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Yamaha YH-5000SE Headphones £4799

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Mention Yamaha and it is the Japanese brand’s enviable track record with home cinema amplifiers that comes to mind. The company is also a dominant force in musical instruments, motorcycles and more, but its smallish domestic headphone range tends to get overlooked. It seems Yamaha is determined to change that with the introduction of the range-topping YH-5000SE.

The YH-5000SE uses an orthodynamic driver, an older term for

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