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Review: Yamaha TW-E5B

December 17, 2022 by Sujith Gopinath

Price: ₹14,200

Yamaha has experienced, replicated, and engineered probably every sound that can be produced by wind, string, membrane, or any other vibrating surface. A leading manufacturer of audio equipment and easily one of the most recognisable brands in musical instruments, Yamaha traces its origins to a legend surrounding reed organs. And this is the legacy and expectation that their debut line-up of true wireless earbuds tries to live up to. The TW-E5B is the mid-range model in Yamaha’s TWS line-up and joins a crowded and competitive space. 

The Yamaha TW-E5B comes in the largest charging case we have ever seen, and it is certainly not comfortable to be carried in your jeans pocket. The earbuds too are uncomfortably big. To give credits where due, both the case and the buds offer premium build quality. The device carries IPX5 ingress protection rating, making it resistant to water splashes. There is no touch interface, but the physical buttons are quite responsive and offer much better control than most touch sensitive buds. The earbuds have a twist-to-fit design. The fit depends much on the shape of your ear and the size of your ear canal. Yamaha has included four sizes of eartips. Even though I managed to get a good fit, the top-heavy design and the large protruding body made it extremely uncomfortable to wear during my walking and workout, checking the fit often. I also felt the tips were sensitive to temperature changes since the buds were coming loose often while flying onboard chilled aircraft cabins.


The E5B doe not feature active noise cancellation, and hence noise cancelling depends on the fit of the buds. The buds connect with smartphone via the Headphone Control app. Like the earbuds, the app is quite basic. It lets you activate ambient sound mode, gaming mode and Listening care mode. It also provides an equaliser with six presets along with a customisable user setting. Apart from the ambient mode, we did not find much difference in sound by toggling the other settings. The equaliser certainly helps in fine-tuning the sound profile, but with a limited range. The app shows battery status only for the buds and not the case.

Coming to sound, the earbuds offer a more or less balanced sound with emphasis on strong bass, like we Indians prefer, which is enjoyable to most people. However, we felt some overlap in certain instruments like cymbals and high-hats in addition to amplifying the uncomfortable background hum in husky male vocals. The percussion and jazz notes sounded particularly pleasing. The earbuds use 7mm drivers. The E5B does not offer a lot of volume range and hence you could find it restrictive while playing old tracks with low reproduction volume. I found myself playing music at full volume, which Apple Health app found to be around 65 dB. Overall, the experience was quite enjoyable, particularly when the earbuds could afford a proper fit.

The TW-E5B offers Qualcomm cVc (Clear Voice Capture) technology for better voice clarity during calls. The buds support SBC, AAC, and aptX codecs, making it compatible with high-res audio from a wide range of devices. It also supports Siri and Google Assistant. The earbuds provide up to 6 hours of playback time on a single charge and the case holds enough juice for three additional recharges.


<strong>Rating</strong>

WE’RE IMPRESSED Excellent sound quality, IPX5 rating, supports a wide range of codecs, battery life

WE’D IMPROVE Hefty design, the fit is more like a hit-or-miss, software needs much improvement  

THE LAST WORD As a first attempt from Yamaha, the TW-E5B is a decent release. However, it’s a highly competitive space, and others are doing much better.

Filed Under: Audio, Entertainment, Music, Review, Wearables Tagged With: audio, headphone, headphones, true wireless, TW-E5B, TWS, Yamaha

Yamaha Launches Wireless Buds

June 23, 2022 by Sweta Baruah

Yamaha has launched a duo of True Wireless Earbuds i.e. the TW-E3B and TW-E5B.

These new additions to the line-up of wireless sound devices are reported to deliver detailed and accurate timbre in each note while also taking care of the contrast between stillness and motion.

“Since True wireless earbuds fall into the highest-selling category due to their mobility and versatile use, Yamaha has taken excessive care while designing TW-E3B and TW- E5B so that its users can stay connected to music without harming their hearing capacity due to excessive use over a period of time.” said Venkatesh Prasad Manyam- Business Head, AV Sales & Marketing, Yamaha Music India.

According to reports, it auto-corrects the sound balance optimally according to the volume and balances the difficult-to-hear high and low frequencies. The TW-E3B is powered by audio codec Qualcomm aptX, that supports SBC, AAC, and Qualcomm’s advanced aptX audio. It comes with four different size ear tips and the insert housing has a non-slip coating for a secure fit. The earbuds are available in four colours- Blue, Pink, Purple and Black. All major controls such as play, pause, skip and volume buttons are placed on the earphones itself. Alternatively, the users can manage controls through Yamaha’s Headphones Controller app. It ensures 24-hr battery backup with a charging case and last between 6-18 hours (approx.).

The TW-E5B comes with an advanced mic design and Qualcomm CVC (Clear Voice Capture). It has a smart Ambient Sound mode and a Gaming Mode. Its housing design has an ‘edge’ to fit the ear canal for a better fit. The oval shape allows the user to rotate the earbuds to fit in any position. It comes with four sizes of ear-tips that are replaceable according to the size of the left and right earholes. It is available in two colours viz. Black and Blue. It has controls for phone calls, music playback and Siri / Google Assistant activation. The users can adjust custom EQ and other settings with the Yamaha Headphone Control app on their smartphone.

It has up to 30 hours of battery life with an enhanced charging case featuring battery life indicators.

The TW-E3B is available at a price of INR 8,490 while the TW-E5B will be available at a price of INR 14,200.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Yamaha, yamaha earbuds

Yamaha RX-A4A Aventage is a new AV receiver home-theatre system that transforms viewing

September 25, 2021 by T3 India

“Feel your walls melt away” is what Yamaha’s marketing tagline reads with respect to the all-new RX-A4A which is their latest home-theatre receiver system delivering breath-taking audio and high-quality visuals. The A4A comes packed with smart features and is integrated with AI to boost its performance.  This new 7-channel AVR system belongs to the AVENTAGE series of Yamaha and it strives to deliver high precision

The A4A makes users experience movies and games like never before with its state-of-the-art specs. Users can view or play games at 8K/60Hz or at 4K/120Hz (through a firmware update) that deliver an extremely higher quality of visuals. The gaming-dedicated functions, like ALLM, VRR, QMS, QFT, are all also available through a firmware update. Multiple and updated HDMI inputs support next-gen gaming consoles as well.

The RX-A4A is integrated with Yamaha’s proprietary sound field creation technology – the CINEMA DSP HD3 — which was created by combining ‘measured sound field data with digital signal processing. This means that the audio performance of the RX-A4A enables a realistic experience while viewing different kinds of scenes, which requires different kinds of recreation of sound – whether it is concert halls or a music club. The device analyses the acoustics of the user’s space or room and optimises the parameters of the sound accordingly.

The RX-A4A is powered by the 64-bit Qualcomm QCS407 which transforms the surround sound to the next level with support for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Extraordinary signal-to-noise ratio and up to 120 dB of dynamic range for professional quality audio is also delivered through the SABRE ES9007S Premier Audio DAC.

More so, the RX-A4A system is self-sufficient when it comes to protecting its inners from external vibration. This is through the newly-design Anti-Resonance Technology (ART), H-shaped Cross Frame and a mechanical structure. The receiver stays still while delivering a crystal clear sound.

The Yamaha RX-A4A is also integrated with smart features like Alexa and Google Assistant as well. The receiver can be controlled through the users’ smartphones as well from the MusicCast App. The cutting-edge design of the RX-A4A houses a High Slew Rate Amplifier and has a rated output power of 135Watts. The device weighs 16.2 kg and consists of an Auto Power Standby mode, and an ECO mode. Here are the complete specifications of the RX-A4A:

The Yamaha RX-A4A is priced at Rs. 1,29,490.

Filed Under: Audio, Entertainment, Smart Home, Technology Tagged With: AV Receiver, home theatre, Yamaha, Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A, Yamaha RX-A4A

AI-enabled Yamaha Aventage RX-A AV receivers launched in India

February 26, 2019 by Ankush Mahajan

Yahama has released Aventage, their flagship lineup of High Definition Home Theatre receivers in India. This consists of 4 receivers: Yamaha RX-A1080, Yamaha RX-A2080, Yamaha RX-A3080 and the Yamaha RX-A880 as well as a pre-amp, Yamaha CX-A5200. The Yamaha RX-A3080 is the flagship product of Aventage range.

Yamaha has incorporated Surround:AI, next generation AI technology that is the main selling point of the series. However, RX-A880 does not come with it. To give a brief summary on how it works, the audio transceiver is combined with the company’s proprietary artificial intelligence algorithm which is able to read the stereo input channels. Then in real time it is able to gauge the TV audio source and deliver it to the satellite speakers depending on the position relative to how it is on-screen. Thus, Surround:AI determines audio direction and outputs sound in accordance to that.

Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080

Further, support for Dolby ATMOS and DTS:X 3D surround is present. Adequate steps have been taken to ensure there is a minimal amount of vibrations and reverberations thanks to the noise-dampening electronics housed within. Yamaha’s MusicCast platform allows for pairing wireless front speakers and enabling multi-room wireless music casting from one receiver. All models are integrated with installed home-control systems like Control4 and RTI enabling users to do things like turn on the HTS, close the shades and even lower the lights with a single button press. The HDMI ports allow for native playback of HD or 4K content.

The pricing for the products is as follows: RX-A880 (Rs. 96,990 MRP), RX-A1080 (Rs. 1,22,990 MRP), RX-A2080 (Rs. 1,61,990 MRP), RX-A3080 (Rs. 1,93,990 MRP) and CX-A5200 (Rs. 2,12,990 MRP). The AVENTAGE RX-A receivers will be sold exclusively at authorised Yamaha AV dealers across the country.

Filed Under: Gadgets Tagged With: AVENTAGE RX-A, Yamaha, Yamaha AVENTAGE, Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A

Yamaha MotoBot: the robot that can ride superbikes

October 29, 2015 by T3 Content Feed - NextGen

The robot, which is the work of Yamaha’s robotics lab, is currently being tested and tweaked, with the overall goal of the project being to get MotoBot to hit  200 km/h (124 mph).

Right now the MotoBot’s ride of choice is Yamaha’s eye-bleedingly fast R1M 1000cc flagship, however, the humanoid has been developed so that it can operate any unmodified bike, adding a large dose of transferability to the futuristic tech.

Considering the large degree of incredibly complex motions needed to ride a motorcycle at high speed, Yamaha also hope that by analysing the MotoBot they can feed data back to their motocycle division to create even more advanced safety and rider-support systems for real life humans.

The fact that Yamaha has already called out legendary superbike rider Valentino Rossi to a drag race too, adds to the excitement that the MotoBot technology could have a big impact in the autonomous tech field.

Check out this short video below of the MotoBot in action.

 

Filed Under: News, Technology Tagged With: Yamaha

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