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Audio Technica's marketing division is doing a lot of work, it seems. They have now extended the website dedicated to the new ATH-L3000 with leather cover. It now contains, among other things, detailed statements by the two designers Kenichi Suzuki and Hiromichi Ozawa: http://www.audio-technica.co.jp/atj/...ers/index.html
I have only been able to babelfish through the things designer Kenichi Suzuki has had to say. As far as I understand, he is the mastermind behind the entire wood headphone series of Audio Technica. He seems to feel that there is a sonic benefit from the leather cover for the wooden enclosures, that there is more natural decay or echo and more natural ambience or hall ("hole?") sounds. And he seems to say, that long-term listenability was a more important design goal in the wood series than the utmost information retrieval and detail (?!): Quote:
Once again, the help of Japanese Head-Fiers would be much appreciated. Thanks!
I have only been able to babelfish through the things designer Kenichi Suzuki has had to say. As far as I understand, he is the mastermind behind the entire wood headphone series of Audio Technica. He seems to feel that there is a sonic benefit from the leather cover for the wooden enclosures, that there is more natural decay or echo and more natural ambience or hall ("hole?") sounds. And he seems to say, that long-term listenability was a more important design goal in the wood series than the utmost information retrieval and detail (?!): Quote:
Do the ƒAƒTƒ_ cherry tree and combination of the leather bring what kind of influence to the sound quality? It does not appear to the Suzuki data, but don't you think? by the fact that the housing was wrapped with the leather as a reality, it is the point which should feature also the fact that the acoustic image spread more naturally. Because the ƒAƒTƒ_ cherry tree is the natural material, the air it is the case that you have breathed. It did not close airtight the lumber this by using the leather of the same natural material, there are no times when breath is obstructed. In addition, also the leather itself, relatively is something which adopts the moisture and the air in comparison with other ones. This being more natural, don't you think? it is the reason which reaches the point where it echos richly. For example when we assume you inquire about the concert CD which is recorded with the hole of somewhere it seems like whether quite you inquire about live performance at that place of, it goes and being able to enjoy the sound which has the bounce which is made going of course thing, condition of echo of that hole, size of the hole, has the beautiful reappearance power of the extent which understands to position relationship with stage of the musical instrument. It is splendid. That much, if the sound quality is enjoyed, unintentionally long time hearing, the stripe you think uninformed, but... The theme of the headphone ' series of the Suzuki ' wood, " the sound which " natural sound " hears and does not become tired " is. As for adhering to the natural material the around the housing, the former headphone has, because we would like to cancel the kind of sound which is confined into the head. Because the headphone it makes sound the ear echo directly, when long time you hear, you become tired. But, if it is the natural material, shelter density becomes low, there are no either times when the extent of sound is born, is confined into the head. |
Once again, the help of Japanese Head-Fiers would be much appreciated. Thanks!