First produced in 1982, the NS-2000 is an improved version of the older NS-1000 speaker that was first made in the early to mid 1970s. Like the NS-1000, it is a 3-way acoustic suspension speaker system with a beryllium-dome midrange and tweeter. However, the woofer of the NS-2000 was entirely new, made of pure carbon fiber instead of paper. The cabinet is also improved and is larger and heavier than the NS-1000. The NS-2000 was Yamaha's top-of-the-line, flagship speaker product when it debuted. A few years later, the NSX-10000 was produced in limited numbers and is very similar to the NS-2000. The NS-1000xw was produced shortly after the NS-2000, and it is essentially a smaller version of the NS-2000. Also of note in Yamaha's line of beryllium-dome speakers is the GF-1.