Sabbin kunnuwa daga Firayen Rocky Mountain Audio Fest na 2014

01 na 12

10 Coolest New Headphones daga Firayim ɗin Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014

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Ƙungiyar Rocky Mountain Audio Fest ita ce mafi yawan siyayya da aka yi a Amurka ta Arewa. Bugu da ƙari, haɓaka wani tsari mai ban mamaki na masu magana da ƙananan ƙarewa, amps, tallace-tallace da sauti na zamani, RMAF yana hada da CanJam, ɗakin ɗakin ɗakin da aka kunshi tare da nuni da kunn kunnuwa da amsoshin murya - kowane ɗayan yana samuwa don sauraron sauraron ku.

Ga masu murmushi 10 masu raɗaɗi daga Firayim na Rocky Mountain Audio na 2014, a cewar ni.

02 na 12

MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Headphone

Brent Butterworth

AlphaSkeakers Alpha Dog ne kawai sabon sautin da na ji a RMAF wanda zai iya ba da sabon Audezes gudu don kudi - amma a $ 599, shi ne mai yawa ƙasa da kudi. Har zuwa yanzu, MrSpeakers ya sanya muryoyin sauti kawai ta hanyar gyaran ƙwararren masu sana'a na Fostex. Kasuwanci na kwanan nan a cikin sintiri na 3D ya ba kamfanin damar da ya dace.

Har ila yau, Alpha Dog yana amfani da ƙananan kayan gyara na Fostex, amma an kirkiro yakin da aka buga 3D a kamfanin kamfanin MrSpeakers 'San Diego. Don ƙara ƙwaƙwalwa yayin riƙe da ƙananan haske, ƙofar yana da ganuwar ganuwar ta rabu da tarar mai ciki - wani abu da zai zama tsada sosai idan an yi masa inuwa. Kayan zane yana ƙunshi tashar jiragen ruwa mai daidaitacce wanda za'a iya sauraron shi tare da zane mai mahimmanci don amsawar bass mafi kyau. An shafe shi da zanen mintuna biyar a cikin kyakkyawan launin fata na fata.

Ina tsammanin Alpha Dog ya yi sauti da tsabta kuma ba shi da kyau, tare da karamin ɗigon ruwa a cikin bass don ba shi cikakken adadi. Kuma yana da kyauta kamar yadda matashin kafi so.

03 na 12

LCD-X da LCD-XC kunne

Audeze

Sabon sabon kunne na Audeze da aka nuna a sama an riga an rufe shi a cikin samfoti na preview, amma ina so in raba wasu alamu na sauraro a nan. Lambar LCD-X $ 1,699 (hagu da $ 1,799 LCD-XC ba kawai ba ne kawai na LCD-3 na Audeze, suna da cikakken aikin sakewa, tare da sababbin kamfanonin magidanci wanda kamfanin ya ce +8 dB ya fi dacewa da wanda yake cikin LCD-3.

"Ba dole ba ne mu bayar da shawarar da shi, amma a cikin wani tsuntsaye, za ku iya saran wannan tsaye zuwa wayar ku," in ji mai magana da yawun kamfanin. Mazan tsofaffin, idan aka kwatanta, baza su iya isa matakan sauraro masu amfani ba tare da taimakon murho mai kai ta waje ba.

A cikin sauraronmu na taƙaice, LCD-X ɗin da aka buɗe yana da mahimmanci kamar LCD-3, amma watakila tare da maɗaukakiyar sauti da kuma ƙarami. LCD-XC da aka rufe-da-murya ya yi yawa kamar yadda yake, duk da cewa babu inda yake da fili kamar LCD-X - amma ba shakka, ƙofar baya yana da amfani wajen yanke mafi yawan hubbub kewaye da ku.

Yafi mahimmanci a gare ni, ko da yake duk waɗannan samfurori sun fi sauƙi a gare ni fiye da LCD-3, wanda ya rufe gidana don haka ba zan iya tsayawa ya sa shi na dogon lokaci ba. Duk samfurori a cikin layin Audeze yanzu suna da kullun da suke amfani da ƙananan ƙananan ƙafa, da kumfa mafi girma; Na zauna da sauraron kusan minti 10 tare da LCD-X don ganin idan zai zama mara lafiya, amma ba haka ba.

04 na 12

Audioengine D3 USB DAC / Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworth

Bayan nasarar Cibiyar Audioquest ta ji dadin shi da $ 249 na DragonFly na USB na digital-to-analog / amfanar murya, wasu kamfanoni suna tsallewa tare da samfurori irin wannan. Yana da ra'ayi mai mahimmanci: wani abu girman girman ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar USB wanda zai inganta sautin kwamfutarka. A RMAF, Audioengine ta nuna DAC / amp mai zuwa, da $ 189 D3, wanda ya kamata a samu a cikin makonni shida.

D3 yana ƙunshe da 24/96 DAC, Ƙarjin amplifier Instrument Texas, da kaya mai tsabta. A cewar Brady Bargenquast, na Audioengine, "Mun saurari duk wani nau'i na wayoyin salula da kuma za ~ e wanda muke son mafi kyau."

05 na 12

Beyerdynamic T51P Headphone

Brent Butterworth

Mafi kyawun sautin da na ji a RMAF shi ne wannan kyauta daga Beyerdynamic. Da $ 289 T51p ya sabunta T50p na baya tare da direbobi 60-ohm mafi girma, mafi kyau na USB ya ce yana da ƙananan tarwatsawa, ƙwararru masu jin dadi da kuma sutura tare da ƙarfin matsawa. Ina tsammanin an ji dadi sosai a cikin tsakiyar da highs. Kuma ga kunne, a kalla, yana da dadi sosai.

A cikin hoton da ke sama, T51p yana zaune ne a kan Beyerdynamics 'mai kyau sabon mai kararrawa na A 20. Sakamakon $ 649 A 20 yana da nau'in kayan aiki 1/4-inch da kayan haɗari da ƙananan karfe ba tare da sutura ko alamomi ba.

06 na 12

Ƙarar murya guda ɗaya na Carot

Brent Butterworrth

Ban sani ba game da Carot Daya, amma na san Ina son shi. Wannan $ 699 mini-amp yana amfani da tube guda 6DJ8 kuma yana samar da samfurori na lasifikar kazalika da jaka-jifa, don haka zaka iya amfani dashi ko dai. Yana bayar da na'urorin analog da kuma na USB kamar haka, don haka yana aiki tare da kwamfutarka ko tsofaffin kayan na'urorin analog-output.

A cewar Arnold Martinez na Tweak Studio mai sayarwa, amp ya zo daga kamfanin kamfanin Italiya ba tare da takardun shafuka ba, don haka sai na kaddamar da wani bayani game da wanda ya riga ya fito daga yanar gizo. Yakamata shi yana amfani da amfiken T-Class na 15-watt-da-channel (yawancin samfurori mai daraja daga Lepai da Topping).

07 na 12

Sony XBA-H3 da XBA-H1 Harsunan kunne na kunne

Brent Butterworth

Sony yana da babban damuwa tare da kullun kunne na kunne. Abinda $ 70 XBA-C10IP kawai ta buga ne kawai a cikin filin wasu karin murya guda 14 a cikin na'urar da na taimaka tare da Wirecutter. RMAF ta ga kaddamar da sababbin samfurori guda biyu da suke amfani da fasaha na matasan, hada haɗin direbobi masu daidaitaccen kamfani tare da masu amfani da kwararrun masu amfani dasu da yawa a cikin kunne. Ma'anar ita ce, kuna samun karfin haɗin ƙarfin haɗi tare da mai iko - da kyau, ƙarfin hali, da bass - na direbobi masu tasowa.

Kwananyar chunkier da kuke gani a sama shine $ 349 XBA-H3, wanda ke da sauti guda biyu da kuma direbobi guda daya. Ƙananan shine $ 149 XBA-H1, tare da ƙarfin daidaitacce guda ɗaya da kuma ɗayantuwa. Tsohon wuraren da aka samu a watan Disamban Disamba, karshen wannan watan Nuwamba.

08 na 12

V-Moda XL Cushions Memory don M-100

Brent Butterworth

M-100 na M-100 na M-100 yana da karbuwa a tsakanin masu sauti da kayan fasaha. A bayyane yake, ba ni kaɗai ba ne wanda ya sami karfinsa sosai. Cushions $ 20 XL na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya suna sa M-100 mafi dadi sosai, godiya ga laushi, ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya.

"Mun yi kusan kusan shekara daya aiki a kan wannan, domin ba mu so mu canza sautin na M-100," inji V-Moda ta Karl Detken. "Amma yana kara kadan kaɗan, saboda kullun suna sa direbobi su kara kara daga kunne."

09 na 12

Resonessence Labs Herus DSD DAC / Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworth

Gidan Radiyar Rayuwa - Maɗaukaki na bidiyo mai sauƙi na Sony Ericsson wanda aka yi nasara tare da tsarin CD CD na yanzu-mai yawa-mutu - yana samun sabuwar rayuwa ta godiya ga saukewar dijital, wanda yanzu yana samuwa a wurare da yawa. Amma mafi yawan masu karɓar nau'in lantarki da na'urorin dijital DSD (DACs) suna biya $ 1,000 da sama. Resonessence Labs Herus ta shafe su fiye da rabi, suna zuwa cikin kusan $ 350.

Kawai danna Herus ta hanyar USB a cikin kwamfutar da DSD rediyo software, kuma kana da murya mai zurfi na dijital. Zaka iya shigar da kunnuwa kunne a cikin jackphone na 1/4-inch na Herus, ko amfani da adaftan don haɗa shi zuwa tsarin sitiriyo. Ya dace da fayilolin 64x da 128x DSD, fayilolin DXD, da kuma fayiloli na PCM har zuwa kimanin 24-bit / 352-kilohertz.

10 na 12

JH Audio Roxanne A kunne

Brent Butterworth

Gane yawancin direbobi suna cikin kowane kunne na sabon JH Audio Roxanne? Ba daidai ba. Idan kun san wani abu game da masu sauti, kunyi tsammani hudu ko shida, amma a'a - yana da 12 . Yep, dozin. Me ya sa mutane da yawa? "Wannan shi ne farkon sautin murya mai kunnawa da amsa bayan 20 kHz," in ji JH mai wallafawa Jerry Harvey. Harvey ya kara bayyana cewa rashin daidaito na masu jagoranci masu dacewa da aka yi amfani da su a cikin irin wannan kunn kunnuwa ya karu sosai lokacin da ya kai 20 kHz, saboda haka ta hanyar amfani da kuri'a da yawa a cikin layi daya, ya iya rage damuwa da inganta haɓakar da aka yi.

Kowace kunnen ta kunshi haɗin kebul na USB guda huɗu, wanda ya ba JH damar ƙara ƙaramar bass ɗin cikin layi, wanda Harvey ya ce ya ba ka damar yin gyaran fuska 15-dB. Har ila yau, yana aiki tare da JH's FreqPhase, wanda yake da gyara ta ciki don kawar da rikice-rikice na zamani kuma ta sami sakamako mai tsabta da kuma karin yanayin sararin samaniya.

A $ 1,599 Roxanne yana samuwa a yanzu a cikin tsari na al'ada (inda aka yi amfani da kayan kunnen kunnuwan kuɗin kunne), kuma za a samu a cikin watan Disamba a cikin wani tsari na duniya-mai amfani wanda ke amfani da matakai na kunne na kunne. Haka kuma akwai samfurin carbon-fiber da aka nuna a nan, don karin $ 200. "Hanyoyin carbon ba ta da tasiri a kan sautin, to amma kawai don haɓaka jima'i," in ji Harvey.

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ALO Audio Island Kebul na DAC / wayoyin murya

Brent Butterworth

Ban sani ba idan rundunar Amurka ta kaddamar da kaya ta USB DAC / amps, amma tsibirin $ 299 yana son zai dace da lissafin. Gilashin karamin karamin aluminum ba tare da matsala ba tukuna biyu daga masu sauraron LCD-2 na Akeze ba tare da la'akari da su ba sosai. Shigar da USB yana ɗaukar sakonni tare da ƙuduri har zuwa 24/192, kuma canjin wuri guda uku zai baka damar lafiya-sauti kayan aiki na amp don dacewa da kunne. Hakika, wannan babbar murya a saman shine ƙaramin iko.

12 na 12

Philips Fidelio L2 Headphone

Brent Butterworth

Na sani, na ce "10 Cool Headphone Products," amma abin da Audeze ba ya ƙidaya saboda na rubuta game da shi kafin. Saboda haka lamba na 10 shine Philips Fidelio L2, wani sabon ingantattun 'n' na Fidelio L1, wanda na sake nazarin ƙarfin hali a bara na Sound & Vision . Lambar $ 299 L2 yana da sabon motar direba tare da ƙara yawan ƙwarewa don yin kyau yayin wasa daga wayoyi da allunan.

Ba zan iya tunawa daidai abin da L1 ya yi kama ba, amma sauraron taƙaitaccen sauraron ya sa ni gamsu da cewa ladaran L2 na da kyau sosai kuma cikakke.