Unfortunately not. I am a newcomer of the world of high-end headphone and live a bit far from large cities, so have little chance to audition many headphones. I managed to borrow some of second line (in terms of price) headphones. Btw I have ath-r70x with me. I use it for zoom meeting because it is super light. Openness and sound stage size is somehow similar, but yh have smoother, thicker and a bit warmer sound, more information, and more holographic presentation. not sure if this comparison is helpful, but at least r70x looks like a younger brother of adx5000.
Yamaha YH-5000SE — a flagship from an orthodynamic headphones veteran!
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Since you live in Japan, there are a couple of headphones that can hit imo a totl sound for a low price since their old. ATH-AD2000, old ATH Woodies (more of a warmer sounds) except the W5000
, some old Sony’s and the Onkyo A800. Since you already heard the new Yamaha, you probably won’t be too impress with clarity anymore, so you want to look for different traits like timbre or whatever sound grabs your attention. The Onkyo A800 will shake up your world no matter how many totl headphone you tried. That headphone will be worth looking into in Japan.
Just looked him up and came across this cool rendition of Amazing Grace by him (poor sound quality here, but still very enjoyable):
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perhaps it's already been posted here but can someone confirm what the diameter of the diaphragm is? thanks in advance.
50mm i believe
It’s 50mm according to media articles in Japanese. As an official source, see this photo in the audio event in which YH-5000SE appeared for the first time.
source: https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220918-2457605/
Thanks a lot! I used to have ath-a900 and liked it, i knew they had a series of wood phones but it was too expensive for me then (awas and awkt did not fit my head unfortunately). When I got a chance to go to Akihabara, I will visit the second-hand corner in e-earphone and look for them!
What type of plug they have on the headphone side? Hopefully nothing proprietary.
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It’s 50mm according to media articles in Japanese. As an official source, see this photo in the audio event in which YH-5000SE appeared for the first time.
source: https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220918-2457605/
thank you both
It is 3.5mm mono. So the plug itself is very normal. Some already reported that a cable for susvara worked well. One caution is connector part on the headphones side. The hole is a bit deep and there is a ring inside to hold the connector. If the connector of the cable is thick, it may not fit.
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Many thanks for this. It looks to me somehow similar with Final D series and I have a feeling that custom cables for those (which bypass locking mechanism) will work on this one.
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The Yamaha YH-5000SE will be available for audition at the Montreal AudioFest March 24 - 26. I can't wait to listen!
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@doctorK53 how stable are they on the head? can you walk around the house with them without them falling off ? Or is it a balancing act?
Walking around, looking back, sitting down and standing up are OK. It moves when looking down to pick up something on the floor (did not fell).
The clamping force is weak. Quick move is not recommended.
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