Imaging High and midranges are presently clear and very crisp. These speakers look amazing as well. Very nice grill. Quality aluminum drivers.

A little trouble with deep bass, however they sound great when pair with a subwoofer, so this really isn't a problem. Even without a subwoofer, they still sound decent.

I am very happy with these speakers. I have been using them for a little over a month. I shopped around for some time trying to decide which speakers to buy. I visited many high-end stores and Best Buy as well. I really do not see any major difference between these speakers, and many of the expensive models available at the high-end stores. I spent many days visiting various stores and listening to speakers for hours at a time. I was a little apprehensive purchasing these speakers, because at Best Buy you cannot listen to your own CDs, and have to use they’re set up. However I was happy with what I heard, and could not justify spending over $500 for a single speaker after hearing these. I seriously considered purchasing a pair of the 200XTs instead. But after listening to them for a while, it seems as though they before better at low frequencies, but the high end and midranges just seemed to mush together. The 100XTs while not performing as well with low frequencies, separate and do a wonderful job presenting the high end and midranges. As long as these speakers are coupled with a good subwoofer they can outperform any speaker in their price range, and compete with many high-end speakers. These speakers use nice aluminum drivers, which is rare on low prived speakers. My entire set up consists of a Denon 2802 Receiver, 100XTs as my main speakers, Yamaha NS-6390 as my surrounds, a Yamaha NS-AC40X center channel, and a JBL PB-10 subwoofer. I am very happy with these main speakers; I have not attached the feet yet, and am not sure if I will. This set up is very powerful, and I am very happy with all of the products, however I do not have time right now to review them all on this site. I nearly purchased a pair of Definitive mains, and surrounds, however did not see the advantage in spending over twice as much. The surrounds sounded considerably better, however cost $150 each, compared to $100 a pair for the Yamaha. I would recommend these speakers to anyone. I don’t care how much money you have, unless you really like to blow your money and impress people with fancy brand names, there is no reason to pass up this deal. These speakers perform wonderfully at high volumes without distortion or hissing; like other low priced speakers will when really cranked up. Go out and get yourself a pair today!

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Everything, Aluminum cones sound amazing.

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I purchased these at Best Buy for $299 after going to our local "high end" music store. People in duluth know what store i'm talking about. They only sell Paradigm speakers now. I went there looking for JAMO E670 speakers, just to realize that I was going to spend over $500 on a pair. I went to Best Buy the next day, and I listened to the product line they had available. Without a doubt, Bose and Yamaha were the only speakers worth considering. Needless to say, I set up the Yamaha speakers on my Yamaha 5.1 reciever (which I also purchased at the same best buy) and I was immediatly mesmerized. I fell asleep listening to music and woke up at 4 a.m. to go to the bathroom, realizing I was still in my work clothes and I hadn't set the alarm clock yet.

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very clear, loud, balanced

bass

I thought that was pretty good advice on the midrange drivers so I went ahead and performed the tupper wear upgrade. Now I wonder if anybody has any tips to fix port noise. I have the yamaha yst 800, and around 23-25 hz it makes a little bit of port noise. I guess the bass waves at that frequency are at such a length that they don''''t want to exit through the port. Any ideas?

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I have a quick update on my comments which I recently posted on the A100XT... I just discovered that it appears there is some midbass response being generated by that midrange driver, in effect reacting as sort of a passive radiator sympathizing to the woofers'' movements (just put your ear right up to it and check it out) - this would account for using such a compliant surround on a driver that is wired to cover only frequencies from 2Khz to 4Khz (way out of range for visible excursion). This would also account for why the A100XT sounds different (and better) in the transition from bass to mids than the A200XT, with its multichambered internal construction (which in effect prevents this extra midrange-driver excusion). But, I can''t get past the notion that, especially at this price-point, this level of sophistication could be part of the A100XT''s design... (I had stated that I didn''t noticed any problems with the A100XT''s midrange character as a result of this driver''s visible excursion. If you think about it, take a typical two-way speaker''s woofer that covers the majority of the midrange band as well as the bass, which can display considerable excursion.) I only wish it were possible to phone an engineer over at Yamaha to get the real story... Oh, well; fun to ponder, anyway. (FYI, looks like my last sentence was cut off from my first entry; was saying that I can see any noted American high-end speaker company would be pricing these at $1000 per pair and not $300.)

I have a quick update on my comments which I recently posted on the A100XT... I just discovered that it appears there is some midbass response being generated by that midrange driver, in effect reacting as sort of a passive radiator sympathizing to the woofers'' movements (just put your ear right up to it and check it out) - this would account for using such a compliant surround on a driver that is wired to cover only frequencies from 2Khz to 4Khz (way out of range for visible excursion). This would also account for why the A100XT sounds different (and better) in the transition from bass to mids than the A200XT, with its multichambered internal construction (which in effect prevents this extra midrange-driver excusion). But, I can''t get past the notion that, especially at this price-point, this level of sophistication could be part of the A100XT''s design... (I had stated that I didn''t noticed any problems with the A100XT''s midrange character as a result of this driver''s visible excursion. If you think about it, take a typical two-way speaker''s woofer that covers the majority of the midrange band as well as the bass, which can display considerable excursion.) I only wish it were possible to phone an engineer over at Yamaha to get the real story... Oh, well; fun to ponder, anyway. (FYI, looks like my last sentence was cut off from my first entry; was saying that I can see any noted American high-end speaker company would be pricing these at $1000 per pair and not $300.)

Very neutral throughout the range, high quality piece for the price.

Funny that Yamaha didn''t just spend the extra nickel and glue a dixie cup behind that midrange... None, otherwise (remember, these things list for a measley $300!).

I''ll start by saying that I''ve been into high-end gear for some 25 years, so I''ve heard just about a little of everything out there over the past few decades. (Seems these days you get a little more for your money in all hifi catagories, a good thing.) I have a main system consisting of tube gear driving large planar speakers, giving a very full and natural presentation (listen to mostly jazz & bluegrass). I had been using some rather expensive minimonitors (on stands) driven by a 35 w/c integrated tube amp as a second system, very nice from about 50hz up with some, but ultimately not adequate, bass. A subwoofer trial proved unacceptable (uneven response throughout this particular room)... Browsing one day, I caught eye of the MS-A100XT''s at Best Buy, was impressed with their appearance and specs, especially at the price. One quick listen, and I knew there we had something special here. (Also listened to the larger A200XT; "more" bass, but the rest of the range, especially the midrange, did not match the neutralness of the A100XT.) At home, in comparing the A100XT side-by-side with my minimonitors, as well as my Magnepans, I was blown away by their full, neutral presentation. Right, bass does not rumble the floor, but is adequate for all of my listening (no movie soundtracks here). Not gonna get into a full-blown detailed review here - just suffice it to say that these things compare favorably to a $2000 pair of speakers. Note: I highly suspect that heavier-guage speaker wire along with tube amplification are a significant part of my very favorable results. Yeah, I''ve read about the "bouncing" midrange driver; its rather compliant rubber surround appears to have been designed to deal with this, especially considering this driver only covers from 2K to 4K hz (normally no visable driver excursion seen at these frequencies)... I may "cup" the rear of this driver (as did one or two other reviewers), which I believe would preserve the surround''s marerial in the longrun, but otherwise I cannot detect any sonic deficiencies which make this an urgent task. Bottom line: These things are a steal, considering they offer quality aluminum drivers (with rubber surrounds, no less), 3-way crossover network, even high-quality gold binding posts. If the same speaker were made by any noted American high

Great looks and styling. Excellent room filling characteristics. Near perfect timbre match with NS-AC40x center.

Yup, cheap feet. Also 6-ohm spec may prohibit some from buying as they should be driven by a 6-ohm amp.

What can I say, at this price point, you are far away from being able to have it all, but the NS-A100xt''s do a darn good job of getting you on down the road to a dream system. Upfront I want to say that I like these speakers a great deal. They have excellent room filling characteristics and their wide dispersion will be very helpful to those that have to place the speakers close together. Some notes on the midrange excursion a previous review mentioned. Unfortunately, you DO NOT want to see that typer of excursion happen if you can help it. The reason the midrange hops a long in synch with the woofers is that the air back blast created by the woofers is pushing the midrange around. Another reviewer mentioned how little air is pushed out of the bottom reflex port. That is due in part to the fact that the woofers are taking it out on the midrange. This is not a good thing and is in NO WAY related to a higher quality sounding mid; it is inteferring with the mid getting its job done. All 3-way speakers in this price range are going to suffer from this as the price pint does not support internal chambering that would alleviate this problem. So I fixed it :) To reiterate, I thought these speakers sounded fine pre-mod; I believe the aluminum driver design allows the mid to be strong and robust enough to handle the pummeling from the woofers. But since I knew there was I problem that could be fairly easily fixed, I did so. The mod is essentially the same as the one that James did on the NS-A60X speakers detailed in his review of those. I glued on a tupperware bowl to the inside of the port. Gone is the excursion, although I cannot say I have noticed much of a significant change in sound. It should at least prevent uneven wear of the drivers. As others have mentioned in their reviews, these guys go great with the NS-A40X center channel. They utilize the same 1" tweeter and I have used the AVIA timbre match test to confirm that, indeed, there is virtually no timbral differences between the two, a VERY VERY GOOD THING for home theater. I currently have the NS-A60X for surrounds. They ARE NOT a timbral match with center and mains as they utilize a 3/4 tweeter that is much brighter sounding than the 1". A note on the 6-ohm spec; all current Yamaha receivers that I''m aware of have a 6-ohm speaker setting. (I''m using the HTR-5250)

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Very clear mids and highs.

A little weak as far as bass, but paired with a good sub, they''re awesome.

the NS-A100XT''s are great, I also tried out the next larger model the 200''s, they had better bass, but lacked whenn it came to the mids and highs. I paired my NS-A100XT''s with Yamahas YST-SW305 amplified dual 8 inch sub, and between the towers and the sub I''m getting much better sound than the NS-A200XT''s.

Everything excep deep bass.

deep bass

When I first turned these puppies up I was in shock by the amount of movement in the 4.5" midrange drivers. I had never seen a midrange move more than the woofers. Well on the 100XT, the midrange seems to move up and down just like a subwoofer, making for the best upper mid bass I have ever heard. Thanks to the aluminum drivers, the cones remain rigid even under high stress, making for very crispy drums. The mid bass is also excelently handled by the two 6.5 inch woofers. The bass is tight and accurate. The enclosure mimicks a sealed, as barely any air comes out of the port. The tweeters are smooth and powerful. None of that screaching that comes from overly sensitive tweeters. At 242 dollars a pair, I have to give these speakers a thumbs up.

Very Good mid and high for such a cheap speaker. Not too bulky, look very cool, with or without grille.

Not much bass to them, although, it is to be expected with only 2 6 1/2's each.

I love these speakers, especially for the cost. I am pusing them with a Harmon Kardon AVR 310, as my 2 main speakers, and I am very impressed. I highly recomend these, or any other yamaha speakers, works well with a sub though.