o.k. - luckily I have no reputation to loose - but for sure with this post I also will not gain any in the near future
Some guys here know that I was moving to another village. Because the house I rent is a new building, I can not use the big cellar at the moment. But my wife allowed me to use the smallest room upstairs to host thousands of cd's, books, 22 guitars and other sensitive junk
Recently I found the old yamaha hifi system with sub from my wife in a carefully sealed moving box. Cause there is hardly any other work to be done, I was trying out the hifi system with cd, then connected as monitor system for fun.
First I thought the new room is tricking my ears, but after intense testing (no measerement - just ears) and comparing to Yamaha hs 5, Shure SRH840 and other hifi speakers with some reference tracks, I am shocked quite a bit about the result.
The Yamaha so-called NX-E 400 plus sub are the closest I could get to the linear and balanced sound of my beloved Shure SRH840 (I always preferred this headphones cause it does not overdo with mids and highs).
I am not perfectly satisfied with the somewhat fizzling highs of the hs 5, but after testing several other monitors in different price range they were the best compromise.
Now I am a bit shocked because the "not nearfield", passive hifi speakers Yamaha NX-E 400 deliver a very detailed, balanced and as I judge surprisingly honest, linear and neutral hearing experience - very close to the Shure SRH840, but without the limitations of a headphone (again no measurement done yet).
Could not be possible?!?