Unbelievable


Yamaha really made this statement:

Glossy black piano finish provides improved signal-to-noise performance


https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/speaker_systems/ns-5000/index.html

 

I thought I would seek opportunity to hear these speakers, but now I do not think so

 

 

 

 

 


sashav
A little more from Hokkaido...

"The ear pieces are made from strikingly beautiful traditional Japanese Echizen lacquer-finshed Hokkaido Asada cherry heartwood."
https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headphones/3c552629c6cf881d/index.html

Check the video...

https://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/TH900.shtml
The whole thing looks like a very poorly translated thing, I doubt Yamaha actually meant to say that in Japanese.  Something got clipped.
C’mon everybody knows that that statement came from Eric at Tekton and it’s covered by patent # BR549
This is the big one! A hifi claim that nobody believes or defends. 

“Of course you can’t know if it works or not if you haven’t actually tried it. “

So there.....