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Yamaha NS 1000M Find

I lucked out and found a pair for $30 yesterday with scratching on the tops, and bottoms of the cabinets, and a dented midrange screen, but otherwise nice. Sounds worse then it is.
I have to really run them through some paces, but I was not that impressed initially.
One question about power rating. I know many speakers rated at 100 WPC can handle more, but with the beryllium tweeters, is it risky to feed them 150 WPC?
I have a pair of Polk SDA's that are some sort of variant on the SDA 2's. Possibly some sort of prototype SDA's. Anyway the Polks can handle anything, and sound great. I am running a Sansui AU 919 with the Polks, and I know that the Yamaha's would be fine with the 919, but I may like to have more power. Thoughts?
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jebsmith73
167 posts
 
My friend years ago sold these Yamaha's speakers at his store. Asked about him about the power rating, 150 watts is about max.
t_bone
1,182 posts
 
Great speakers. They are 90dB at 8 ohms. Maximum recommended input is 100W.
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halcro
2,664 posts
 
Agree with T_bone.
As long as they are working properly, they have a sound more attuned to 'live music' than the typically British and US 'sound' of the speakers ruling at the time they were introduced. You bought a bargain.
jebsmith73
167 posts
 
Only 100 watts? Well they were hooked up powered by a Mac 2300 amp. Power meters did swing passed 100 watt power reading at times up into around 150 .
t_bone
1,182 posts
 
Agreed. For $30, that counts as garage-sale find of the year.
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