All New Yamaha NS-2000A Loudspeakers Are On The Market

And I care because???  I can get a nice pair of Vandersteen model 5A speakers used for less money.

Having owned NS1000s, and always into horns, I would likely buy the Yammies over the Vandys ( I owned Vandys too ). Different sounds and presentations for different people. Bigkids, I am surprised you even jumped in with an opinion. As an equipment designer, you should know better. The 2000s look great with a lot of Yamaha technology behind them. BTW, Yamaha has the NS3000, a smaller 2 way from the 5000s.

 Tweeter and Midrange Resonance Suppression could be interesting.

Stereo5 and nonoise, the exchange rate is irrelevant, most European countries have MUCH higher sales related taxes, think vat, that's why many things are cheaper in the USA. I won't even mention tariffs...

It’s true that pricing is never at the exact exchange rate and sometimes one can almost swap the $ sign for the € sign, leaving the numbers alone, but I’ve never seen something that went for €7,000 drop down to something like $5,000 or even a bit higher.

Looking up the pricing of my Technics SU-G700M2 in Europe and what I paid for it, (€2299 vs $2699) the price for the Yamaha speaker could go for $5962.60, all things being equal.

All the best,
Nonoise