Yamaha NS-6490 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers, Black Finish ( Pair )

by Yamaha

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.5 x 16.2 inches ; 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 27 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00018Q4GA
• Item model number: NS-6490
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,943 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #21 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Stereo Components > Speakers > Bookshelf Speakers
  • #60 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Stereo Components > Speakers > Speaker Systems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 22, 2003

Product Description

The luxurious finish of the cabinet, similar to that used on Yamaha grand pianos, indicates the outstanding quality of this speaker system. The 3-way acoustic suspension design features a 20cm (8") high compliance, pearl white, long throw cone woofer with a cloth surround and an inverted dust cover. The midrange is a 10cm (4") ferro-fluid cooled, pearl white cone type with an inverted dust cover. The 2.2cm (7/8") balanced-dome tweeter is also ferro-fluid cooled. The speaker is magnetically shielded so it can be used near a TV, and has gold-plated banana plug compatible terminals.

These 3-Way speakers can be added anywhere in your your home component sound systemfront or rear speakers, even as auxiliary speakers for another room

Each speaker enclosure has 3 drivers - An 8 Woofer / a 4 Midrange / a 0.75 Dome Tweeter that work together to provide an extremely satisfying sound output that spans a 45Hz to 23kHz frequency response range

Magnetically shielded to suit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars great exterior, shoddy interior, October 25, 2009

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Dadaist (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha NS-6490 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers, Black Finish ( Pair ) (Electronics)

Made purchase of these NS-6490's on clearance from the 'shack in fall 2009 and I'm glad I did. Probably not worth current retail prices but grab them on markdown if you can. The exterior is beautiful even with the glaring white woofers. The speaker has the required heft to dampen the 8" woofer, and the range should be smooth with the choice of provided driver sizes. Unfortunately we consumers just won't know what it is capable of until it gets a decent crossover. Inside you will find no acoustic fill, which by itself isn't unexpected in a design at this pricepoint. However, there is no effective crossover. there are instead 2 capacitors acting as bass blockers for the 4" mid and the tweeter glued to the back of the terminal cup and the 8" woofer runs full range. In a larger woofer this may not be a problem as the voice coil simply wouldn't drive higher frequencies; here it is. Budget for acoustic fill and a proper crossover, or run a new terminal cup and bi-amp with eq's. I didn't take the other reviews seriously about the lack of bass, chocking it up to the sealed design. Stock levels are woeful for the woofer and box size. I'm hoping some acoustic fill will round out the bottom end a little until I can get a decent set of crossovers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Yamaho 3-Way Bookshelf NS 6490, March 27, 2007

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James Capolino - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha NS-6490 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers, Black Finish ( Pair ) (Electronics)

WOW! What an outstanding product. They handle tons of power, it can output a lot of bass without distortion and the overall sound is exceptional for the price and size. Using as FRONT speakers in my setup. Sound clarity is also very good.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good speakers., November 11, 2008

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Doug Kampe "DK" (Hyattsville, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha NS-6490 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers, Black Finish ( Pair ) (Electronics)

I bought these speakers about 6 months ago, and am happy with them thus far. Currently, they're hooked up to a Yamaha 5.1 receiver, but I'm only running them stereo. So many people said the speakers lacked bass, so I dragged out a powered sub I had and hooked it up. Eventually, I found that the speakers produced adequate bass for me, so I've removed the sub all together.

I was a little disappointed when I first hooked up these speakers because the bass was too over-powering and the mids were really lacking. I tried adjusting my receiver to lower the bass and increase the mids, but nothing seemed to work to my liking, so I did what anyone would do; I just played it at higher volumes. I'm writing this review because the other day I realized that the mids have developed over the past months of use, and now the speakers sound smooth and produce a very clean sound. So children, I guess the moral of the story is that patience is, in fact, a virtue! I gave it 4 stars because of the extraordinarily long break-in.