CES 2014: Sauti na Audiophile

01 na 08

Oppo Digital PM-1

Brent Butterworth

Bari mu kori karamin sabbin sababbin kunne a CES 2014 tare da jimlar tsarin da ake nufi don sauraro mai tsanani. Hakika, wannan hukunci ne; na gafara ga kowane kamfani wanda ya yi imanin cewa sabon sauti ya kasance a cikin ƙungiyar audiophile amma bai sami samfur a nan ba.

Ina kuma gafara ga kowane kamfanin da aka nuna a nan wanda zai fi so kada a hade da audiophiles.

Bari mu fara tare da sababbin samfurin da ya fi burge ni, muryar mai suna Oppo Digital PM-1. An san Oppo ne don sanya 'yan wasan Blu-ray mafi kyawun duniya, don haka sai na yi mamakin da sha'awar ganin irin yadda yake da mahimman sauti.

PM-1 shine Igwe Levitsky ne mai tsabta mai tsabta, injiniyar injiniya wanda aka fi sani da aikin da yake yi akan BG Radia's planar magnetic tower speakers, tare da tare da zanen masana'antu David Waterman.

Don inganta haɓakawa - wani lokacin mawuyacin matsalar kunne mai nauyin allo-magnetic - direbobi mai launin mita 85 x 69 mm na PM-1 yana da sauti na muryoyin murya a bangarorin biyu na mai magana diaphragm. Na shirya shawarar saduwa da Levitky da Oppo na Jason Liao na kimanin minti 40, amma jawabinmu ya kai sa'o'i biyu, kamar yadda Levitsky ya sake yi a duk lokacin da aka gudanar da binciken da sauraron karar da ya sanya a cikin PM-1.

Halin da ya dace ya sa haske na PM-1 mai haske. "Ba na son yin watsi da manyan buckets a kanku," in ji Levitsky. Ba kamar sauran maɓalli na bidiyo mai ban mamaki da na gani ba, PM-1 yana da yawa, kamar Bose QC-15, saboda haka zai iya zubar da hankali a cikin karamin tafiya.

Yayin da aka kimanta farashi na PM-1 a $ 1,000 zuwa $ 1,200, Liao ya jaddada cewa wannan ne kawai Oppo ya fara ƙoƙari, kuma cewa za a sami '' 'dama dama don kawo farashi,' '' kuma da yiwuwar kunne da kuma tsagewar motsi a nan gaba.

Duk da haka, idan na yi suna da kayan sauti a CES 2014 wanda ya fi burge ni, wannan shi ne. A cikin sauraron da nake da shi, PM-1 ya yi fadi sosai kuma ba a san shi ba. Sautin murya ya kasance mai zurfi, kamar yadda aka sa ran daga wayar wayar magudi, amma yana da fadi a cikin hanyar "ainihin sararin samaniya," ba a cikin wata hanya mai ƙari ba. Mako!

02 na 08

Oppo Digital HA-1 Amplifier

Brent Butterworth

Ba ni da niyyar rufe muryar ambaton wannan labarin, amma HA-1, tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da PM-1, ya cancanci aƙalla taƙaitaccen ambaton. Yana da cikakkiyar zane, tare da raƙuman ampoto don alamar sauti da mummunan sauti, ta ƙare a jackon kayan aiki mai kyau (tare da haɗin ƙasa don hagu da dama).

HA-1 yana da Gidan USB DAC da aka gina a kan kwarewar ESS Sabre32, da kuma matakan analog na analog da aka samo daga wasan O Blu na BDP-105 Blu-ray. Har ila yau ya haɗa da mai karɓa na Bluetooth don saukakawa, kuma aikin gaba na USB yana aiki tare da na'urorin Apple. An haɗa magungunan nesa.

Mafi kyawun ɓangaren shine allon gaba, wanda zai iya nuna allon saitin, mita VU (matakin), ko mai bincike na bidiyon lokaci.

03 na 08

HiFiMan HE-400i da HE-560

Brent Butterworth

HiFiMan ya kasance jagora a cikin mikakke manyan mashigin tauraron dan adam na duniya don 'yan shekaru a yanzu, wanda ya kasance a cikin babban bangare akan nasarar HE-400 da HE-500. Sabon $ 499 HE-400i da $ 899 HE-560 suna amfani da sabon tsarin kwakwalwa mai nauyin magudi wanda ke sa murun kunne yayi yawa da kuma, bisa ga HiFiMan, mafi muni da kuma sauti.

Kowace direba mai kwakwalwa da nake gani shine "sanwici" na biyu masu tsoka da ma'adanai na karfe tare da kyamarar filastik a tsakanin. Lokacin da siginar murya ta wuce ta murhun muryar waya wanda ke amfani da filastik, diaphragm yana motsawa gaba da baya a filin magnetic storto. HE-400i da HE-560 sun bambanta da cewa suna amfani da wata stator guda kawai ta direba.

Har ila yau, suna da wani sakonni wanda ya fi dacewa da aiki fiye da abin da ake amfani da shi a gaban kullun HiFiMan a kan kunne, sakamakon sakamakon HiFiMan yana tuntuɓar maƙirar masana'antu. HE-560 kuma yana haɓaka ɗakin kwalliyar teakwood, kuma yana da mafi mahimmanci fiye da tsakar rana ta kamfanin, watau HE-6 mai wuya. A gaskiya ma, na iya samun yawan ƙara ta amfani da HE-560 tare da wayar ta Samsung.

04 na 08

Spyder Moonlight Stereo

Brent Butterworth

Akwai ton na Junky, mai magana a kan CES, don haka lokacin da na ga na'urar "Spy" "Spy" ta na'urar motsa jiki, ina tsammanin cewa kawai gungu ne kawai. Amma sai na ga wasu manyan igiyoyi masu magana mai zurfi a cikin nuni kuma sunyi mamakin abin da ya faru. Yana fitar da alama yana da kyawawan masu sauraron kunne. Hasken Ƙararrakin Moon yana kama da farashin kimanin $ 400 ko $ 500, kuma a cikin saurara na saurara, wannan muryar mai kunnawa mai karfi ta rufewa mai ƙarfi ya yi kyau. Amma dai kawai $ 259. Ina ƙoƙarin samun samfurin nazari.

05 na 08

Ƙungiyar Maɓallin Ƙaƙwalwar Ƙaƙa ta Music Number One

Brent Butterworth

An san sanannun kiɗa na Mujallar kariya ta kasafin kudi irin su Marimba masu magana da su a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kayan aiki na 2013 . Yanzu yana la'akari da tafiye-tafiye zuwa cikin bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-karya, amma bisa ga tarihin kamfanin na baya, ina ganin zai yi kyau. "Mai magana da hankali" shine kawai sunan da aka sanya sunan mai suna Leland Leard Hall na Music Hall kamar yadda ya karɓa daga cikin iska lokacin da na tambayi; Lokacin da na tunatar da shi cewa Cardas yana amfani da wannan sunan, ya kasance ba shi da damuwa. A cewar Leard, mai magana da hankali (ko duk abin da yake) shine ƙirƙirar injiniya mai ladabi mai daraja wanda "ya tsara mutane da dama." Kayan kunne suna da ƙananan ƙarfe da hagu hagu da kuma dama don mafi dacewa.

06 na 08

Philips Fidelio M1 Bluetooth

Brent Butterworth

A'a, na sani, wani abu da Bluetooth bai kasance ba kamar yadda ba shi da murya ba, amma la'akari da yadda Fidelio L1 ya ji dadi lokacin da na sake nazarin shi don Sound & Vision , bari mu yi banbanci a wannan yanayin. M1 yana da yawa kamar L1, kuma an sanye shi da na'urar X-X. Yi tsammanin farashi na $ 279 lokacin da jirgin M1 ke zuwa a gaba.

07 na 08

Stymax-Obravo HAMT-1 AMT Hakan

Brent Butterworth

HAMT-1 shi ne ainihin maɓalli na CES 2014, akalla daga bayanin fasaha. Kowace kunne yana haɗar da direba mai mahimmanci tare da direbobi na Air Motion Transformer (AMT), zane wanda ya samu nasarar yayin da aka yi amfani da ita a matsayin mai magana ta hanyar Adam Audio, na GoldenEar Technology, MartinLogan da sauransu. Na yi mamakin irin yadda direba na AMT zai iya aiki a cikin murya, idan la'akari da cewa direbobi na magentic a cikin kullun duniya daga Audeze da kuma HiFiMan sune sihiri kamar irin hanyoyin da AMT ke jagoranta. Amma yayin da gina da zane na HAMT-1 ya dubi kyan gani, muryar ta bukaci aikin - to ni, yana da launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin launin fata. Saboda haka shaidun na ci gaba da fitowa kan AMT a cikin kunnukan kunne ...

08 na 08

Mozaex 7.1-Wayar Wayar

Brent Butterworth

Yep, wannan murya ce ainihin iya haifar da ainihin ainihin 7.1-tashar kewaye da sauti. Muryar ta Mozaex da aka tattauna a cikin samfurin ya sake dawowa a 2012 CEDIA Expo, amma yana da babbar, da kuma damuwa a baya. Sabuwar fasalin yana da yawa, mai yawa sleeker; shi ainihin ji irin al'ada. Kowace kunnen ta kunshi direbobi guda biyar: direbobi 40mm na cibiyar, gefen gefe da ruwaye na baya; direba 50mm na gaban tashar; da kuma mai magana da murya (mai kama da mai fassara) don samar da bushe na bushe. An haɗa mai amp / mai sarrafawa. Domin wannan shi ne akwati na biyu na karshe da na gani a CES 2014, kuma ina da irin mutuwar da zan samu a kan hanya, ba ni da tunanin tunawa da farashin.