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Review Yamaha HA L7A headphone amplifier

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Pros

  • Good preamp
  • Wonderful midrange
  • Neutral, precise, very low noise floor
  • Wide soundstage

Cons

  • No balanced input
  • Clumsy button for variable/fixed line output

Price: € 4000

Build quality
Usability
Sound
Price
Review
Specs
Yamaha HA L7A

Setup

Contents

We listened to the Yamaha HA-L7A with the following headphones:

  • Yamaha YH-5000SE
  • Focal Elear
  • Oppo PM
  • Beyerdynamic DT770 pro

To test the performance of this top-of-the-line preamplifier, we connected it to the Alpha Audio reference system in Haarlem:

Reference system

Amplifier type
Headphone amp
Amplifier technology
Class A
Bridgemode
No
Amplifier inputs
  • Analog RCA
  • Digital Coaxial
  • Digital Optical
  • Digital USB
Amplifier outputs
  • Analog RCA
  • Analog XLR
Dimensions
  • Width: 33 cm
  • Depth: 19 cm
  • Height: 13 cm
Weight amplifier
5.3 Kg
Build in dac
Yes
Production country
Japan
Measurements
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac THD vs Freq
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac THD vs Freq
Yamaha HA-L7A - PSU Noise
Yamaha HA-L7A - PSU Noise
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac noise and interference
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac noise and interference
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac lineairity
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac lineairity
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac Jtest
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac Jtest
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac IMD vs ampl
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac IMD vs ampl
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - slow minimum
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - slow minimum
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - shot latenc
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - shot latenc
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - slow lineair
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - slow lineair
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - hybrid fast
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - hybrid fast
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - fast minimum
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - fast minimum
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - fast lineair
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - fast lineair
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - brickwall
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - brickwall
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - apodizing fast
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac filter - apodizing fast
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac dynamic range
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac dynamic range
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac crosstalk
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - dac crosstalk
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - 0dB coax in
Yamaha HA-L7A - noise - 0dB coax in
Yamaha HA-L7A - digitaal in - headphone uit - freq response
Yamaha HA-L7A - digitaal in - headphone uit - freq response
Yamaha HA-L7A - digitaal in - freq response
Yamaha HA-L7A - digitaal in - freq response
Yamaha HA-L7A - analoog in - freq response
Yamaha HA-L7A - analoog in - freq response

Winkels met Yamaha

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Pleinweg 136
3083 EP Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
Hooikade 13
2627 Delft, Zuid Holland, NL
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
Parkweg 23
8084GG 't Harde, NL
Stationsweg 87
9471 GM Zuidlaren, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Hermesweg 2
3741 GP Baarn, Utrecht, NL
Korevaarstraat 2 e-f
2311 JS Leiden, NL
Steenstraat 54
6828 CM Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
St.-Katelijnevest 53
2000 Antwerpen, BE
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Alpha Audio - Haarlem - Netherlands

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