Our flagship YH-5000SE headphones combine advanced technologies to create a sound of tremendous quality. This is the very essence of Yamaha’s aspirations, to pursue a sound that is always true and so, we’ve also brought the finest materials, exemplified by our unique and historic ORTHODYNAMIC™ driver which has undergone even further evolution over time. For those seeking the absolute pinnacle of True Sound in headphones, the solution is here.
Yamaha’s original ORTHODYNAMIC™ headphones captivated audiophiles in the 1970s, beginning with the famed HP-1. Taking advantage of the latest technology, we’ve redesigned this driver, which encompasses a thin film diaphragm with metal coil patterning.
To minimize any degradation in sound quality, we’ve implemented various innovative measures. These include eliminating the fixed central structure of conventional headphones, ensuring shape retention by use of concentric circle corrugation and pattern reinforcement, and avoiding magnetic substances in the vicinity. All of these enable an authentic sound that is easy on the ears and yet ultra-responsive.
The large housing that comfortably envelops the ear has ample internal acoustic volume. It features an open-back design for creating ideal airflow, thereby reducing adverse effects on the thin film diaphragm, and preventing sound reflections inside the rear cavity. This helps with eliminating undesirable resonance. Moreover, we’ve adopted a newly developed Japanese-made rolled plain Dutch weave stainless steel filter to control internal pressure in the housing, with an arch-shaped protrusion arranged inside the housing which functions as a reflector.
In order to regulate and maintain optimum pressure inside the housings, we’ve employed a rolled plain Dutch weave stainless steel filter of Japanese manufacture. Produced under strict air permeability control, this filter enables smooth air discharge and is the key element in creating the sound field expression we aspired to for the YH-5000SE. As a result, it achieves both a remarkable level of density and openness at the moment when the sound rises.
The YH-5000SE features detachable high-quality cables for giving true audiophiles flexibility. Moreover, two types of cables are included for both balanced and unbalanced connections: a specially designed 3.5 mm, 3-pole plug cable and a 4.4 mm five-pole plug balanced cable. The core of the cable is comprised of silver-coated OFC cable, resulting in clear mid- and high-frequencies and expressive lows. Through precise braiding, any parallel alignment of independent signals is avoided so that all audio is transmitted with the highest purity, enabling remarkably accurate sonic and spatial expansiveness.
Featuring an extraordinarily dignified design where all non-essential aspects have been stripped away, these headphones echos the dynamism and vibrant exuberance of the “life” found in various music. We employed a triaxial mesh material used in aerospace applications to protect the open-back housing, giving it not only a high-quality texture, but a beautiful design as well.
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