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2 unusual facts about Yamaha NS-10


Tissue paper

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a sound recording engineer named Bob Clearmountain was said to have hung tissue paper over the tweeter of his pair of Yamaha NS-10 speakers to tame the over-bright treble coming from it.

Yamaha NS-10

The initial product was disliked by many engineers, and it became a legend that Bob Clearmountain, then a rising star in record production, had chosen them because they were the worst speaker he could find.



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