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Not much upper mids but rather highs and, well, middle mids (~1 kHz) https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/yamaha-hs5-studio-monitor-powered-speaker-cea-2034-spinorama-audio-measurements-png.46443/ And their FR is indeed quite flat but unlike both most monitors and consumer

Oh yea with a discount like that you would be silly to say no lol I’m not overly knowledgeable about speakers headphones is more my jam tbh so I do t have much experience to compare them to but compared to my Yamaha hs5 actives the prophecy 1/5 blow them out the water, the 7 and 9s the bass is amazi

Recently I re connected with an old friend and turns out he now does music production and recording like myself. He was showing me his home studio and I help him set it up and re wire the whole thing. My main concern with redoing the studio was nailing his speaker placement. He has HS5s and I use T8

I am leaning towards getting a pair of monitors. I have it narrowed down to Kali LP-6v2 or Adam T5Z, with the Kali leading the way so far. From what I am seeing, I can't go wrong with either one but hoping to be able to listen to them both and make a decision. I looked at Yamaha HS5's but most onlin

Monitoring is EVERYTHING when trying to get a pro sound. The first time I sat in front of my Neumann KH 120 II, moving from Yamaha HS5, I was blown away by how easy it was to find what I was looking for in my mixes. If you can’t get a polished sound, it’s usually because of masking. If you can’t fin

Below are the Klippel vertical contour measurements for Yamaha HS5, it shows the variance of frequency response if you go above or below off-axis from the twitter driver. If you're using it sideway, it will act as horizontal contour. The general response is pretty normal for conventional twiter abov

Acoustic treatment will net you more gains per dollar than a monitor upgrade. Kali LP6 are good but a sidegrade to Yamaha HS5. If you really want an upgrade without the price tag of the Barefoots, maybe Kali IN-5?

Hard to find good monitors to recommend on that budget. KRK rokits or Yamaha hs5 fit butttt they’re not really good

Thanks! The T5V does look like a better choice for keys than the Yamaha HS5. Thank you for pointing those out. I'm new to midi, and I'm just switching from a Roland FP-30X piano. So I'm going to be learning as I go. I am planning to use the Numa player on an iPad. Thanks also for the VST recommendat

Since I’m getting downvoted I’ll write a better answer. The data is there, take a look at the port resonances and time domain performance of all of the speakers. At your budget , nothing is gonna be perfect of course, but the comparison is pretty drastic HS5: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum