Why isn’t more detail always better?

I was having lunch with a friend who is a musician | amp builder | speaker builder | etc. He was telling me that the Yamaha NS10M definitely needed some toilet paper on the drivers. I asked him if the paper had to be clean (being an audiophile). He still has a pair of the NS10M in his shop and uses them for some analysis.

Interestingly he told me that the new Yamaha NS5000 was the best box speaker he had heard. The new Zylon drivers are detailed as Beryllium but not bright. The best of both worlds. However, he did say that his Open Baffle (non-box) speaker was better.

@noromance...The ’white paper’ answers a lot....most of which previously threw me into the trap laid.....I have a pair of drivers that work best with a blocked vent...imho and taste. the last of which...🤷‍♂️

I might try that on my Heils for grins....

@yyzsantabarbara....makes sense to me....Yam. wouldn’t stay in business if they don’t keep sharpening the bleedin’ edge....

Go listen and file a report....Due Xmas eve....take a roll or 12 of TP ’samples’....;)

A Zylon...WTF is it?  Sounds like a polymer pastiche' to this unfortunate non-immortal.....

Mabbe a layer of that Scotchtissue....laminated to the front of the driven surface for obvious 'texture'....

Of Course he'll opine that his OB's are better, Kenobi.....They're like that...*L*

Won't say he's wrong, either.... ;)

Remember Yamaha came out with Beryllium for the tweeter and midrange in the 1970’s. Paradigm followed suite around 2016 with the Persona lineup.

For their new top end speakers, Yamaha did not want to use Beryllium, so they investigated a fibre used to make yachts (if I remember correctly). What’s interesting about this Zylon material, other than the sound and fast properties, is that the tweeter, mid, and the 12-inch woofer are all made with the same material. This makes for a very coherent sound.

I do not need to go and listen since I bought the NS5000 a few years ago. Super detailed, no fatigue, and very coherent. 

@asvjerry 

The level of detail from a modified Heil is amazing.  But the real magic is happening on the backside, and you can't see it in this picture.