Yamaha NS-M525 Custom Series 2-Way Bass Reflex Surround Speaker, Black (Single)

by Yamaha

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000BKD8EE
• Item model number: NS-M525
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,847 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Hailing from Yamaha's Custom series, this NS-M525 two-way surround speaker puts the perfect finishing touch on your home theater system. The speaker is housed in a relatively compact mitered construction cabinet with a luxurious black wood finish designed to complement a variety of audio components and TVs. More importantly, the speaker meets Yamaha's high standards for natural sound reproduction thanks to its Advanced PMD (Polymer-injected Mica Diaphragm) 4-inch cone woofer and 1.12-inch aluminum dome tweeter, which combine to produce a frequency response of 60 Hz to 50 kHz.

The woofer is made of Poly-Menthyl-Penten, a durable material that's 15 percent lighter than most other driver designs. The Advanced PMD cone wall, meanwhile, is thicker than most cones (it checks in at 1 mm) yet weighs the same, giving it greater stiffness. The end result is a faster response time, decreased resonance, a better bass response, and a wider dynamic range. In terms of what that means to your ear, you'll hear richer, more natural-sounding vocals and tighter, cleaner passages that transition beautifully from deep bass frequencies to soaring highs.

The tweeter, meanwhile, features an integrated diaphragm/voice coil called a DC Diaphragm. The DC Diaphragm's extra-powerful neodymium magnet can reproduce frequencies all the way up to 100 kHz, an exceptional number for a tweeter of that size. Also new to the M525's tweeter is a redesigned frame that keeps the high frequencies from degrading due to reflected waves, along with an increased aperture angle on the defuser for a more natural sound transmission.

Additional features that improve the speaker performance include a high-performance crossover network at 3 kHz and a chamfered baffle that reduces sound diffraction. For the best home theater performance, listeners should team a pair of NS-M525 surround speakers with the other speakers in Yamaha's Custom NS-525 series, which includes tonally matched front tower speakers (NS-525F) and a center channel speaker (NS-C525). The speaker is also magnetically shielded against video interference, so you can locate it next to a TV without distorting the picture. And as a final bonus, the NS-M525's extruded, gold-plated five-way binding post terminals ensure the best possible sound.

The Yamaha NS-M525 speaker, which boasts a power rating of 30 watts nominal and 120 watts maximum, measures 6.94 by 12.69 by 7.31 inches (W x H x D) and is backed by a two-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
NS-M525 surround speaker, two bass control plugs, user's manual.

Product Description

The Yamaha NS-M525 Digital Home Theater Speaker provides the incredible audio that you want when you're playing the recordings that you want to feel, not just hear. Designed for natural sound reproduction, it delivers 120 watts of perfectly reproduced sound. Its innovative cabinet technology holds PMD cone woofers; PMD (Polymer-Injected Mica Diaphragm) woofers are light and tough, for excellent sensitivity and dynamic range. It also holds the incredible DC-Diaphragm, combining a diaphragm and voice coil for crisper highs and powerful, lossless sound. Works excellently with the YST-SW325 subwoofer. Magnetically shielded Gold-plated brass extruded terminals Real wood finish with urethane polyester Input Power(maximum/nominal) - 120W/30W Frequency Response - 60 Hz-50kHz(-10 dB) Sensitivity - 89 dB / 2.83 V / 1m Crossover Frequencies - 3 kHz Impedance - 6 ohms Dimensions - 6-5/16 x 12-11/16 x 7-9/16 Weight - 9.9 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yamaha NS-M525 Surround, July 17, 2007

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Coffee Waiter "Jon" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha NS-M525 Custom Series 2-Way Bass Reflex Surround Speaker, Black (Single) (Electronics)

These speakers are a great improvement over the Onkyo surround speakers that I had previously. As I switch more of my stereo components to Yamaha the sound keeps improving. Although they are of higher cost, you can usually find them at deep discounts somewhere online. I had my best luck at Amazon.

5.0 out of 5 stars NS-M525 Speaker - A Fantastic Speaker, March 28, 2011

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AudioFan - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yamaha NS-M525 Custom Series 2-Way Bass Reflex Surround Speaker, Black (Single) (Electronics)

Very little product reviews or documentation is available on the Yamaha NS-M525 speaker. However, I am totally pleased with this gem of a speaker; this is an excellent speaker and can be used as either front mains or rear speakers in a small to medium size room (but please note, any sound set-up should include a subwoofer).

Some thoughts on this speaker:

1 - The Yamaha NS-M525 is made of REAL wood; the cabinet construction is of the highest craftsmanship.
2 - The sound quality from highs (tweeter) to lows (bass) for a bookshelf speaker is wonderful; this speaker produces pleasant natural sound quality.
3 - This speaker comes packaged in a such a way that the wire connectors in the back are independently protected, nicely done.
4 - This speaker, although it weighs almost 10 pounds (I weighed it on a high-end digital scale, it's actually weight was 9 lbs 4 oz, but the manuel says is weighs 9 lbs 14.7 oz) can be placed on a shelf or wall mounted.
5 - It come out of the box ready to be flush-mounted directly onto a wall, and as a secondary mounting option, you can opt to use the prefabricated machine screw holes to mount onto the wall with a speaker bracket without having to purchase any type of special wall mounting materials (any standard mounting bracket that can support 10 lbs or less will attached to this speaker).

Lastly, the bottom line is that the sound produced from this speaker is wonderful.