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HS8

Yamaha

HS8

#4 in Bookshelf Speakers #4 in Studio Monitors
163 positive 2 neutral 27 negative

Based on 192 Reddit mentions

$339.14

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sound quality

125/9

bass response

36/5

mixing performance

31/4

value

30/3

build quality

20/2

portability

11/8

room acoustics

11/7

design

7/8

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Speaker impedance confusion 10k ohm speakers with 4ohm amp

No, your proposed 20w amp is NOT underpowered for the Yamaha speakers. It is grossly OVERpowered, because you are feeding that 20w signal into the Yamaha amplifier, which should have an input of only a small fraction of a watt. The impedance listed for the HS8 is the input impedance of the internal

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NBC-Hotline-1975 in r/audio

December 23, 2025 6:58 PM

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