BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc has announced the January 2007 retirement of legendary speaker designer Akira Nakamura. Since 1965, Mr. Nakamura has led the development of a wide variety of commercial audio speakers, the most famous being the Yamaha NS-10M studio reference monitors, which he developed in 1987. "The recording industry is losing the man responsible for designing the NS-10M monitors, which for over the past 20 years, most engineers have used, and many of us still use today," states engineer/producer, Elliot Scheiner.
Nakamura placed great emphasis on designing speakers with excellent fundamental physical characteristics — an even acoustic pressure frequency response and good distortion.
"We will be forever grateful to Nakamura-san for his dedication and passion for superior design," states Larry Italia, vice president/general manager, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.
"During our time working together, I found Mr. Nakamura's dedication was surpassed only by his attention to detail," states Michael C. Adams, acoustic engineer, Audio Composite Engineering (ACE) and co-developer for the Yamaha Installation Series. "His sense of sonic balance is remarkable, and it was a pleasure and honor to have had the opportunity to work closely with him; I wish him all the best."
A celebration will be held in his honor mid-January in Hamamatsu, Japan.
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