{"id":134104,"date":"2021-07-16T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=134104"},"modified":"2021-07-16T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:00:15","slug":"yamaha-yh-l700a-noise-reduction-head-tracking-and-3d-sound-emulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/yamaha-yh-l700a-noise-reduction-head-tracking-and-3d-sound-emulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamaha YH-L700A: Noise reduction, head tracking and 3D sound emulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They have been trying to add three-dimensionality to two-channel headphones for a long time &#8211; and Yamaha did not stand aside: the full-size YH-L700A wireless headphones were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/au.yamaha.com\/en\/products\/audio_visual\/headphones\/yh-l700a\/index.html#product-tabs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promised<\/a>\u00a0immersive 360 \u200b\u200b\u00b0 sound when playing music from any source.<\/p>\n<p>The 3D Sound Field virtualization technology is responsible for this.\u00a0She has several settings: and preset modes for different music and different genres of cinema, and custom adjustments.\u00a0This is all configurable in the Yamaha Headphones Controller App for mobile devices.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f3d635e-af00-46f6-ad89-4550b442ece3.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Virtualization is also helped by a system that tracks the position of the listener&#8217;s head in space relative to the source.\u00a0This will be especially useful when watching movies.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these functions, there is also the Listening Optimizer, which adjusts the sound of the headphones to the ears of a particular listener, and the Listening Care, which corrects the frequency response so that everything is heard well at low volume.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/b05ef7a-0465-4392-9202-0eacd490cc4b.jpg\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is also adaptive noise reduction with adaptive noise transmission.\u00a0The YH-L700A sources are connected via Bluetooth 5.0, from the codecs they support aptX Adaptive plus SBC and AAC, and they can even play music in Hi-Res format via cable &#8211; the declared frequency range was 8 Hz &#8211; 40 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>The headphone battery will last for 34 hours with the noise reduction turned on, but the 3D sound emulator is much more voracious: with this function, plus the noise reduction, the headphones will work for only 11 hours.\u00a0And we cannot say that the model turned out to be heavy &#8211; visually massive headphones with rounded cups weigh 330 grams.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4476bf9-6da6-478a-8018-07c9c83abd9e.jpg\" width=\"948\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The kit includes a charging cable, audio cable and hard case.\u00a0The start of sales is scheduled for August &#8211; in the UK Yamaha YH-L700A will cost 450 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have been trying to add three-dimensionality to two-channel headphones for a long time &#8211; and Yamaha did not stand aside: the full-size YH-L700A wireless headphones were\u00a0promised\u00a0immersive 360 \u200b\u200b\u00b0 sound when playing music from any source. The 3D Sound Field virtualization technology is responsible for this.\u00a0She has several settings: and preset modes for different music [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/yamaha-yh-l700a-noise-reduction-head-tracking-and-3d-sound-emulation\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":134109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-134104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}