Yamaha NS-AW150W 2-Way Outdoor Speakers (Pair, White)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 20 x 16 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0001VHARE
• Item model number: NSAW150W
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,046 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 24, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Yamaha's compact NS-AW150W bookshelf speakers provide an affordable way to enjoy your music or television programming on a deck or under a porch. You can bring them in during the cold months and set them up indoors, too: their high build quality and good sound lend them equally well to two-channel indoor listening.

The speakers, which are sold as a pair, each use a 5-inch high-compliance, polypropylene, mica-filled woofer and .5-inch PEI dome tweeter. The drivers are optimized for high rigidity but low mass, giving them reasonably high sensitivity (80 dB with 2.83V at 1 meter), another way of saying modest amplifiers won't have much trouble driving them. Their acoustic-suspension cabinets are sealed to prevent undue resonance or tubby, tuneless bass, which often results from low-cost ported designs.

With a nominal impedance of 6 ohms, the speakers will work nicely with amplifiers up to 35 watts per channel, nominal, or 120 watts, peak power. They boast a frequency response of 80 to 40,000 Hz (+/-3 dB), giving you decent bass output for their compact size and unusually extended high-frequency response for your most demanding digital media. For indoor use, you may want to augment their performance with a subwoofer to deliver deeper and more powerful bass; be sure to select one with a variable crossover so you can tailor its upper frequency to effectively "take over" at the point of the NS-AW150Ws' lowest deliverable frequency.

The speakers are magnetically shielded, so you can place them on or near a TV or video monitor without fear of picture degradation from their magnetic fields. Five-way binding posts simplify connection with several different terminations of speaker cable (including banana plugs), and the NS-AW150Ws even come with two lengths of cable to get you started.

While you wouldn't want to leave the speakers exposed on, say, the deck of a boat, they are water resistant and designed to withstand light wind and rain--a benefit of their sealed enclosures and rugged metal grilles. The speakers come with mounting bases and brackets.

What's in the Box
Two speakers, two lengths of speaker cable, speaker bases, mounting brackets, a warranty card, and a user's manual.

Product Description

Power Handling (Music/Nominal): 120 Watts/35 Watts. Driver Size: 5" High Compliance Poly Propilane mica filled woofer with 1/2" PEI Dome Tweeter. Frequency Response: 80Hz to 40kHz, ±3dB. Sensitivity: 80dB/2.83 V/m. Impedance: 6 ohms. Dimensions (WxHxD): 513/32" x 101/8" x 65/32". Weight: 3.74-lbs ea. Acoustic Suspension design is magnetically shielded for video use and has a water-resistant enclosure with metal grill to protect the speakers from the elements. Other Features: 5-Way binding posts speaker terminals.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These are great speakers!, June 27, 2005

By	C. MacGowan "The Esc Macs" (Escondido, Ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These are great speakers. My husband put them up over the weekend and wow what spectacular sound. It was packaged well and came with all the mounting necessities. We love listening to 50's jazz and the crispness of the cymbals and the brushes on the snare give you chills. Never again will we go back to large bulky speakers. These are on the wall and out of the way. The seller got them to us quickly and we want to thank you Amazon for being there yet again. Sincerely, The Escondio Macs

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars look no further, May 25, 2005

By	S. Kumar (U.S.A) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got them for less then 70$..and they sound as good as any 300+ outdoor speakers I have heard. Excellent value and great sound.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value for 95% of us., December 14, 2005

By	musicBgood (East Coaster) - See all my reviews

I read the excellent reviews for these speakers and was skeptical. However, the price was right so there wasn't much risk. So . . . I bought a pair. The reviews were spot on. They sound is terrific, the price was unbeatable, and look is very acceptable (even to my Interior Designer wife). Unless you are an audio perfectionist, you'll never get a better price/performance value.