Yamaha Over-the-Ear Headphones YH-C3000

Engineered by skilled craftsmen, the elegant wooden housings resemble fine musical instruments in both form and spirit. Paired with our newly developed Armodynamic driver-over a decade in the making-these elements create a rich and open sound. The headphones are a high-end, closed-back headphone only a musical instrument brand like Yamaha could create, providing a listening experience where you become profoundly and purely immersed in the music.

With a name derived from the Italian term “armonia,” referring to musical “harmony,” the Armodynamic driver was newly developed specifically for the YH-C3000. The driver utilizes a unique diaphragm molded into a three-layer structure featuring composite materials such as paper and resin, and includes ZYLON, the same material also used in diaphragms of our Hi-Fi flagship speakers. By harmonizing the important elements for a diaphragm, such as light weight, rigidity and optimal internal loss, the driver achieves exceptionally smooth sound with high resolution and fast response. *ZYLON® is a registered trademark of TOYOBO MC Corporation. (MHC25029)

The wooden housing of the YH-C3000 is made of premium-quality beech, which is also employed in Yamaha grand pianos. Being light in weight and highly rigid — with a natural and uncolored sound — beech wood fully maximizes the strength of the Armodynamic® driver, contributing to its excellent sound resolution and speedy response.

Being natural, organic materials, each type of wood has its own personality, and it takes a wealth of experience and skilled craftsmanship to identify and shape it into a headphone housing. The wooden housing of the YH-C3000 is crafted with long-standing expertise and technical know-how, applied throughout the processes from wood procurement and processing to painting and polishing. With the painting in particular, the craftsmen carefully sand, paint, and polish multiple layers over an extended period, resulting in a beautiful black mirrored finish befitting a fine musical instrument, while still remaining semi-transparent, allowing you to enjoy the formation of the natural wood grain beneath.

Immerse yourself more deeply in your own world of sound and music. We’ve crafted a lightweight set of headphones that makes you forget you’re even wearing them.

In order to attain the highly immersive sound we aimed to give the YH-C3000, the headphones come with dedicated ear pads that have been developed through extensive prototyping. The materials that touch the ear are made of high-quality silk protein leather that is comfortable to the touch and possesses excellent airtightness, with cushioning material comprised of memory foam. With this, you can fully enjoy the remarkable sonic density and the vast amount of audio information contained inside the music. In addition, by improving the grip and stability of wearing, they provide a highly immersive feeling that makes you forget that you are wearing them. Moreover, the deep crimson inner mesh perfectly complements the black mirrored finish of the housing, creating an exquisite appearance like a fine musical instrument.