Good choice Mike. I have this complete system since few months. In term of technical innovations, quality at every level ! Amp, Preamp, Cabinets, Turntable. Simplicity and amazing quality. This system is consistent with all elements together, absolutlely ! Special Thanks to Susumu Kumazawa, audio manager at Yamaha.

The NS5000 is a worthy successor to the legendary Yamaha NS1000M and no one comes close to the Yamaha sound. Thanks for the review.

Terrific video, not many high-end places out there to see this level of Yamaha equipment. Thank you Mike !!!

I'm a former Yamaha dealer........nice to see this. Thanks so much !!!

Mike- So happy to see you emphasizing your expertise in gear and not just records. I've bought two pretty solid systems from Mike (BAT, Rega, Klipsch, Technics, Thorens, Focal- he carries great brands). It greatly adds to the enjoyment of the process to have Mike's passion and knowledge behind the purchase.

Yamaha always makes respectable gear

Absolutely perfect job with the review video Mike - I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to more of them in the future! Northern New Jersey loves you :)

Beautiful setup. This would be the direction I would go for, love the simplicity and look.

The matching CD-S3000 is both a CD/SACD player and a stellar DAC.

I'm a yamaha fan. I've seen various reviews and they confirm what I thought. It'll be good to hear your views once I can watch this. Whatever you say, I find them 👌

The leg kick for heavy amp setup is a must 😂 Killer setup, and I can vouch for the sound that Mike is describing

You really hit the nail on the head. There is a lot of very expensive gear that doesn't sound very good together. I appreciate your honesty. Where I find this to be most evident is the further down the audio chain you go. Here's what I mean by that. I own a Linn Sondek LP12 turntable (and I by no means feel that is your only option but I have owned one for 40 years and it works with just about everything just so long as the components further down the chain are compatible, injecting more and more of their own characteristics into the sound). It has taken me years to tweak the end of the chain and surprisingly, I have ended up with a fairly modest amplifier (Linn LK85) and preamp (Aragon 18K) and even more modest speakers (vintage Rectilinear XIas that are 50 years old). Where I have found most of the problems are with very expensive amplifiers that are simply horribly incompatible with the very expensive speakers' people have purchased. I had one friend literally fall down to a sitting position when I played some of the Skull and Roses album by The Grateful Dead on this system. Cost of this system? Hard to ballpark because the Linn is 41 years old and has some upgrades. I think you would have to spend about $8,000 on a new one to get to the level of what I have in this one. But the rest of the system is maybe $3,000. Now I will say I have an acoustically great and relatively small listening room. That simplifies the problem quite a bit.

I have a Yamaha AS2200 integrated amp. I love it. The MM Phono input in to it is that good i sold my $1000 phono and use it. Took at least 100 hours to break in. Although only 90w per channel it will drive anything as its quality power.

I own their flagship 5000 series headphones. Remarkable in every way, but very demanding and picky of what you plug into them.

Yamaha is also a musical instrument manufacturer and has a major engineering dept. Bang for buck even at this price point. I just can't stand piano black no matter how good.

Nicely done, Michael. When I first got into hi-fi back in the 80's, what I could listen to in the area that I lived was what many would consider "mid-fi". I placed Yamaha in that category then. (I bought a Yamaha CR-3020 receiver...it was gorgeous!!). Yamaha and Luxman were available at the shop I frequented, and both brands made some of the best looking equipment there was....still do. Yamaha has definitely stepped up their game over the years....the equipment still looks beautiful, but sounds so much better. It can compete with some of the best in high end. Thanks for the review, and for sharing your passion. Nice job!!

Mike!! Whats missing in this setup is a good 32 - channel EQ made by Arts Professionals. Youll be surprisingly astonished how much better the sound is with this EQ. Personally i have never like ANY stereo setup without an EQ part of the sysyem hands down. I never like hearing music "flat" from the vinyl from my turntable. I like the idea of manipulating the sound to custom tailor my taste of what i think sounds good to me..period.

this speaker design is the best as i have a big colection of hi-fi components and have a lot of diferent but good speakers and what i notice common to all is the not having a big box to drive and let the sound flow, outside might be a box but inside for sure is made to sound perfect and more compatible with diferent types of recordings and music styles, and from that range are with no doubt very good

Super happy to see a review of this Yamaha system. Those speakers are gorgeous. Piano black lacquer is not for everyone, but I love it. (I have a Music Hall mmm 9.3 in piano black finish)

That amp/preamp combo is very intriguing to me, I wonder how they pair with other speakers. 100wpc into 8 ohm class A/B isn’t a ton, but it’s very impressive that it fully doubles into 200wpc at 4 ohm, which means it had crazy current. I will plead with my editors to see if I can get a review sample of the pair.

I believe that putting the tweeters to the inside will yield better imaging.

Excellent one Mike.. I still revere Yamaha.. My 1974 table is my daily go to. This gear is at top level.

super stoked...yeah

I'm a YAMAHA fan from the 80's. I still have my NS 1000m speakers and PF 1000 turntable. They still sound amazing so I don't have any doubts about the new gear. In these old hi fi days YAMAHA had also good moving coil cartridges. I believe they had excellent subcontractors for their gear. Mikro seiki for turntables and audio technica for cartridges but I'm not sure. I'm sure that speakers ns1000m had the privilege of sounding great near the walls. Great video as always. Thank you very much

This is awesome, Mike! Do more of these videos with gear. Big fan of Yamaha. But I've since bought mainly Technics now.

Mike do more of this, please!!! Talk about that beautiful room (acoustic panels, and how to fine-tune a system. More equipment from an audiophile prospective.

i have a very good hi-fi system that today would cost a fortunme bought in 1971 ,it´s a brand who always had quality components and the control amplifier i own is the more complete ever made as it as all functions one can imagine ,pre-amplifiers for mc cartridges, input volume in the back to level all your components, all that they done was at the most higher quality made, i bought a new system but had some dutch friends since early 80´s talking about Magnat i tested it and it was also very good and only the turntable is a Rega P10 the first i bought from this new generation of turntables ,the last i had bought was a thorens TD2001 in 96 with a ortofon MC cartridge, also to record only as one output so i conected a old but restored nakamichi 700ZXL it looks and sounds very good, from Magnat was the receiver with all modern features a MA900 with a tube pre-amplified cd player as the receiver also has it and some transpull 1500 speakers and sound amazing

What a timing.. I am all over the internet.. looking for reviews on Yamaha 5000 series Top most best looking hifi system. Period.

Love it when Mike goes full tech beast mode !! Those turntable feet - don't the Japanese use similar in their high rise building construction ? Great work Mike ❤

Yamaha... your video beat mine of the preamplifier and amplifier by 4 hours....lol... 🍺👍🔊🔈.... !

Did you try switching the right and left speaker placement? I would think a better soundstage could be had with the tweeters near to each other. There is an acre of front baffle panel between the tweets and mids the way you have them. I have a DYI big box speaker and they soundstage best with the tweeters close as opposed to further away.

I heard this system at the Montreal Audio Fest five or six years ago. The setup, I believe was from Eric Fortier from Luna Cables. It was a very memorable experience. The sound was very impressive and was my best sound of the show.

Thanks for doing some hifi stuff. I have a bit of a soft spot for Yamaha kit so great to see 👍

Beautiful speakers! Looking forward to more of your gear videos!

Was hoping for a memorial day Mike and Angel live stream...it's been a minute! 💁‍♂️

That Yamaha turntable is half the price of a Rega Naia and look how massive and well built it is. So is the Rega but their principle is as light and rigid as possible. Very different approach but for that kind of money I want a sherman tank for a turntable.

I first heard the speakers back in 2016 and then the complete set last year. It's beautiful and sounds really good. A little lacking in the mid-range magic wow factor that you get with some of Yamaha's historically best stuff (ie. the Centennial series) but the return to two channel separates is such a welcome move. Based on the relative price of the Technics tables, the 5000 should have been direct drive to stay true to the GT name.

I love Yamaha, and have the A-S1200 amp. They make great stuff.

Complete systems are synergistic. I opted for a complete Gold Note setup. With the right cabling it sounds great. I found Cardas to work well with Gold Note. I like your approach Mike. Hope to one day visit your store. I live in Canada

Mike, I know you have extensive experience of high end separates - the Yamaha's are on my watch list. After living with them for a while, how do you feel about them each? How's the C-5000 Phono section? Many thanks.

For that much money, they couldn't make it in Japan but Taiwan?

I would have this setup if I could, but I'm satisfied with my A-S3200 integrated amp and CD-S2100 SACD player.

I learned a new word today. Spookily lol. Great video as always Mike.

The most important consideration is what something sounds like to the owner of the equipment. The 2nd consideration, even if price is no object, is it cost effective, does it pencil out. It is advantageous, like you said, to have the components matched. As far as how something looks is irrelevant to how it all works together. It is nice to have something which appears matched, but, remember, how something looks is how they were able to sell the cheap-o stuff at places like K-Mart. Mostly flash and pizazz that sounds OK. Now, when I see a turntable, no matter how flashy it might be, when I see a straight tone arm, it reminds me of a kiddie record player and where else they may have cut corners. Back into the 1940's, a "J" or "S" style tubular tone arm with removeable headshell signified the best of the best. Why would a company like Technics stick with a "S" tubular tone arm when they have made other continual improvements and modifications over the decades? Yamaha liked their straight tone arms, dating back decades. Friends who bought them back in the 70's and 80's, never kept them around very long. Matched components are great but to ignore technological advances is not.

How are these vs Sopra 3 sir?

I don’t have a pair of 5000s , but I do have a pair of legendary Yamaha NS 1000m acquired recently , which are as good as the reviews that you can find on various websites. I hope that your 5000s sound even better - I am sure they will.

BTW - the original NS1000ms were not meant to be positioned how you have your speakers, but the other way round from how you have them , ie switched left to right, so that the speaker cones are positioned pointing towards the centre.

Will classic rock sound better?

I love Yamaha and have owned their equipment before. This is a stunning setup but my rack is the same as your one on the left so would be too small for the turntable.

The turntable is gorgeous but I don't understand why it is a straight tonearm with no offset angle... Weird so I passed.

you talk about a problem not many understand why it happens but it´s related with the time of listening in one side of the record ,sometimes the grooves are more apart or tighter but the turntable you have it follows any groove as it is made to play any type of record, at least my yamaha from 71 and other from 79 are similar and no error is made while playing, sometimes the tracking force is not always equal to the anti-skating value but one notices in the last track of one side if a litle correction needs to be made not changing the quality of play in the first track of that record,and some do it automatically as it reads the groove and if needing adjutment it corrects it, great system without a doubt

I just started putting a brand new system together and want to know more about the stands you have for the Yamaha in this video. Did you get the stands from Yamaha, and do they make stands higher, so the turntable is around chest level instead of waist high? It's a beautiful system but the cost is very scary. Take it easy Mike.

Great video, thank you!

You should've looped the Michael McDonald concert DVD from The 40-Year-Old Virgin to break in the speakers.

The Yamaha logo are 3 tuning forks, even on their motorcycles

yamaha turntables ,the better ones were always perfect

I’m guessing the finish on the speakers are lacquer as the Japanese are known for their lacquer work.

😂 I just purchased a MINT Yamaha GT-750 JDM Turntable w/ the rare and desirable auto-lifter option.... For a whopping $800 😂 Not to mention the Sansui AU-11000 JDM unit that was owned by a Sansui employee - that set me back $1775 OH modern HI-FI....

So basically like most good things in today world it’s geared to rich people. And the average person is priced out.

Sometimes a 'change' in sound is perceived as an 'improvement' ... I wished I had the money to buy a system and a/b against what I have.

You need the Yamaha CD-S1000 Natural Sound Super Audio CD Player to go with it!!

I'm reminded of the internet meme: me: i would like to buy a piano yamaha: ok me: i'd also like to buy a motorcycle lol do u know where i can find a good one? yamaha: you're not gonna believe this Jokes aside, I'm a bass player and Yamaha owns my favorite bass amp brand (Ampeg) and they do a great job carrying the Ampeg name forward.

Same feet that are on the new Denon DP- 3000NE.

How does it compare to your Wilson set up?

I've got a 300K system at home, another in my winter home and another in my summer home........looking to upgrade.

The 5000 power amp is even more beautiful than the AS3000 int i owned! Hopefully it sounds alot better!

Where are these components assembled?

Hello! Mike…I’m one of your customers…I’ve been a Rega fan for years…I purchased 2 turntables from them years ago fantastic sound….Now, I think I wanna upgrade to the Yamaha gt 5000 turntable….I was wondering if I purchased from you…..Do you set up the stylus on this model

Three tuning forks Mike. It's yamaha's logo

Made in Taiwan........come on.

How does someone go from a McIntosh fan boy to an all Yamaha system. The retail margin must be huge. I went from McIntosh to Luxman but Yamaha!…… can’t see it. 😎

Need white gloves Black works too

Love the system but plenty of $$$$$$$

I flinch when i see exposed tweeters.

Original ns1000s way better and a tenth of the price of not more

What people will spend just to listen to a record. SMFH.