[ThEvil0nE]

I'm worried about my ears touching the pads...they look pretty tiny. Wish there was a way to try them on before ordering here in south Florida.

The 3.5 and 4.4 default cables do suggest their size.

 

[Art Garfunkel]

Fortunately, I happened to have HD800s with me now.
I measured the size of the outer grill of the HD800s's 56mm driver. From the outer edge of the mesh to the shoulder of the other side of the mesh was 50mm.


We can see Yamaha's 50mm diaphragm and its cover metal part in the photo of the headphone festival in Tokyo this September.


Then we can compare whole pictures of those two on the same scale.





Measuring from the first image of the comparison, the diameter of the earpad of YH-5000SE is 28% shorter than the height of the earpad of HD800S.


Photos
YH-5000SE: Yamaha's Official web
HD800s: Sennheiser's Official web + a Webshop (side view)

Why is one $1500 and the other $6000? Makes no sense.

 

[ThEvil0nE]

Why is one $1500 and the other $6000? Makes no sense.

Construction

 

[voja]

Construction

There's a LOT more to it than just construction.

I find these sort of questions and comparisons understandable, but remember that this is the Special Edition. It's limited, it's exclusive. Take Meze for example, they charged $1k more just for the finish on their limited edition of the Empyrean.

With the YH-5000SE, you are just getting an early access to the YH-5000, paired with all the premium accessories and each unit being nubmered (serial no. featured on the headband).

Conclusion: YH-5000 is not a $6000 headphone.

 

[Hawaiiancerveza]

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[voja]

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Welcome aboard!

 

[betula]

Why is one $1500 and the other $6000? Makes no sense.

If you ask the same question every time you come across headphones priced between $1000 and $10.000, you must be a busy man.

 

[Beagle]

Construction

 

[oqvist]

It's excels at being limp and boring even when amped properly. It doesn't compare to the Utopia or a number of other flagships.

Yeah dynamics dynamic headphones do better then ortodynamics in that department. Makes sense they can move more more air faster with bigger throw.

Do they have some vplanar tech or something to reduce this issue some? Ether c flow with its tech is a bit better then the lcd 2 but still not comparable with dynamics. Ananda is perhaps the best example of dynamic compression I have heard.

 

[chargedcapacitor]

Yeah dynamics dynamic headphones do better then ortodynamics in that department. Makes sense they can move more more air faster with bigger throw.

Do they have some vplanar tech or something to reduce this issue some? Ether c flow with its tech is a bit better then the lcd 2 but still not comparable with dynamics. Ananda is perhaps the best example of dynamic compression I have heard.

That's not really an issue with most headphones. Check out this guy's experiment with dynamic compression in various headphones during his review of the SRH-1840:

https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/headphones/measurements/shure/srh-1840/

Basically, most headphones have identical frequency response plots between 55db and 90db. This means the drivers don't suffer from dynamic compression loss. So I would imagine Yamaha designed their headphone completely enough for this not to be an issue.

 

[oqvist]

That's not really an issue with most headphones. Check out this guy's experiment with dynamic compression in various headphones during his review of the SRH-1840:

https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/headphones/measurements/shure/srh-1840/

Basically, most headphones have identical frequency response plots between 55db and 90db. This means the drivers don't suffer from dynamic compression loss. So I would imagine Yamaha designed their headphone completely enough for this not to be an issue.

You want it to be able to go to eleven as well

 

[chargedcapacitor]

You want it to be able to go to eleven as well

Like when you try to get bass out of a Focal headphone and it just distorts? Lol

 

[oqvist]

Like when you try to get bass out of a Focal headphone and it just distorts? Lol

A reference to spinal tap But 120 db peaks is a common goal in mastering. orthos can get there too of course but there is a difference I noticed with all the orthos I tried versus dynamics how they handle pianissimo vs fortissimo

 

[doctorK53]

@usage_e
Super lightweight.
The sound is massive, yet has a good "through" feeling
Fine detail can be heard in the lows and highs
Character is apparent in a small volume
It differentiates itself from other high-end headphones.

A translation of another tweet was added in my previous post.

 

[Pashmeister]

This gives me another reason to fly to Japan on holiday next year. I wonder how much it would cost me to purchase these from Tokyo/Osaka tax free, and if they’d be readily available!