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

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

I was debating about selling my gear in my Livingroom and getting the new KEF LS60, because I love the Blade design. However, I could not sell my Livingroom gear because I like it too much and I would regret it.

Then I considered the KEF Blade which is too big and hard to place in my room. Common sense says not to get it even though that would be my favorite.

The next choice is my old choice from a few years ago. The Yamaha NS5000, placement is a lot easier and my very neutral sounding gear will match perfectly with the slightly warm NS5000. I have demoed the NS5000 before and it is a great sounding speaker.

The new models mentioned on this thread may not be pure Zylon. I did not read the press release too carefully.