In your case having speakers of decent quality is a must. You arent in a position of having something break down on you and having to ship and reship. The Yamahas will do a fine job. Understand that with ANY monitor, you will have a learning curve, where your ears become accustomed to the speakers response to the material you're doing. Also there is a 'break-in' period. It takes a while for new speakers to get settled in and usually this will involve a number of hours of use.

So as you are learning them, they are getting comfortable with you.

Thank you, Dave! Much appreciated! :)

gotta go with the BM5a, sound amazing over the Yamahas

+Yamaha HS80m's they sound great! That is what we use here at the studio and they sound great!

Cheers,
Nicholas

You posted in Pro Audio: so... I'm on a big push for Focal monitors now. You may get setup with something from them for only a $100 more that are in a different league.
Do some serious reading on monitors and acoustics. For the extra bit of cash, it goes a long way when you are mixing down on something that is accurate.
At first we start out wanting to get a studio and we don't really know what its all about. As we develop our ear and knowledge about recording, we soon find the limitations and begin searching to make things better, as you are doing now and I am doing day by day too.

Keep in mind... at the end of the day it comes down to, what you hear is what you deliver and what you are being judged on. Your monitor system is a most important part of the pro audio chain. Home Recording, its another story and far more forgiving.

my 2 cents for today.