Yamaha Introduces YH-5000 Flagship Headphones
"The pinnacle of True Sound in headphones" is the statement from Yamaha in Shizuoka, Japan, this morning with the announcement of its flagship YH-5000 headphones.
The company continues, "it's a flagship product crafted with the desire to bring our modern True Sound ideals to a concept born in 1976 at the start of an audio revolution", and a product easily worthy of joining the 5000 Series range from Yamaha.
The YH-5000 were designed with a quality that exudes prestige and performance in all aspects of its creation and is said to be the result of 6 years of research and over 1,000 prototypes of the ORTHODYNAMIC driver diaphragm.
To completely redesign the original ORTHODYNAMIC driver created by Yamaha in 1976, Yamaha combined the driver with modern acoustic principals, materials, and manufacturing techniques to create a set of headphones that the company says "truly embraces the legacy of Yamaha's past achievements while forging a new path".
The YH-5000 not only faithfully captures every nuance of the artist's intent and emotion but is also capable of unlocking those in the listener, presenting their music in a way they may have been previously not heard.
Yamaha's YH-5000 is manufactured in its Kakegawa factory, alongside the company's famous grand pianos, taking advantage of the company's most skilled artisans and the highest quality materials available.
The flagship headphones will initially launch as the YH-5000SE (Special Edition), which includes a variety of premium accessories that have been carefully designed to enhance and complement the musical performance, flexibility, and pride of ownership.
These accessories include two types of earpads, each with their own sound character, two detachable cables featuring individual braiding of left and right channels for greater levels of stereo separation, and a custom headphone stand built from aluminium, providing the perfect display for pride of place in any collection. An optional XLR cable will also be available for £749.
The YH-5000 is indeed a statement product from Yamaha that could only be achieved from over 135 years of musical product knowledge and engineering.
Yamaha's YH-5000SE will be available in April 2023 and will sell for £4,799 RRP. The standard version YH-5000 will follow in Q3 2023 and is expected to sell for $5,999 RRP in Australia and we're awaiting a confirmed UK price.
For more information visit Yamaha
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
Posted in: Headphones
JOIN IN THE DISCUSSION
Want to share your opinion or get advice from other enthusiasts? Then head into the Message
Forums where thousands of other enthusiasts are communicating on a daily basis.
CLICK HERE FOR FREE MEMBERSHIP
Trending
applause awards
Each time StereoNET reviews a product, it is considered for an Applause Award. Winning one marks it out as a design of great quality and distinction – a special product in its class, on the grounds of either performance, value for money, or usually both.
Applause Awards are personally issued by StereoNET’s global Editor-in-Chief, David Price – who has over three decades of experience reviewing hi-fi products at the highest level – after consulting with our senior editorial team. They are not automatically given with all reviews, nor can manufacturers purchase them.
The StereoNET editorial team includes some of the world’s most experienced and respected hi-fi journalists with a vast wealth of knowledge. Some have edited popular English language hi-fi magazines, and others have been senior contributors to famous audio journals stretching back to the late 1970s. And we also employ professional IT and home theatre specialists who work at the cutting edge of today’s technology.
We believe that no other online hi-fi and home cinema resource offers such expert knowledge, so when StereoNET gives an Applause Award, it is a trustworthy hallmark of quality. Receiving such an award is the prerequisite to becoming eligible for our annual Product of the Year awards, awarded only to the finest designs in their respective categories. Buyers of hi-fi, home cinema, and headphones can be sure that a StereoNET Applause Award winner is worthy of your most serious attention.