Yamaha NS 5000

What a coincidence, USA! USA! USA! 

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

George-I bought this little Loki, its amazing what it can do, I just love it!

Yeah @wolf_garcia put me onto this, everyone needs one in their arsenal, they can work wonders.
Can't wait if Schiit to maybe bring out a + version with 10 band instead of 4. I emailed them, they said maybe?

Cheers George 

yzsantabarbara Are you on our discord? If not come on by and have a chat with us. Same website has the link that I mentioned.

As for 9H vs NS5000, thats a tough one. The NS5000 is of course much cheaper and has a super impressive soundstage.. but the 9H is no slouch and the ARC room correction makes it very versatile. From what I heard both great speakers.

Im surprised your father only  preferred NS5000 slightly over 3H. I know that for me the 9H is far far superior to even the 7F. And if we say 9H is in the same class of performance as the NS5000 than it shoudl be very comfortably beyond 3H. But of course this is all subjective :)

Also to be fair I did not hear NS5000 vs any persona, back to back on the same exact system, so take my views wtih a grain. 

@smodtactical I am on your web site and we chatted there too. I went there yesterday to see your new posts.

My dad only listened for about 30 minutes. He is now a movie home theater guy at heart. Not so much into music as he was in his younger days. His hearing must also be not as sharp as in the past. That is why I was looking forward to hearing this my self and also your opinions. Based on my dad’s feedback, I have a feeling I will like the NS 5000 more than the 3F, doubt I would say the same for the 9H.

I did some research and it turns out my local Paradigm Persona dealer, Shelley Stereo, is going to carry the NS 5000 (at least from Yamaha’s web site). I have contacted the dealer there and hope to hear a confirmation. I demoed the Persona 5F with him. I liked it a lot.

So now I will have the same opportunity as you to hear both the Yamaha and Persona in the same system, though they only had the Persona 5F and not the 9H.

In an ideal world I would love the NS 5000 and be able to put it in my small office. Then for the downstairs I could put the 9H. Whatever the case I am happy now that I can demo all the speakers I am considering,

1) TAD ME1
2) Vivid Kaya 45
3) Yamaha NS 5000
4) Persona (3F or 9H depending on room)

BTW - a lot of argument on this site about detailed vs musical sound. Seems you and I like both.

BTW2 -  http://www.kennedy-hifi.com/myblog/new-yamaha-ns-5000-speakers-surpassing-legend/