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Yamaha Electronics Soavo-1 Tower Speakers

Performance Rating:(4.0 out of 5)
Value Rating:(3.5 out of 5)


MSRP: $1799.99/ea

Review date: Feb 19, 2008

Considering Yamaha has such a good reputation with making fine instruments and some of the most reliable and accurate monitor speakers ever to hit the recording industry, it's astounding that they aren't equally appreciated for their home audio speakers. This past year Yamaha aimed to change that with the introduction of their new Soavo series loudspeakers. We were fortunate enough to get our hands on a pair of Soavo-1 towers - their flagship product and a magnificent-looking specimen to be sure. We got a sneak peek at these speakers during the 2007 CEDIA Expo, but now we actually get a chance to put them through their paces in one of our reference listening rooms.

ProsCons
  • Above par build quality
  • Beautiful finish
  • Plays low and smooth
  • Magnetic grills
  • Outriggers standard
  • Biampable
  • Midrange could feature more detail
  • Uses electrolytic caps in series with tweeter
  • Moderately narrow sweet spot

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