Unbelievable


Yamaha really made this statement:

Glossy black piano finish provides improved signal-to-noise performance


https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/speaker_systems/ns-5000/index.html

 

I thought I would seek opportunity to hear these speakers, but now I do not think so

 

 

 

 

 


sashav

All I know is that lacquer is important to piano manufacturers, as its use is correlated to the hammer stiffness/density and consequently the sound character we call brilliance. The lacquer/varnish used by Stradivari is the main reason why his violins can not be replicated.
How does it translate to the loudspeakers I have no idea. I remember though that piano lacquer and glue were mentioned in relation to the discontinued Bosendorfer speakers which were rather special.
It may depend on design. If Yamaha use the "sounding board" principle employed by that Bosendorfer, then the glossy lacquer will definitely affect the sound. If the cabinet is damped, then it does not matter whatsoever.
PhD  the pic up are not bad , I leave the guitar the way it is , any mods on guitars in my opinion, degrades it . Not original ,anymore I have Gibson’s already, sorry for going off topic.
I have used varnish on black colored tweaks for the past decade. Different colors give a different sound signature. The neutral colors are white or black. White has an open and transparent sound while black has a blacker background, but also dark, muddy and veiled sound. By using varnish on top of black paint you compensate for the veiled sound and add clarity. This gives good balanced sound.
Noise is the time varying quiescent output in the absence of an input signal and/or independent of the input signal. In speakers, noise, by definition, is essentially 0, unless you are claiming it is picking up seismic vibrations from the floor and re-radiating them, on which I will call them out, because the floors and walls will be a far more effective radiator for that, and because that is an external stimulus, so would be akin to showing a frequency response with a truck driving by.

If they want to claim it improves THD, or IMD, then that is within the realm of believable as those are signal dependent properties.

Given the ridiculous claims that audiophiles accept without calling suppliers out on, is it any surprise that some marketer for a main stream brand would do the same .... without any justification or measurement to support it?