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Yamaha NS 6490

Yamaha NS 6490
alaScore 85

211 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 211 reviews of Yamaha NS 6490. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the reliability and size. The design and usability also get good feedback.

price, usability, design, size, reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Yamaha NS 6490 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Yamaha NS 6490

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 160 user reviews of Yamaha NS 6490 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the reliability and design. The usability and size also get good feedback.

price, size, usability, design, reliability

92% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Consumer review (audioreview.com)

Yamaha NS-6490

 

Beautiful looking speakers but comes with many audible problems like: fake bass sound, too much treble and lacks mid range sound! They're good looking but disappointing in sound performance.

Oct, 2010

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

OMG!!!!

 

I love these speakers. I have owned these speakers for 1 year now and they serve me well. As soon as i heard the warm sounds of a round 808 kick drum, I was sold. They are not real heavy on the bottom and the mids and hi's sound great. These are a...

Attractive Design, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality, Powerful

Apr, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Excellent

 

Like many others, used these to replace a set of Infinity Ref 4's, while not as deep, the quality of sound is awesome at low and high volumes.

Attractive Design, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality, Powerful

Apr, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Excellent for the money

 

I needed to replace my old speakers due to woofer cone disintegration and am on a limited budget. I have an Aiwa AV-X120 receiver that I'm using just for basic audio (70Wx2); the system has connections for center & rear speakers and a subwoofer but I'm...

Compact, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality, Light weight

Apr, 2009

Consumer review (audioreview.com)

Yamaha NS-6490

 

Beautiful speaker with amazing clarity for the price. A bit on the large size for a bookshelf though.

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Great buy

 

i give these a 4 star. If u are looking to buy speakers or studio monitors for around $100 i would say these are great! although there not active they sound good with a good amp and an eq. i ran mine through a RTA and they sound good. i not too...

Attractive Design, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality

Crossover, Not Very Powerful, Pasive

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

sound great

 

I still like good old fashioned stereo sound when listening to old cd's and stuff

Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Don't Judge a book by its cover...

 

I had two speakers from the 90's with 6 inch woofers 4 inch midrange and 1 inch tweeder. When they broke i desided i need new speakers and got this. WOW. I wasn't really expecting much from them but when i hooked them up it was roaring. The bass is...

Attractive Design, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Powerful

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

GOOD FOR THE PRICE

 

I asked the salesperson , If I did not like them and they did not explode could I return them ? when she said yes ,she made a sale.

Attractive Design, Crisp Sound, Easy To Connect, Great Sound Quality

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (radioshack.com)

SUM 1 HELP

 

OK SO I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY 2 BUY THESE BUT THE RECIERVER I USE HAS A SUBWOOFER JACK AND THE CENTER LEFT RIGHT AND ALL THEM ARE TREBLE

HELP

Feb, 2009

Price comparison for Yamaha NS 6490

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