Sound is FLAT until around 50 HZ. I mean FLAT. I measured the frequency response at the listening position and I got an almost flat graph (with slightly more treble). The sound is HUGE for such small speakers. It's pretty much a new, improved version of the legendary NS10! Trust me, don't listen to any other reviews. These speakers literally open the whole mix, so that you can see its guts.

On the new A Perfect Circle album, in the first song (the package), at high volumes, the bass makes the speakers rattle a lot. Those kind of frequencies ask for a subwoofer.

They worth more than double the price. Want to have the same mixing conditions than Andy Wallace and other world-class mixing engineers and producers? Buy them.

When I was searching for monitors, I checked out this possibility because they seemed a bit ugly and too small to have good bass. But after searching and reading a lot of reviews to other brands and models I realised: "They use NS10 to mix in pro studios! I just need that type of precision and capacity to show the ugly things in a mix. I need Yamahas". The MSP5 have it all.

New Metal/Rock

The speakers are great for Mixing down your projects. They provide true highs and flat lows, speakers are loud compared to their size. I was surprised by the sound compared to other speakers in the price range and higher.

The speakers are heavy but made to last. I had mines for 4 years now, bought them used and still sound awesome. My friends are shocked when they hear the clarity by these little speakers.

Although a bit pricey for about $500 pair, they haven't gone down in price from the time I've bought them.

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Commercial Rap,R&B,POP & Rock......

SOUND IS GREAT!! SMALL SPEAKERS BEEN HAD THEM FOR 2 YEARS NOW!! WORKS GREAT!! SOUND IS 100% GREAT FOR A SMALL MONITOR I ALSO HAVE 1 15in. Woofer along with these Monitors to get that good low bass!!! The LOW bass rattles these speakes. BUT THEY ARE PERFECT FOR MASTERING YOUR MIX DOWN WITH VOCALS TO HEAR CRISP CLARITY. I WILL BE ADDING SOME KRK ROCKIT8 Monitors ALSO to MY YAMAHA MSP5's....

GOOD PRICE FOR THE QUALITY!!

Sounthern CRUNK & BASS, HIP- HIP, RAP & R&B

If your mix sounds good on these monitors, be assured that it'll translate well onto most systems. These monitors are NOT bass shy... they have a nice round low end as well as crystal clear high ends. If you want to go lower, get a sub... but you'll be able to mix most commercial application music using these monitors

The highs can be tweaked depending on the placement in your room to give you more accurate mixes.

Definitely a solid product...

For the price, its a great buy. You don't have to spend thousands on an accurate monitoring setup.

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I already have it! :)