have their place.

    KEF now has a 2 speaker "surround" set up as well.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited April 2005
    There's definitely a market for them. When the Bose 321 came out, it was the number one selling one-box home theater for the year. And it competely sucked for sound quality, believe me.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited April 2005
    It kind of looks like a 40 eyed spider...

    I wouldn't invest that kind of money into one but it is kind of cool and does have the market of someone wanting fancy sound without wires or multiple speakers and being decorator friendly.

    I think it's kind of an asumption that for some bass you'd need a sub since 1-5/8" speakers and 4-3/8" speakers don't exactly torque out the bass... maybe they will have a ysp2 or something that has a sub or two built into the back?
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