CES 2014: Nhepfenyuro idzva dzeAngopophile

01 ye 08

Oppo Digital PM-1

Brent Butterworth

Ngatitangei kuputika kwangu kwakakwana kwema-headphones matsva paCES 2014 nekwakagadzirwa kwevatoriri vaida kuterera zvakanyanya. Zvechokwadi, ihwo kutonga kwakakwana; ndinokumbira ruregerero kune chero kambani inotenda kuti inonzi headphones idzva iri mumutauro we audiophile asi haisi kuwana chigadzirwa chayo pano.

Ndinokumbira ruregerero kune chero kambani inowanikwa pano iyo ingasarudza kusabatanidzwa nevateopolisi.

Ngatitangei nemufananidzo mutsva wakandishamisa, Oppo Digital PM-1 planar magnetic headphone. Va Oppo vanozivikanwa nokuita vatambi veBlu-ray vanobudirira munyika, saka ndakashamiswa uye ndakashamiswa kuona kuti zvakanyanya sei pamusoro pemusoro wayo.

I-PM-1 iri yakachena-shandi yakagadzirwa naIgor Levitsky, inyanzvi yebazi inonyanya kuzivikanwa nebasa raakaita paBG Radia's planar magnetic tower speakers, pamwe chete nemuumbi wezvigadzirwa David Waterman.

Kuvandudza kunzwisisika - dzimwe nguva chinetso che planar-magnetic headphones - Mutevedzeri wemasikati 85 x 69 mm akafanana na PM-1 ane izwi rinowedzera mairi kumativi ose ehurukuro yemukurukuri. Ndakanga ndakaronga kusangana naLevitsky uye Oppo aJason Liao kwemaminitsi makumi mana, asi hurukuro yedu yakatora kusvika maawa maviri apo Levitsky akadzorera mashoko ose eminomwe ekutsvakurudza uye kugadzirisa zvakanaka akaisa mukati me PM-1.

Iko maumbirwo ove anoita kuti PM-1 igare yakajeka. "Hazvina kufanidza mabhoti makuru kumusoro wako," Levitsky akanyora. Kusiyana nedzimwewo planar magnetic headphone ini ndaona, i-PM-1 inofamba zvakadzika, seBose QC-15, saka inogona kuvhara mumusana muduku wekufamba.

Kunyange zvazvo mutengo weMDC-1 unofungidzirwa pa $ 1 000 kusvika ku $ 1,200, Liao akasimbisa kuti izvi ndezvokutanga kwaAspo, uye kuti pachava ne "mikana yakawanda yekuunza mari," pamwe nekukwanisa kuve-nzeve uye mhere-kuvhara mifananidzo munguva yemberi.

Pasinei, kana ndaifanira kutumidza mutauro weCESC 2014 iyo yakandibaya mwoyo, izvi ndizvo. Muchidimbu changu chinoteerera, PM-1 yakaridzika kwazvo uye yakasvibiswa. Izwi raive rakakura, sezvakanga zvakatarirwa kubva kune planar magnetic 'foni, asi yakanga yakakura mu "nzvimbo chaiye" nzira, kwete nenzira yakanyanyisa kana yakaipa. Bravo!

02 of 08

Oppo Digital HA-1 Amplifier

Brent Butterworth

Ndakanga ndisingadi kuvhara headphone amps munyaya ino, asi HA-1, yakagadziridzwa pamwe ne PM-1, inofanirwa chaizvo kutaura zvishoma. Icho chakanyatsogadzirwa zvakanaka, uye chakasiyana masatikiti emakwikiti akanaka uye asina kunaka echiratidzo chemazwi, kupedzisa mumusoro wepamusoro-soro yakabuda jack (ine zvakasiyana-siyana kuwirirana kwevhesi uye yakarurama nzira).

I-HA-1 ine dhaka yeDAC DAC yakavakirwa paESS Sabre32 Chip, uye danho rekutanga reanamato rakatorwa kubva muBlack-BCD-105. Inosanganisirawo mukana weBluetooth kuti uwane nyore, uye inopindira yeIndaneti inoshanda neApple devices. Rimwe rekudzivirira rinosanganiswa.

Chikamu chakanakisisa ndicho chinyorwa chepamberi, chinogona kuratidza kuisa screen, VU (level) mamita, kana real-time spectrum analyzer.

03 of 08

HiFiMan HE-400i uye HE-560

Brent Butterworth

HiFiMan ave ari mutungamiri mune zvisingakwanisi kugadzira planar magnetic headphones kwemakore mashomanana ikozvino, yakabatanidzwa muhomwe huru mukubudirira kwe HE-400 ne HE-500. Iyi itsva $ 499 HE-400i uye $ 899 HE-560 vanoshandisa planar magnetic driver design inoita kuti ma-headphones ave akajeka uye, maererano neHiFiMan, yakajeka uye yakawanda-inonzwika.

Zvose zvinogadziriswa magartikiti zvandakaona i "sandwich" yemashizha maviri emagetsi ane magetsi ane plasma diaphragm iri pakati. Apo dhidhiyo inotinhira inopfurikidza nenhare yezwi inoshandiswa kumapurasitiki, diaphragm inofambisa mberi uye kumashure mumashizha emagnetic field. I HE-400i ne HE-560 yakasiyana pakuti vanoshandisa stator imwe chete pamutyairi.

Izvo zvakare vane regoldhead headband iyo inonyanya kusununguka uye inoshanda kupfuura iyo yakashata isina yakashata iyo HiFiMan yapfuura pamusoro-nzeve headphones inoshandisa, chigumisiro cheHiFiMan kubvunzurudza mune zvekugadzirwa kwemabhizimisi. I HE-560 inosanganisirawo mutyairi wetiakwood yakavharwa, uye inonyanya kunetseka kupfuura yekambani ye-top-of-the-line, inozivikanwa zvakaoma-kutya HE-6. Kutaura zvazviri, ndakakwanisa kuwana yakawanda yehuwandu tichishandisa HE-560 neSamsoni yangu yefoni.

04 of 08

Spyder Moonlight Stereo

Brent Butterworth

Kune tani yejunky, off-brand headphone kuCES, saka pandakaona Spyder mararamiro e "radhi" mota mavara-mavara, ndaifunga kuti chaingova boka re plasticky junk. Asi ini ndakaona mamwe mashomanana ekutaura akakwidziridzwa kumusoro uye achifunga kuti chii chakanga chiri kumusoro. Inoita kuti chikwata chine mamwe mahedheadfoni akanaka chaizvo. I-Moonlight Stereo inoratidzika seinobhadhara madhora mazana mana kana $ 500, uye munguva yekukurumidza kwangu kuteerera, iyi huru, yakavharwa-shure yakashanda sefoni yakanzwa huru. Asi iri $ 259 chete. Ndiri kuedza kuwana svondo rekuongorora.

05 of 08

Music Hall Earspeaker Number One

Brent Butterworth

Music Hall inozivikanwa nokuda kwebhajethi yakakura audiophile gear yakadai sevakatauri veMarimba ndakatora seimwe yezvakanakisisa zvekutengesa zvinyorwa zve 2013 . Iye zvino chiri kufunga nezvekuenda kune hyper-competitive headphone biz, asi zvichienderana nekambani rekare rekambani, ini ndinotema kuti ichaita zvakanaka. "Earspeaker" inongova zita rekutengesa raMusic Hall reLeland Leard raiita sekunakidza kunze kwandakabvunza; apo ndakamuyeuchidza kuti Kadhiasi aive achishandisa zita iroro, akanga asina hanya. Maererano naLeard, muEarspeaker (kana chero chii) chiri chisikwa chemusoro wepamusoro unyanzvi uyo anogadzira "vamwe vanhu vakawanda." Nyeredzi dzakagadziriswa nesimbi uye dzinofamba dzakasara uye dzakarurama kuti zvive nani.

06 of 08

Philips Fidelio M1 Bluetooth

Brent Butterworth

Hongu, ndinoziva, chero chinhu chaive neBluetooth inenge isingatauri sefoni inonzi audiophile, asi tichifunga kuti Fidelio L1 yakaratidza sei zvakanaka pandakaiongorora iyo kuInzwi nekuona , ngatitorei zvimwe pane izvi. I M1 inotarisa yakawanda yakafanana neL1, uye yakagadzirirwa neApt-X Bluetooth. Tarisira mutengo we $ 279 apo M1 inotumira mwedzi wakatevera.

07 of 08

Stymax-Obravo HAMT-1 AMT Hybrid

Brent Butterworth

IHAMT-1 yaive yakanyanyisa kunyorera foni yeCES 2014, kunyanya kubva pane unyanzvi hwemagetsi. Nyaya imwe neimwe inobatanidza mutsairi wenguva dzose unofambisa mutyairi ane Air Motion Transformer (AMT) mutyairi, chigadzirwa chinogamuchirwa pachinoshandiswa se tweeter muvakurukuri naAdhamu Audio, GoldenEar Technology, MartinLogan nevamwe. Ndakashamisika kuti mutori we AMT angashanda sei mumakorofoni, achifunga kuti planar magentic drivers munyika-class headphones kubva Audeze neHiFiMan vanofananidza kinda yakafanana munzira dzevatyairi ve AMT. Asi nepo kuvakwa nekugadzirisa kweHAMT-1 kwakaratidzika zvakanaka, kutaura kunoda kunoshanda - kwandiri, zvinonzwika uye zvakasvibiswa mukati me midrange. Saka jweti rave richiri kunze kwe AMT mumakorofoni ...

08 we 08

Mozaex 7.1-Channel Headphone

Brent Butterworth

Yep, ino-headphone iyi inogona kukwanisa kubudisa chaiyo 7.1-kanhi-mhepo yakapoteredza. Musoro weMozaex wakapinda muhutano hwekufananidza zvakare mu 2012 CEDIA Expo, asi waiva mukuru, clunky uye wakakura kumashure ipapo. Icho chitsva chikuru ndechokuti, yakajeka zvikuru; iyo inonzwa inonzwika seyakanaka. Nyaya imwe neimwe inobatanidza vatyairi vashanu: 40mm drivers yepakati, nharaunda dzakapoteredza uye nharaunda dzomukati dzakapoteredza; 50m mutya wekambani yepamberi; uye pamusoro pekutaura semukurukuri (kufanana nekanyatsogadzirisa transducer) kupa zvishoma zvingaswededza. A dedicated / processor akazvipira anowanikwa. Nokuti iyi ndiyo yaiva yechipiri-yekupedzisira-dumba ndakaona paCES 2014, uye ndakanga ndichifa kufamba munzira, ndakanga ndisina kuvapo kwepfungwa kukumbira mutengo.