Panasonic Relaunches Technics Brand paIFA muBerlin

01 ye 04

A Classic Line Reborn seHigh-End Brand

Brent Butterworth

Technics yaiva imwe yezvinyanya kuzivikanwa mumasikirwo emasikirwo emakambani ema1970, '80s, uye' 90s, asi Panasonic yakabudisa ipaki iyo muma2000. Pane chimwe chiitiko chakaitika nhasi pamberi pegore ra2014 IFA muBerlin, Panasonic relaunched Technics seyakakwirira ye-audio brand, kuratidza maitiro maviri akarongwa kutengesa kwe € 4,000 kusvika ku € 40,000, kana ne $ 5 250 kusvika $ 52,500. Iyo itsva Technics components inorongwa kutanga muEurope neJapan pakupera kwegore, uye muU.S. "imwe nguva muna 2015," mutauriri wePanasonic akandiudza.

Zvakanga zvakajeka kubva pachiitiko chacho uye madhimoni akatevera kuti Panasonic haana kukanganwa zvaiziva pamusoro pekunzwa nokuti zvose zveTechnics zvitsva zvinopa hutano husina humwe hwandisina kumboona.

Saka nei Panasonic ichikurudzira kudzokera kumucheto wepamusoro webhizimisi rehurukuro? Kutendeseka, ndakakanganwa kubvunza, asi ini ndakanga ndisingafaniri. Ndicho chikonzero chakafanana nemamwe makambani akawanda akadai seScams uye Sony vari kukurira zvakaoma mumikhiqizo yepamusoro yepscale: mitsara mumabhizinesi ehurukuro inonyanya kunaka kupfuura mumiganhu yebhizimisi reTV.

02 of 04

The New Technics: Two New Lines

Brent Butterworth

Pachiitiko chekudhinda, chandakapinda sechikamu chePanasonic press junket, kambani yakazivisa miviri yemiganhu: R1 Reference Class (yakaratidzwa pamusoro) uye C700 Premium Class (yakaratidzwa peji yapfuura). I-R1 ndiyo iyo € 40,000, uye C700 ndiyo € 4,000 imwe.

I-R1 series inosanganisira SB-R1 hurukuro yemukuru, se-R1 stereo power amp, uye SU-R1 network audio control player / preamp. Nhamba yeC700 inosanganisira SB-C700 mushumiri, SU-C700 integrated amp, ST-C700 mitambo yemavhidhiyo player uye SL-C700 CD player.

Nyanzvi huru inyanzvi Tetsuya Itani (akaratidzwa pamusoro apa) akatsanangura mamwe emichina inoshandiswa shure kwezvibereko pashure peTechnics mukuru wekambani Michiko Ogawa akapa sumo yakarongwa. Ogawa - pianist anobudirira wejaija pamwe neine injini yekuridza-akazarurirwa ne duet ine runyararo Terumaso Hino.

03 of 04

The New Technics: The Electronics

Brent Butterworth

Nheyo ye itsva SE-R1 power amp (yakaratidzwa kumusoro kumusoro, pedo neSU-R1 network player / preamp) uye SU-C700 integrated amp inyanzvi yeClass D ekugadzirisa zvigadzirwa zvemichina inosanganisira izvo iyo kambani inonzi JENO, kana Jitter Kugadziriswa uye Nheyo Kuumba Kugadzirisa. JENO inosangana neawa rinodzokorora dunhu rinopa pasi-jitter clocking nokuda kweikudzidzira 'switching circuits; muenzaniso shanduro converter; uye kuwedzera kwemhepo inoshandisa iyo inopa zvokudya zvinowedzera. Izvo zvinonzi transistors ndezveGaNFETs (gallium arsenide field effect transistors), iyo iyo ikati kambani inogona kushanduka nekukurumidza kanomwe kazhinji kudarika vazhinji vanofambisa vanoshandiswa mubasa iri - kusvika ku 1.5 megahertz.

Zvinofadza kuti maaspire anoshandisa izvo zvinoita seine simba rinowanika masimba ane simba guru re transformers uye zvinoshamisa kuti hurukuro huru inopisa pamagetsi emagetsi.

Chimwe chiitiko chinonakidza chemashizha ndiyo Mutoro Wazvo Wakawandisa Phase Calibration. Kana munhu anoshandisa chinhu ichi, iyo amputi inotsanangurira kuti sei mukurukuri akabatanidza ane hutano hwemagadzirirwo ehuwandu hwemagetsi uye shato, uye anongogadzirisa kuti agadzire nguva yakawanda uye shato yekupindura.

I1 components inoshandisa kushandisa teknolojia itsva, yepamusoro inonzi Technics Digital Link, iyo inoshandura zviratidzo mu 32-bit / 192-kilohertz chisarudzo kubva kune network network player player. Iyo inotumirawo simba rekutora data, saka kana iwe uchitenderera chivharo chepamusoro pane network network player player / preamp, iyo chaiyo kugadziridzwa kwevhesi inoitwa muchigadziridziro, saka kuwedzerwa kwechiratidzo kwegodhi kuri mukugadzirisa kwakakwana kusina kutora zvinyorwa kana kudzoka zvakare .

04 we 04

The New Technics: The Speakers

Brent Butterworth

Vose vevatauri vatsva vane gorofa coaxial mutyairi anotungamirira midrange uye anotenderera. A 1-inch carbon graphite tweeter agere pakati pemutoro wepakatikati yemidhora. Iyo tweeter inonzi inoshandiswa kushandiswa kune zana kilohertz; vazhinji tweeters vanoedza kusvika 25 kHz. Pfungwa iyi ndeyokuti ichave yakagadzikana nguva yakawanda uye chikamu chekupindura pa ultrasonic frequencies, iyo inogona, muchirevo, inoita kuti hurongwa huri nani kune mafaira ekugadzirwa kwema digital digital .

Mutyairi we midrange pachawo anoshandisa husi hweuchi huchiwedzera kuoma. Pamberi pemusvi wouchi yakagadzikana inonzi diaphragm inonzi cone ventilated iyo inowirirana nezwi rinowanikwa izwi rinosungirirwa mune magnetic field. Unogona kuona chimiro mumufananidzo uri pamusoro, chinoratidza kusagadzikana kweSB-C700 mini-hurukuro.

I-SB-C700 inoshandisa imwe yeirivhaya. Iko SB-R1 musheti weshongwe inowedzera mashizha mana (anotarisa se 6.5-inchers), ane maziso maviri akaisvonaka mune imwe nzvimbo yakasiyana kubva pasi maviri.

Iyo kambani yakaita demos yemasangano maviri mumakamuri akavakwa zvakanaka uye akanaka chaizvo anoteerera. Asi zvakadaro, zvaive zvakaoma kutonga mhando yemutauro nokuti ndakanga ndisingazivi chero mhando yemimhanzi yavakatamba, uye vaviri vari-hurukuro vakangoiswa mamiriyoni mashoma kunze kwemudhiro saka ndakanga ndisinganzwi zvakawanda zve stereo imaging. Ini ndichati, kunyange zvakadaro, kuti mhinduro dzenguva dzose dzese dzakanzwika zvikuru, uye hakuna kana imwe yakaratidza chero nyore nyore kunzwisisika sonic mavara.

Ndiri kutarisira kunzwa zvakawanda zvezvikwereti izvi munaJanuary 2015 CES, apo Panasonic inogona kuzivisa zvirongwa zvepamutemo uye mutengo wekutanga kweUnited States.