Yamaha NSIW660 3Way InWall Speaker System For Custom Install White

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Gabriel Bobst says...

I installed the Yamaha NS-IW660 speakers about two months ago and I'm very satisfied with the product. They sound great and easily handle any volume level that I throw at them. Just in the last week, I upgraded my receiver and that made them sound even better so don't blame the speakers if you have a cheap receiver. My old receiver was 5.1 so I was using them for the rear channel but my new receiver is 7.1 so I am now using them for the side channels. The way the room is situated, they were better positioned for the side channel anyway. I now am using some speakers that came with my old receiver for the rear channel but I would like to get another set of the 660's for the rear eventually. They look great mounted in the wall. I painted them using a sponge paint brush and it was pretty time consuming but worth it. I had difficulty keeping the paint from filling in the holes in the grills but kept working on it and they turned out good. The directions recommend spraying the paint on and I do have a sprayer but it seemed like a pain to get the sprayer out just for that. If I get another pair though, I may spray them. We just built our house and moved in about six months prior so I had the wall paint available so the paint on the speakers matches the walls exactly. One the grills are in place they are somewhat difficult to remove. I used a corkscrew for opening a wine bottle and just hooked it one of the holes in the grill and it came off fairly easily that way.

Posted on May 3, 2011

Bee Livingston says...

Everything is fast these days, Life itself is very fast, these days.I wish we can just sit down peacefully and enjoy a moment's quite elegance.And this is what this movie is. You can't call it slow or boring.That would be disrespectful.Or, I guess you didn't get it.The movie starts in Black and White with a very simple premise.An old woman's determined request to have her dead husband brought home on foot through the road that has been such a part of their lives, so his soul will always know the road home.Simple enough?Actually it turns into a tall order because it is in the dead of winter and there's isn't enough able bodied people to lug the coffin around.But this is just a footnote of the movie.The movie is really about true love that is delicate andunrelenting.It is a classic Zhang Yimou movie.You can tell it is one of hiseven without seeing his name in the credits. It's like looking at a child and knowing who his parents are.Which is a good thing.It is gorgeous to look at. The setting is photographed beautifully and carefully detailed in every shot.The same attention is also given to the actors, specially Zhang Ziyi. Gorgeous scenery, beautiful actors, a simple moving story and there you have it. You can't help but enjoythis movie.

Posted on May 4, 2011

Luci Dudzinski says...

I saw this movie under the translated name of "My father and mother", as the original Mandarin name "Wo de fu qin mu qin" would suggest. Which is an apt title, because theme wise, it veers around a young man harking back to the romance between a simple village girl (his mother) and the school teacher (his father). Lots of reminiscing, nostalgia, love, sacrifice. The End.

But it is this very simplicity that is stirring. Cinematographically on par with almost anything from Kurosawa, even "Yume", this is an unembellished but heart-warming story of remembering a timeless love. No quixotic melodrama of Hollywood (a la Titanic) here, no elaborate somatic expressions of hugging/kissing/and all else. Indeed, Zhang Ziyi only needs a twitch of an eye or a shy gesture of the hands to convey an entire page of the script.

Doesn't matter whether the story is simple or complex, beautiful or ordinary, Chinese or otherwise -- I'd wager you will definitely come away feeling that you saw a charming, moving vignette of human essence. Fabulous!

Posted on May 5, 2011

Tod Welson says...

I got Yamaha IW660 for the surrounding speakers of my home theater (23X12X7 F) in 7.1 set up last year. Building quality is very good. They look nice and heavier than I expected. With template supplied with package, installation was easy. Power listing for these speakers are 150 w maximum, which is higher than many speakers in the same class. Three way drivers is a bright point that make these speakers spacial. I was so supprised to hear such rich and clear highs from them, better than most of similar products. I hooked them up with a 7.1 Pioneer Elit VSX-21TXH that has 110 w in each channel, then cranked the volume up to the level that may cause physical discomfort. They handle it very well and no distortion found. I bought the first pair for side surrounding. Since they worked so well, I got the second pair for back surrounding. I did not expect too much bass from any in-wall speaker in a similar class. Yamaha has a reasonable one. For home theater, a good subwoof is a must any way.



In summary, IW660 is a great speaker with quality compatable with other high reputated in-wall speakers. As for price, it is a best buy, and there is no beat. I highly recommend it.

Posted on May 6, 2011

Norman Sznejkowski says...

What Zhang Yimou can do with a hundred grand and a beautiful woman and a camera and landscape is uncanny.Hollywood filmmakers MUST cringe in envy when they watch movies such as The Road Home, because in their high-budget bliss they nor their actors cannot do what Zhang and his cast often do: offer real blood and real tears nakedly.

The majority of Chinese students in China I have spoken to who have seen The Road Home expressed nothing short of disgust for the movie, which I do not find surprising, given their general affinity for all things Arnold. It took hundreds of millions of dollars and Leonardo DiCaprio to convince young people in the Mainland that the complexities of love can be overcome by will alone.So when a low-budget (by American standards) movie is released about a young woman, a schoolhouse in Northern China, a pair of school teachers, and a funeral march - all of which remind them only of things that have become taboo, things they'd like to forget ever occurred - they dismiss it passionately.
Meanwhile, grown men like myself are reduced to tears at the reminder that love can be so torturous, and no less complex in the countryside than in New York City.I am left with two distinct images from that movie: the pottery fixer rambling from village to village in the cold, fixing Di's bowl with spit, staples, and ties; and Di frantically pursuing horse and carriage departing the town.There was never such longing in the world; you never ran like this.

Posted on May 8, 2011

Rebbecca Grosvenor says...

First of All let me say i received these speakers very fast and in great packaging. Upon opening the factory sealed box the speakers were packed laterally standing on there sides rather than flat. FIRST thing I did when examining the speakers was to loosen the wall retaining clips( PLEASE DO THIS FIRST, IF YOU DONT THEY WILL BREAK ON INSTALLATION). installationinto the walls were as easy as i thought possible. I did stuff the walls with polyfill before the final securing of the speaker.



Sound= these things sound great! Frequency response is very wide ( from 20khz-down to about 65hz). Midbass is strong, highs are vibrant and audible without harshness. Crossover is huge, oversized, and built with quality( I have the high Fq set at a -2 and sound is well balanced.



Look= Speakers profile is not low at all, I would say its mid-profile. Since the grill has some 3-dimensional curves to it, I think it gives it a nice look and it compliments its surrounding. Once painted and fully finished these speakers look great.



Subwoofer? It really depends on your music taste. Speaking for my self, I think these speakers are good enough to give you the option to add a subwoofer or Not! They played extremely well on all music genres except Rap music.



With that said from my consumer point of view. Well worth the cost and the gamble on yamaha, a lesser known high-quality in wall speaker maker.



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Posted on May 9, 2011

Luther Walshe says...

More than anything, The Road Home is a story about understanding.More often than not, someone comes up with a seemingly irrational request - but a deeper examination of the reasons behind such a request leads one to a deeper understanding.This form of research celebrates the one thing that makes us human - our sense of place.The movie, although set in rustic China, has universal implications.A son comes back to his where he grew up to assist his mother with funeral arrangement for his recently deceased father.What follows is a flashback that is a tale of devotion, tradition and love.There is nothing complicated about the plot, the movie is 95 percent Zhang Ziyi and the ephemeral Chinese countryside.What is focused on though, is what makes the story different.When Luo Yusheng (Sun Honglei) comes back to his village, he discovers his aging mother overwhelmed with anguish over the sudden death of her husband - who has been till then, her constant companion (we do not find out about this until later).His mother insists the son and the village arrange that traditional funeral so her husband can take "The Road Home."The village mayor and the son exchange practical consideration, which effectively convinces the viewer that this is not a very practical thing to do. However, as we get into the story we figure out why it is essential that we follow the mother's request.The shift to the black and white footage is pure genius.As mentioned previously, Zhao Di, (Zhang Ziyi), is the young mother who falls in love with the recently arrived teacher Changyu (Zheng Hao). The movie can tell the story by itself.This temptingly pastoral experience does, on occasion, border on the sentimental. However, the significance of taking the road home give one hope that somewhere we can all find our sense of place - our own road home.

Miguel Llora

Posted on May 10, 2011

Timika Machin says...

A man comes home after his father died. His mother refuses to give up the old custom of burial and he has to convince the people in the village to do it. He does it because he realizes his parent's was the perfect love and it is this love story that is told in this stunning movie.

When a new teacher arrives in the traditional village the prettiest girl falls in love and she tries to atract the teacher to her within the boundaries of the Chinese traditions. She always goes to the road to see him come back with his pupils and tries to have a conversation. When the new school is built she hopes he will select the disches she had prepared for the communal feast.

When he is away in town, for a long time, hinting at some political difficulties, she goes to the road every day, rain or shine, until finally he comes back.And then she accepts him, without asking what he has done, but simply content with him being there again, in her home.

What makes this simple tale so outstanding is the way the stunningly beautiful actress Ziyi Zang and the camera/director act like one body. It is so natural, so beautiful, particularly in the setting of the landscapes of rural China that words fail to describe it to the full extent.

One is so captured that the loss of language for those like me who do not understand Chinese having to rely on the subtitles is not a problem at all. The subtle acting and the fine body language underscores every pointy being made.

There is only one thing to do; go out and see it ( probably many times).

Posted on May 10, 2011

Dalila Schak says...

This is the best movie i have ever seen in my life.

Zang ziyi is the most beautiful and cute girl in the world.

I dont know the words to describe this movie.

U must see this if u r a fan of Zang ziyi.

She is better in this movie that in Crouchingtiger.

Very sorry ... i am poor in english.

She was fantastic.. amazing..

Wow...

U will cry when u see this 'the road home'. I bet u.

Posted on May 10, 2011

Mollie Gyurko says...

I bought these speakers specifically for installation in a very tight space.The sound is acceptable for my needs although they are a little light on the production of bass tones.

Posted on May 14, 2011