At the same time, Final Audio Design is also one of the few earphone factories with balanced armature technology, and has also introduced a variety of ear canal earphones with dynamic balance armature; At the end of last year, Final Audio Design officially launched its second earmuff headset Pandora Hope VI, which is not only full of design sense, but also the world's first earmuff headset with balanced armature and moving coil.
Jump to introduce this unique headset.
At the end of last year, when I visited Mr. Takai, he explained why it was named Pandora Hope: the earphone industry is full of poisonous snakes and beasts like Pandora's box, so I hope this revolutionary product can be like the last hope in the box. Listening to Mr. Takai, he is full of confidence in this world's first earmuffs.
Mr. Takai's concept of how to design a good sound is very simple, that is, to suppress the vibration of sound through structure and material, which seems to be quite basic acoustics, and many earphone manufacturers also take suppressing vibration as their product appeal; However, in order to realize his theory, Mr. Takai not only strengthened the design of the mechanism, but also used heavy metals to suppress redundant vibration.
Therefore, the top three piano Forte models in the final audio design are made of thicker cut metal materials compared with ordinary ear canal headphones. The Muramasa prototype with 40mm single earmuffs weighs more than one kilogram, and it still weighs 850 grams after mass production. This time, Pandora hopes that VI will be positioned at the backbone level, and no all-metal structure will be introduced in the structure. By mixing ABS and stainless steel, the weight was suppressed to 480 grams.
Pandora Hope VI is still operated by a designer who has long cooperated with Final Audio Design, so it is somewhat similar to the previous Muramasa design. Through simple geometric combination, it is composed of silver, black, silver and black. It has a simple appearance and a popular antique redesign style. Even if it is placed on the earphone rack, it looks like a handicraft.
The main structure of Pandora Hope VI's earmuffs is an integrally cut stainless steel frame, which is covered with a layer of ABS to help suppress vibration. The headband structure is made of all metal, and the outer layer is covered with wide artificial leather. You can stretch it to the longest when you wear it, and then put it on your head and adjust the length. Black ABS adopts the same rough surface treatment as high-order cameras and has the characteristics of scratch resistance. As for the wire rod, it adopts bilateral 3.5mm single channel, bilateral incoming wire, and the head section has tenon, but it should not be difficult to find the available modified terminal head.
Technically, the balance armature monomer designed by Final Audio Design is matched with a 50mm moving coil monomer. The moving coil monomer is flat, and a piece of metal for vibration suppression is locked behind the monomer. In addition, it doesn't add a little tilt angle like some headphones, but it's interesting to balance the position of armature monomer. It is located at the front of the frame and perpendicular to the ear. Headphones also use the exclusive BAM Balance Air movement mechanism of Final Audio Design, which is said to create a huge space.
Pandora hopes that although VI weighs 480 grams, after the soft large synthetic leather earmuffs and large headband share the weight equally, they will not feel the amazing weight brought by 480 grams on their heads, and there will be no obvious oppression on their heads. However, the earmuffs are designed to slightly press the ears, but after listening for a long time, I think they are better than many lightweight headphones. But if your head leans forward and backward, you will instantly feel the pressure brought by 480 grams.
Although Pandora Hope VI uses a 50mm moving coil, it is not particularly difficult to accidentally drive headphones. As long as the portable player can provide a certain level, it can get a good listening experience, and the headphone amplifier can get a better amount of information, but it is not suitable for devices with large driving force, so it is mainly used for tuning and needs good control at low gain.
How to describe Pandora Hope VI's sound style is better? The author is a little nerve-racking. Pandora hopes that VI, like Mr. Takai, the president, is a distinctive earphone. After listening to it several times, the author feels that it is a lively, enchanting and gorgeous earphone; Its sound dyeing is remarkable, but it will not make classical music unbearable. Its low-frequency dive is not particularly deep, but it can show the timbre that a musical instrument should have. Its design is closed, but it has a sense of space comparable to open headphones.
Pandora Hope VI is not a correct earphone, and its sound dyeing is easy to hear, but unlike some earphones that emphasize sound dyeing and are only suitable for listening to specific music, Pandora Hope VI performs unexpectedly well in both popular and classical styles. The overall style emphasizes medium and low frequencies, and the sense of high frequency extension is relatively general, but the richness of medium frequency is its charm. The low frequency is not small, and the dive is not deep, but the style is slightly soft, but it will not disperse, and there will be no obvious sound pressure after listening for a long time.
The unique sense of space, the author believes that in addition to structural design, may be related to the design of ring iron mixture. Although Pandora's Hope VI breaks the concept that moving iron is only suitable for ear headphones, if Pandora's Hope VI concept is used, the author thinks that the double-monomer design is like a bookshelf two-channel speaker, the 50mm monomer is a bass monomer, the balance armature monomer is like a treble monomer, and the sound of the ring iron echoes through the space surrounded by the earmuffs.
Perhaps because of the unique earmuff design and the design of the sound divider, Pandora Hope VI will not feel the incongruity of the connection of different tone monomers, which often happens in ordinary hoop headphones. Through the above two ways, the sounds made by two monomers with different characteristics can be interlaced and merged in the earmuffs, which also creates its unique gorgeous timbre.
Pandora Hope VI has a distinct personality and is not necessarily a voice acceptable to all consumers. It sells the lasting appeal and atmosphere that belongs to the final sound design, rather than emphasizing the detail analysis blindly. Although Mr. Takai said it was like the last hope of Pandora's Box, I think for those who like its distinctive personality and unique charm, its gorgeous appearance is like Pandora's Box to lure people to open it and find it belongs to them from its sound.