[2-Way] I was a skeptic before purchasing the NS-555 since they are a bass reflex speaker.I prefer acoustic suspension spkrs BUT, the Yamies are not boombing bass, very strong solid bass responce and very good mid and high range. I'm using a Yamaha HTR-5860 AV receiver,YST-215 sub woofer and NS-C444 center speaker. Using two Sony spkrs for rear but will replace them with the Yamaha NS-333. I find the complete Yamaha system i have sounds great and i get many compliments on the suround sound!! Yamaha speakers truely brings sounds to life ! I'm a YAMIE !!!!!

[1x Rear-Firing] These are full range in a beautiful finish for $. They are rated at 6 ohms.I have these bi wired to a Yamaha S801 amp using pure direct and set for low impedance and they play vinyl perfectly.Might add a matching subwoofer.

[85.5 dB] I'm a recording engineer / producer, and I typically bring my mixes home to play on these before finalizing. They're set up in my home theater system where they are the L,R speakers, set up in a LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT configuration. I don't use a sub with these - it's really not needed as they go way down. They sound wonderful, and I couldn't be happier.

[29.615 lb] This speaker looks and sounds fantastic. Although it is somewhat heavy, I feel that this contributes to the excellent build quality.


I added four felt pads to the bottom so that it could be placed on a shelf.

[85.5 dB] I've had EV speakers for years that were spectacular. But they died, so I chose these to replace them. Terrific presence and sound quality.

[85.5 dB] i've sampled many speakers priced upto $2000 a pair, but to get anything significantly better than these you have to spend atleast $3200-$4000 a pair. so picture the sound quality from these yourself.

[6 Ohms] I spent many hours in Fry's Electronics and BestBuy stores listening all kinds of floor standing speakers, trying figure out which of them would fit my budget and my requirements... I am not audiophile, but I appreciate clear sound, and I'd like to hear all instruments. After reading reviews on Yamaha ns-555 speakers I wasn't pretty much sure if I should buy them. Some people say they sound good, some say they lack of lower frequencies... So I decided to give 'em a try. I was planning to buy a subwoofer in case they lack of base sound. I have Yamaha RX-V573 receiver (I know it's old one, but it still fits my needs), and it has bi-amp feature (not bi-wire), and ns555s can be connected in bi-amp schema. So, they arrived, I connected them to receiver, turned the music on and...felt down from coach trying to lower volume and lower base frequencies! Oh, boy! The sound was so loud and so powerfull! I do not know why people complains on lack of base.. they have lots of clear base sound! My Yamaha RX-V573 receiver has adjustable crossover, equalizer, and tone adjustment (high and low frequencies). The lower frequencies were at 0db, I set them on -3.5 db and I still have a lot of base! I set equalizer 400hz to -6db, 160hz to -3db, and 60db to 0 db, and I set crossover to 60hz. And now base guitar and drums sound like in live concert, no barrel echoes! And I do not need subwoofer anymore! :-))) Oh, and, by the way, scene is wide enough - no complains. None of the speakers of this size and price range in the store can beat ns555. I was wondering why this speakers not selling in store? And answer is clear - if people would hear them they wouldn't buy anything else, but ns555s! :-))))

[6 Ohms] These speakers have good highs and also midrange, the bass could be a little better...but with my subwoofer it doesn't matter much. The appearance of the speaker are very nice having the piano gloss look....looks like very exspensive speakers, for the money you can't beat these speakers!

[2-Way] These speakers are in fact excellent even without sub (although it does seem that the current ones are not exactly the same as the ones i purchased- these having a lower frequency response and a different country of manufacture). The acoustics of the room i was using them in was quite bad and canceling out all the punch of the bass. Im very happy with these speakers and do recommend them.
-the D.A. is corrupt

[6 Ohms] Even selling now for twice the original cost of just over $300 for the pair...YES...just over $300 a pair, the NS-555's are a very good sounding speaker system that also sports a nicely finished housing simulating piano black lacquer! But be aware that over the a period of about 4 years of use this covering will start to pucker at the top and bottom of the speaker. But that has been the only real problem I've had with them, as they still deliver very good high end sound needing no sub-woofer regardless of what anyone else says!