
Yamaha CC1
A beautifully built Cubase fader with a Stream Deck on top — and nine months of owners waiting for the software to catch up.
5 reviews
Pianos, synthesizers and HS-series studio monitors
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Yamaha Corporation is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha and headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Beyond pianos, synthesizers and hi-fi, its pro-audio division makes mixing consoles, PA speakers and the HS Series of studio monitors, whose white woofer cones descend from the NS-10.

A beautifully built Cubase fader with a Stream Deck on top — and nine months of owners waiting for the software to catch up.

Yamaha's first closed-back: near-universal praise for its build, comfort, speed and detail — and a deliberately W-shaped tuning that splits listeners down the middle.

The biggest white-cone HS: deep bass and a flat-looking response on paper, argued over as honest or harsh once it's on the desk.

Yamaha's white-cone look in a desk-sized pair: reviewers hear a balanced, clean monitor; the only lab test found a woofer with no real crossover.

The white-coned studio icon: praised for clarity and build, measured as bass-light and mid-forward, and argued over as a mixing tool.
Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated; speaker prices are for a pair.