Yamaha is a difficult company to pigeonhole. It dominates the musical instruments market, manufacturing everything from grand pianos and electronic keyboards to guitars and trumpets. The brand is also rather good at making motorbikes, engines and jet skis.
In the world of domestic consumer electronics, Yamaha has spent recent decades focusing on the home cinema market, particularly AV amplifiers and soundbars, so much so that it is easy to forget the brand’s rich hi-fi heritage. The NS-1000 speakers of the 1970s are a highlight, as are the more recent, Award-winning YH-5000SE planar magnetic wired headphones, but there are so many others.
