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
Audio Machina (no relation to your humble scribe) builds speaker cabinets from solid billets of aluminum and Rockport is no slouch at speaker cabinet building, applying shipbuilding engineering principles to speaker cabinetry. The Rockport Hyperion tips the scales at 500 lbs per side. That’s a lot of inertia, gentle readers.

Speaking of Robert Harley, the best stereo system he ever heard is.....

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-best-stereo-system-ive-ever-heard-1/
Unimportant as it is, but I do suspect that these Yamaha speakers from the OP actually sound quite good. I have no knowledge, but think they might be charging money for something.

Now, is paint contributing to it or not, I have even less of an idea but I would cut them some slack.
I fail to see why paint can't affect sound but backward wires and magic mats in the mains panel box can. 
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