Yamaha Soavo-1 Floorstanding Speaker Review
Yamaha's Soavo-1 Speakers
Summary
- Product Name: Soavo-1 Tower Speakers
- Manufacturer: Yamaha Electronics
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- Value Rating:
- Review Date: February 19, 2008
- MSRP: $1799.99/ea
- Specifications
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- Enclosure Type: 3-Way bass-reflex floor-standing
- Veneer options: Black, Dark Brown, Brown Birch
- Speaker Impedance: 6-ohms
- Video Shielded: Yes
- Woofer Size: Dual 6-1/2" (16cm)
- Woofer Type: Advanced PMD Cone
- Mid Size: 5" (13cm)
- Mid Type: Advanced PMD Cone
- Tweeter Size: 1" (3cm)
- Tweeter Type: Aluminum Dome
- Biampable
- Frequency Response: 35 Hz - 50 kHz
- Power Handling: 200W
- Sensitivity (1W/1m): 89 dB/2.83 V/1 m
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 41-3/8" x 13-3/4" x 19-3/16"
- Weight: 59.5 lbs
Pros
- Above par build quality
- Beautiful finish
- Plays low and smooth
- Magnetic grills
- Outriggers standard
- Biampable
Cons
- Midrange could feature more detail
- Moderately narrow sweet spot
Introduction
Considering Yamaha has such a good reputation with making fine instruments the introduction of their new Soavo series loudspeakers is no surprise. We put the Soavo-1 towers through its paces and they convinced us that Yamaha has successfully re-entered the realm of high end home audio.
