Hi,

since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have considered
buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it comes ...
does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"?
I mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality
deteriorate?

Thanks for your feedback

NS-10 expiry date?"we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's"

What do you use for a reference below 60 hz?

Neil R

"The Alamo" wrote in message ...
Hi,

since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have considered buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it comes ...
does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"?
I mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality deteriorate?

Thanks for your feedback

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:29:33 +0000, The Alamo wrote:

since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have
considered buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it
comes ... does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"? I
mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality
deteriorate?

They might actually get better. A fresh turd is just a turd, but a 5 year
old turd is compost.


Thanks for your feedback

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"since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have
considered
buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it comes ...
does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"?
I mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality
deteriorate? "

No, but you will need to change the brand of toilet paper that you use
over the tweeters.
Phil Brown

since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have
considered
buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it comes ...
does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"?
I mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality
deteriorate?

Nobody really knows. What deteriorates on speaker components is stuff
that is flexible. Rubber parts like spiders, and urethane foam on the
surrounds.

Both of these can be replaced in a pinch, but part of the problem is
knowing that the speaker sounds different so that the stuff needs to be
replaced.

Modern urethane foam mixes aren't supposed to fall apart like the foams
of the seventies and eighties did. But the stuff on the current NS-10
parts? I dunno.

I don't think it would do any harm to stock up on parts. If worse comes
to worst you may need to replace the surrounds when you pull them out
of storage. But then, I am the kind of guy who keeps a spare engine and
three crates of axles for my car in the backyard.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 28 Apr 2005 08:27:25 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote:

since we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's, we've have
considered
buying a bunch of spare tweeters / woofers BUT ... here it comes ...
does anybody know if these speakers have an "expiry date"?
I mean: if these spare stay boxed for 5 years, will their quality
deteriorate?

Nobody really knows. What deteriorates on speaker components is stuff
that is flexible. Rubber parts like spiders, and urethane foam on the
surrounds.


The surrounds on my NS10's are probably around 17 years old now and still
appear fine so that's one data point. I've also never heard of anyone
having to replace NS10 drive units because the surrounds have gone.

Cheers.

James.

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:53:37 -0700, "Neil Rutman"
wrote:

NS-10 expiry date?"we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's"

What do you use for a reference below 60 hz?

There's always the cone excursion test or if you prefer something more
elegant a Yamaha YST-SW100 Subwoofer does the job nicely.

Mark
"In this business egos can be wonderful, but they also can be a curse."
Michael Wagener

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Mark Plancke wrote:
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:53:37 -0700, "Neil Rutman"
wrote:

NS-10 expiry date?"we cannot imagine mixing without Yamaha NS-10's"

What do you use for a reference below 60 hz?

There's always the cone excursion test or if you prefer something more
elegant a Yamaha YST-SW100 Subwoofer does the job nicely.

Hey, whatever happened to Weisburg Audio? They used to make a pretty
slick subwoofer for the NS-10, as well as some of the best sounding
horn monitors (ie. least horn-sounding horn monitors) I ever heard.
I haven't heard anything about them in a decade.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."