Yamaha HS8 vs PreSonus Eris E8 XT || Sound & Frequency Response Comparison

it's weird how the Yamaha add punch to the kick that you don't hear in the original song. The Presonus represented exactly the same kick and low end in the original. Loving the E8XT !!!

PreSonus! Kevlar and a great well rounded curve of tone. Yamaha tinny in the mids; is eye-candy standard in a bunch of studios and subjective. Yamaha made in Indonesia and PreSonus China...Pick your flip.

HS8 for me

that "deep" track is produced so badly, it sounds like so squashed by a limiter or something, i wish you could use some professional house tracks for judgement, instead of elevator stock music made by amatuers

Presonus mid range puts more focus on 500hz (deeper mid) yamaha sounds more natural. Both great. Apples and oranges. I can't decide :) Great review!Thanks!

This video assisted me in deciding to purchase the E8XT's over the HS8's for my main control room. My father recently bought a pair of HS8's and I was not that impressed after hearing them real time. I don't regret my decision and will likely be getting E7XT's for my pre-production lab.

I had the HS8 but I returned them back. They are lovely for lower volumes, however sometimes I feel they were very accentuated in the mids and highs, I feel ear fatige also with the -2 dB control for mids. Great bass by the way but for me, as I do not mix or produce, just for music listening, they were not adequate for me. Now I have Dynaudio LYD 8 but they are another league which cant compare.

Presonus Eris speakers may have issues with louder self-noise (even without any source) as reported by many Eris XT owners. For this reason, the HS8 should beat E8 XT. Waiting for any owners of E8 XT to confirm if the issue of excessive self-noise has been solved by Presonus.

Best overall balanced sound with no exaggerated frequencies in the Yamaha.

from my high end headphone i can really tell that the yamaha hs8 sound much better the eris E8 sound flat

Huge difference in the highs by the song man on fire. The yamaha has smimilar tone to the original song, while the presonus has much brighter. Yamaha all the way!

mids are better in HS8

Presonus Eris E8 XT

The same

Yamaha more clear

Whoever says the Yamahas sound better are idiots. The guy that said the vocals sound better on the Yamahas is the biggest idiot. Presonus is so underrated. They offer the best speaker at every price point. They're such a bang for the buck I bought a pair of R80s ($277), E66($250), E8($137) each, and Temblor T10 ($370). What other company offers such amazing quality/versatility for the price? I'm surprised more people aren't talking about them. I guess that's what happens when you live in a society where the media is manipulated.

Should I get the E8 XT or Adam T8V. I need help

I like how there are so many classical / clean sounds snobs in audio but in fact you always end up listenning to the distorted guitar to really have the difference between speakers popping out and clean sounds sound almost the same on both units ^^

ok let me go grab a pair of those "Source Track" speakers right now!!!!! 🤣

i like the slight bump on the high md frequencies on PreSonus speakers. whoa and i got to the end comparison graph while typing this 😁😁

귀에 무리가 덜 하고 하이퍼 기계적으로 음을 하나하나 분석해서 듣는 느낌은 HS8인데, 영화 같은 느낌의 사운드는 E8 XT임. 자세히 듣지 않으면 XT가 더 좋은데, 자세히 들으면 HS8이 좋음. 자세히 듣지 않으면 HS8는 별로일 수 있음. 하이가 크기 때문에 마치 이어폰을 최대로 해서 하이만 빠져나오는 소리를 듣는 느낌을 받을 수 있음. 그러나 음을 세세하게 감상할 수록 HS8이 더 아름다움. 선택이 매우 어렵다. 일단, HS8이 더 시원하고 선명하다. 플랫함이야 모양을 봐서 알 수 있고. 둘 다 갖고싶음. 좌뇌와 우뇌를 보는 모양이다. 클래식에서는 XT는 꽝인 듯. 그래도 나는 저 눈깔 모양의 홀을 좋아해서 사게 될 것이다. 그 모양이 만드는 딥한 커브가 좋으면서 답답하고 그걸 HS8이 보완하길 기대한다. 한 짝씩 사면 어떻게 되는지 아시는 분?

Hi Guys. One question, you know How to connect 2 Eris E8 xt to console Numark Mixtrack Platinum? Thanks

The problem is the maintenance of equipment characteristics in long-term scale production. Yamaha has already proven that it maintains good product and delivers good products to long-term retail without changes to dry up costs. New brands and or boutique equipment have the difficulty of maintaining this for the long term. I prefer for now to keep my choice on HS8

Yamaha HS8 sounds more accurate and distinguishable

I vote for none, speakers will sound differently in every room , and through different mics smh lol

Excelente voy por el eris 😎

There's a nasty low mid congestion in the Eris. Can nobody hear them??

I wished the Yamaha's were fornt ported..

Don't buy the presonus junk. I own them. Disappointed big time.

Maybe the Presonus sounds better in the video, because the tweeter makes the sweet spot broader and thereby easier to find.

Everytime I search a comparison of speakers in the same price range, there is a your video about them. You are awesome!

dsaudio, would you say spl levels make much of a diff? say 107 vs 100?

PRESONUS tá com uma qualidade ABSURDA nos monitores 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Presonus has a history of shit soldering. So it makes me nevse thinking about getting them. I'd like someone to take on apart so I can see how well they were built on the inside. I've spent so many hours soldering presonus gear in the past.

Hs8 are sopeakers , not monitors , they are the live dj version of hs80M , that are real monitors.

I am impressed with E8 XT, in every comparison it comes out at the top for me

In all tests hs8 top end up and you down ? Is there any intervention?

I have both of these Eris e8xt sound amazing....Its because they were released after HS8...Maybe version 2 of HS8s will be better

❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮

Eris 8XT sound better than Yamahas. Really amazed❤

From my experience i think the Yamaha's are monitors to be used to quickly put a mix together and master

I think HS8's mid/high range sounds more clear. In any video comparing to recent XT's successor, Eris Studio 8 and ADAM A8H, it's clear that Studio 8 has lower mid-range clarity, and this phenomenon feels the same when compared to HS8.

Yamaha has more clarity but punch could be exhausting i dont know, id like to listen both of them for two days, i think yamaha is better, has clearer sound while not being iritating like tannoy or edifer, treble is much more profound at yamaha, altough if i had money i wouldnt risk on buying yamaha, id buy XT8, seems like good buy, also id like to just listen music, i need calming sound of XT, but those who produce would prefer yamaha for precision

all in all its good to have them both

id like to hear comparasion of hs8 and adam 8, those two monitors seems similar

Yamaha HS8 has a much cleaner, tighter bass, a better presentation of the mids and a way more open, relaxed and natural sound.

Just checked the comparison with my Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro studio headphones connected to a Lake People G109-P headphone amp.
But I also got similar sound results with my Yamaha MSP3 studio monitors connected to a Fostex PM-SUBmini 2 subwoofer.

Since I own a pair of Presonus Eris E4.5 in my gaming and movie corner as well, both will sound really good in the end compared to many other speakers.
But for really accurate mixing, I'd rather go for the Yamaha - just my own experiences with the really sophisticated Japanese technology, not only in the home studio.

Man these guys are so similar I never see monitors this close in sound LOOK AT THE FREQUENCY SHEET!

Bro could not have picked a better battle track for studio monitors. 😆

The Presonus sounds exactly like the one I bought. I’m happy with the choice because of more low end precedence

Well-said Presonus : Accuracy defined.