[nephilim32]

We have a very special video today! The Yamaha YH-5000SE Orthodynamic Open Back Flagship Headphones; other flagship headphones dethroned?



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I know how you feel.

 

[Nomax]

I’ve been following this thread for a while, I’m very surprised that there is not much impressions of these headphones on various DAPs. I’m primarily a portable (I.E. DAP, dongle ) user, I don’t have a desktop set up. Only one I see is SP3000. Any other DAPs that do these headphones justice?

M17/M15S

NOMAX

PS.lol

 

[coding101]

How's the sound stage? I'm particularly interested in being able to pinpoint where each instrument is coming from. Most of the time I use my K712 Pros for the sound stage which is important for competitive gaming.

 

[Ichos]

How's the sound stage? I'm particularly interested in being able to pinpoint where each instrument is coming from. Most of the time I use my K712 Pros for the sound stage which is important for competitive gaming.

Not HD800S wide but when it comes to positioning and localization of every performer , I think that it is among the two - three best on the planet if not the best.

 

[nephilim32]

I have to say I am so happy to have tried these headphones. At this point, I really feel they are worth saving for. I do, however, want to audition them again and further using some of my own personal music sources to get a more complete picture.

I’m excited again. Look forward to trying to attain these headphones. They are unique and worth anyone’s attention who absolutely loves this hobby of ours.

Happy listening, gents and possible ladies.

 

[doctorK53]

How's the sound stage? I'm particularly interested in being able to pinpoint where each instrument is coming from. Most of the time I use my K712 Pros for the sound stage which is important for competitive gaming.

Unfortunately I cannot comment how they work on gaming (i play only Pokemon Go), though, I agree Ichos. Precise sound stage is the most (or, one of the most) competitive feature of YH-5000SE among the headphones I have tried, including HD800S and LCD5.

Here is my comment on the point from my first impression post.

Soundstage:
Excellent. The soundstage quality is the most attractive feature of YH. Believe me, I use HD800S for daily listening, and even though I say this. The width may be a bit smaller than HD800s. Height is similar but not the highest (imo ak701y3 is the highest). Depth (front-and-rear direction, or Z axis) is the best in the three dimensions. Well, I wrote "soundstage quality". YH-5000se shows me where in the stage each of the players is, or, for pop and rock, what post-production engineers intended to place each musician. Not only side-by-side, but also front/rear and low/high relations. Say, in the above recording of Mozart, the double-bass section stays a bit right and behind the cello team. Normally I can see they stay right of the cellos. I found that I have missed front/rear information for more than a decade. For studio recording, for example in "Welcome to Japari Park", many "animal girls" sing and chant. Their positioning intended by the composer/guitarist/engineer Oishi is very clear. I found that he added his own small voice behind everything with small sound images. Ah, I wrote about the details too much. The 3D holographic reproduction takes me to the concert hall. I can see the orchestra on the stage from a center-middle seat, and it is also possible to find each instrument. This is what I expected for a long time.

 

[LoveKnight]

Here is another review from Stereonet in Australia. Hopefully you guys enjoy the review. Do not know if this review has been posted or not.

https://www.stereonet.com/au/reviews/yamaha-yh-5000se-flagship-over-ear-headphones-review

There will be a Melbourne Hifi & AV Show in October hopefully I could have a chance to listen to this Yamaha headphone if it is available.

 

[up late]

that review was posted two pages back

 

[HiFiDJ]

Had this written for some time now, but I recently updated it with a few things and refined it a bit further. I might re-do some of the headphone comparisons, not because I changed my mind but because I want to add much more detail. It won't be for a while though, but my thoughts still stand...

https://www.sonusapparatus.com/2023/06/yamaha-yh-5000se-a-stunning-re-entry/

 

[up late]

^ excellent write up with comparisons

 

[nephilim32]

Had this written for some time now, but I recently updated it with a few things and refined it a bit further. I might re-do some of the headphone comparisons, not because I changed my mind but because I want to add much more detail. It won't be for a while though, but my thoughts still stand...

https://www.sonusapparatus.com/2023/06/yamaha-yh-5000se-a-stunning-re-entry/

Your write up is better than the guy on stereo net.

 

[537778]

 

[newertype]

So excited to try these out at the next Can Jam (hopefully)

 

[Umwelt]

After giving up on open-back headphones, these (along with the D8000 LE) have reignited my curiosity once again.

This will sound like a silly question, but how much do these sound "like headphones"? What I mean is this: with open-back headphones you obviously have a sense of the larger open space around you and how sound would feel within it even if the room is quiet, while simultaneously having a sense of the close proximity of the sound coming out of the headphones. This results in headphone output being perceived as coming from right next to your ear and this perception is magnified by the openness of the space around you being noticeable thanks to the phones being open. For all their disadvantages, closed headphones can create an illusion of sound coming from around you like with speakers, even if it means making you feel like you are inside a much smaller space. And that's precisely what has led me toward closed headphones that "don't feel like headphones" in lieu of speakers.

That said, some open headphones can be worse than others when it comes to this factor, and I'm wondering where these might land in that spectrum.

 

[Tachyon88]

After giving up on open-back headphones, these (along with the D8000 LE) have reignited my curiosity once again.

This will sound like a silly question, but how much do these sound "like headphones"? What I mean is this: with open-back headphones you obviously have a sense of the larger open space around you and how sound would feel within it even if the room is quiet, while simultaneously having a sense of the close proximity of the sound coming out of the headphones. This results in headphone output being perceived as coming from right next to your ear and this perception is magnified by the openness of the space around you being noticeable thanks to the phones being open. For all their disadvantages, closed headphones can create an illusion of sound coming from around you like with speakers, even if it means making you feel like you are inside a much smaller space. And that's precisely what has led me toward closed headphones that "don't feel like headphones" in lieu of speakers.

That said, some open headphones can be worse than others when it comes to this factor, and I'm wondering where these might land in that spectrum.

All headphones sound like headphones, closed or open. Only one for me that feels like something extra is going on is the HD800/s due to its construction and the space it gives the music. So if people are saying this is slightly smaller soundstage then that, I think that is your answer. It will still feel like a headphone.

What closed are you liking ? I have the DCA stealth and while it doesn't sound like a closed HP, it still a HP experience.