 Early use of the NS @-@ 10 among engineers include Bob Clearmountain , Rhett Davies , and Bill Scheniman in the US , and Nigel Jopson in the UK . Clearmountain , then a rising star in record production , is often credited for the popularity of the NS @-@ 10 ; Phil Ward , writing in Sound on Sound , suggested that Clearmountain was probably not the earliest , but was certainly the most influential early adopter . It became a legend that Clearmountain had chosen it because it was the worst speaker he could find . He was one of a new breed of creative freelance recording engineers and producers who would travel from studio to studio equipped with their own gear that included microphones , and a pair of Yamaha NS @-@ 10 , as a reference . 
 Early use of the NS @-@ 10 among engineers include Bob Clearmountain , Rhett Davies , and Bill Scheniman in the US , and Nigel Jopson in the UK . Clearmountain , then a rising star in record production , is often credited for the popularity of the NS @-@ 10 ; Phil Ward , writing in Sound on Sound , suggested that Clearmountain <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> probably <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>the earliest , but was certainly the most influential early adopter . It became a legend that Clearmountain <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> chosen it because it was the worst speaker he could find . He was one of a new breed of creative freelance recording engineers and producers <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>would travel from studio to studio equipped with their own gear <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>included microphones , and a pair of Yamaha NS @-@ 10 , as a reference . 
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