Yamaha YH-L700A takes on AirPods Max with 3D audio and head tracking

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Yamaha YH-L700A takes on AirPods Max with 3D audio and caput tracking

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Yahama has announced a new pair of over-ear headphones, consummate with premium 3D sound features that could give the Apple AirPods Max a run for its coin.

In addition to active racket counterfoil (ANC), the Yamaha YH-L700A'southward political party fob is a combination of 3D audio and built-in caput tracking. This sounds a lot like Apple's spatial audio feature, which works with head tracking on the AirPods Max — except the YH-L700A makes the feature available on both iOS and Android.

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Whereas spatial audio relies on music and movie soundtracks being mastered for Dolby Atmos, another 360-degree sound format, Yamaha'due south 3D Sound Field tech uses the company'southward ain Movie theater DSP processing. This converts stereo audio into multi-channel audio to produce more than a more immersive, 360-caste surroundings sound outcome.

With the Yamaha YH-L700A'southward head tracking, you should be able to move around while the origin points of sure sounds — similar a item instrument track, or a one-off sound effect — retains its original position in the 3D space.

Again, this sounds a lot like how head tracking works on the AirPods Max and AirPods Pro. Merely considering all of the processing takes place on the YH-L700A, it's not just limited to iOS like spatial sound is; Android users volition exist able to use head tracking too. As for compatible content, Yamaha says "most whatsoever source" of stereo sound will suffice.

3D Sound Field could therefore prepare two electric current problems with spatial audio. First, it could have a much wider range of supporting content; spatial sound in Apple Music doesn't currently take reward of caput tracking, leaving only sure Atmos-compatible videos for the AirPods Max to actually flex its capabilities.

Secondly, 3D Sound Field's mobile OS agnosticism will make the YH-L700A the first pair of mainstream consumer headphones to offer 3D head tracking on Android. And speaking of wider attainability, the YH-L700A will cost less than the AirPods Max: U.S. pricing hasn't yet been confirmed, but the YH-L700A will cost £449 when it launches in the U.K. this August. That'southward £100 less than the AirPods Max's launch price.

This is still a pricey pair of cans — it's rare for even the best over-ear headphones to tip over £300/$300. But with head tracking, ANC and fifty-fifty audio optimization that adjusts output to your head shape, the Yamaha YH-L700A may be worth it.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, only before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote computing and gaming news for TG, commonly relating to how hard it is to discover graphics card stock.

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