Whether used as nearfield alternative monitors to complement full-range speakers in professional studios or as the main monitors in project studios worldwide, Yamaha NS-10s have been used to mix many thousands of recordings, ranging from amateur bedroom productions to multi-platinum-selling hits. No other studio monitor comes close to the NS-10 in terms of popularity, and its familiar tone - like it or not - will ensure that it continues to be the reference by which all other small nearfield monitors are judged.
The NS-10M won Yamaha a Technical Grammy in 2007, citing that the speakers were used in "almost every studio."