jrkong
Formerly known as ak47-whaaa
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This is pretty sick! If you've got some tubes it would be cool to see if you can capture how they bring up the midrange or if it's in people's heads. In regards to the pads, fenestrated pads get closer to that open feel the original pads. The jersey material and thin foam they use really does some the some fun things with the sound.Oh whoops, I meant to no sonic success! It seems like to keep the unique midrange character you need a thin-ish pad. I had some mild success with a Fostex T50RP stock pad but I didn’t think it was any better than the Yamaha pads. The upper midrange dip remained with pad swapping so the main midrange trait that changed seemed to be the 1-2k rise, and messing with that too much made them sound even more cavernous to me.
For reference, I did measure the YH5k without pads for anyone else that wants to experiment!
Also, regarding the midrange dip, I've found the most success with the YH-5000SE when I play into it rather then against it. I usually adjust my volume based on the vocals and it fixes a good chunk of the distant nature of the mids for me.
Interestingly, on this Whathifi article they specifically mentioned that they used the Utopia, D8000 and the HD800S to compare and benchmark the YH-5000SE so there is definitely something very deliberate about the midrange dip.
https://www.whathifi.com/features/y...rding-yh-5000se-journey-and-future-headphones
“complicated... not easy to make” structure, which is made out of magnesium – chosen for its plastic-like lightness but greater strength and rigidity, and a big contributor to how comfortable, and consequently suitable for long listening, the YH-5000SE are. (They weigh 320g, in case you were wondering, making them lighter than the Focal Utopia (490g), Final D8000 (523g) and Sennheiser HD800S (330g) – all models which Yamaha says were used to compare and benchmark the YH-5000SE from a sound quality perspective.)