Second nature

Yamaha's ‘Natural Sound’ concept has rarely described a product better, as exotic materials and piano gloss combine in its 2000 Series floorstanders.

hi-fi loudspeakers Yamaha NS-2000A stereo loudspeakers SUMMARY Yamaha NS-2000A Price: $9999 + Genuinely ‘natural sound’ + Stunning piano-gloss finish + Matching driver materials – Nothing at the price As you'll see in our little Yamaha history later in this issue, Yamaha's first ‘Natural Sound’ loudspeakers appeared in an electronic organ, the Electone D-1, released in 1959. The drivers were subsequently developed into high-end hi-fi speakers bearing the NS-20 and NS-30 model names, released some eight years after the electric organ, and usually presented as Yamaha's first ‘Natural Sound’ speakers. Both those early ‘NS’ designs were three-ways, with the NS-30 using a bass driver that measured 890 × 630mm (!) and the NS-20 using one that measured 680 × 500mm (also !). The very large and odd-shaped diaphragms of both speakers…

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