 The Yamaha NS @-@ 10 is a loudspeaker that became a standard nearfield studio monitor in the music industry among rock and pop recording engineers . Launched in 1978 , the NS @-@ 10 started life as a bookshelf speaker destined for the domestic environment . It was poorly received but eventually became a valuable tool with which to mix rock recordings . The speaker has a characteristic white @-@ coloured mid – bass drive unit . 
 The Yamaha NS @-@ 10 <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a loudspeaker <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>became a standard nearfield studio monitor in the music industry among rock and pop recording engineers . Launched in 1978 , the NS @-@ 10 started life as a bookshelf speaker destined for the domestic environment . It was poorly received but eventually became a valuable tool with which to mix rock recordings . The speaker <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> a characteristic white @-@ coloured mid – bass drive unit . 
The Yamaha NS @-@ 10 a loudspeaker became a standard nearfield studio monitor in da music industry among rock and pop recording engineers . Launched in 1978 , the NS @-@ 10 started life as a bookshelf speaker destined fa tdadomestic environment . It was poorly received but eventually became a valuable tool with which to mix rock recordings . The speaker have a characteristic white @-@ coloured mid – bass drive unit .