Yamaha NS-AW150BL 2-Way Indoor/Outdoor Speakers (Pair, Black)

Yamaha's compact NS-AW150 bookshelf speakers provide an affordable way to enjoy your music or television programming on a deck or under a porch. These speakers can also be brought indoors during the cold months and set up for two-channel indoor listening, as their high build quality and good sound make them equally suitable for both outdoor and indoor use.

The speakers are sold as a pair, with each one using a 5-inch high-compliance, polypropylene, mica-filled woofer and a 5-inch PEI dome tweeter. The drivers are optimized for high rigidity but low mass, resulting in reasonably high sensitivity (80 dB with 2.83V at 1 meter). This means that modest amplifiers won't have much trouble driving them. The acoustic-suspension cabinets are sealed to prevent undue resonance or tubby, tuneless bass, which can often result from low-cost ported designs.

With a nominal impedance of 6 ohms, the speakers will work nicely with amplifiers up to 35 watts per channel, nominal, or 120 watts, peak power. They boast a frequency response of 80 to 40,000 Hz (+/-3 dB), giving you decent bass output for their compact size and unusually extended high-frequency response for your most demanding digital media. For indoor use, you may want to augment their performance with a subwoofer to deliver deeper and more powerful bass, ensuring you select one with a variable crossover to effectively "take over" at the point of the NS-AW150s' lowest deliverable frequency.

The speakers are magnetically shielded, allowing you to place them on or near a TV or video monitor without fear of picture degradation. Five-way binding posts simplify connection with several different terminations of speaker cable, and the NS-AW150s even come with two lengths of cable to get you started.

While the speakers are not intended to be left exposed on, say, the deck of a boat, they are water resistant and designed to withstand light wind and rain, thanks to their sealed enclosures and rugged metal grilles. The speakers come with mounting bases and brackets, making them easy to install and position as needed.

In summary, the Yamaha NS-AW150 bookshelf speakers offer a versatile and affordable solution for enjoying music or television programming both indoors and outdoors, with their high build quality, good sound, and weather-resistant design.

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