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Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Xiaobian once summarized dozens of world-renowned audio and speaker brands, however, many brands have been AV, and even hifi is no longer counted. Among the rest of the brands, hi-end, hifi and listening brands are not listed separately. Therefore, I rearranged it according to hi-end level, hifi level and listening level. Hope you like it.

It should be noted that because Xiaobian is more concerned about the strength and sound of the brand, rather than sales. It is for this reason that these brands are also generally very small companies (in terms of sales). For some big audio manufacturers, a brand has hi-end products, hifi products, and AV series, which are generally in the hifi level (on average, hehe).

Ranking is not ranking, much less strength. Comments only represent the editor, a word of the family, welcome to discuss, not welcome to spray, thank you!

Since the situation in our neighbour is very special, I have come out separately to give a chapter. The Japanese focus on a certain aspect makes Japanese products very good in terms of sound sources and amplifiers, and many products are extremely cost-effective. But on the one hand, it is too catered to the market, and the characteristics of preferring false parameters also make most of its products concentrated in the civilian level, and there are relatively few hifi and hi-end brands and products. After nearly two decades of economic recession, the Japanese system is no longer the glory of the past, many brands such as Tianlong, Yamaha, JVC these brands (including Marantha here) have been AV, many products have no hifi characteristics (including some of their so-called hifi products are the same). However, it is still very cost-effective to get started, such as the combination of pushing hifi boxes with their AV amplifiers, which is actually more reliable and cheaper than many DIY goods from unknown sources on a treasure. Moreover, Japanese brands often do everything in a brand, and fine products can be made into hi-end, but junk goods are not even enough hifi, which readers must pay attention to. In terms of speakers, the Japanese system can be said to be a blank, and even domestic production is not comparable in this regard.

1. Esoteric Japan (Note: The brand belongs to the TEAC brand, but because it is too famous, it is introduced separately)

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Esoteric is a premium brand specializing in the production of Hi-End audio under the umbrella of Japanese electrical appliance manufacturer Teac. Esoteric's product line is very complete, from digital sources, amplifiers, horns to wires, but the most famous is the heavyweight laser reading mechanism they have developed since the early 1980s CD market, making Esoteric's design and production of CD turntables, CD turntables, SACD turntables and SACD turntables and other digital sources have always enjoyed a reputation.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Esoteric Design and Manufacturing promises the best of excellence. In the pursuit of excellence, it is necessary to identify constraints and obstacles at any cost, and use all available resources to remove these obstacles, which is the design goal of all ESETERIC products. In order to produce the best products, we have a wealth of manufacturing experience so that products express absolute precision and sound wave authenticity. Each product is designed and produced in Japan to provide a state-of-the-art presentation of audio-visual and video reproduction.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

2. Accuphase Golden Voice Japan

Accuphase, Japan, is an audio brand from Japan. Born for the highest demands of audio from beginning to end, not to the mass market, only to the audiophiles who are the most critical of audio - this is the manager of the golden voice. Maybe they are not business people in nature, and their relationship with consumers is more like that of enthusiast partners than between bosses and customers. The preciousness and personality of the golden voice also lies in this.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

The two founders of Golden Voice, also the founders of Kenwood, Kasuga Junichi and Jiro Kasuga, left Tri-Kenwood, founded in 1946, with the dream of building a truly high-end audio manufacturing plant, and in 1972 built a very different audio production enterprise, Golden Voice. Although Kenwood's career was already remarkable at this time, for the sake of common ideals, some of Kenwood's high-level technicians also joined them in fighting again and contributing to enriching the musical life of music lovers.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Before the establishment of Golden Voice, Japanese audio products could not compete with foreign imported brands in the high-end audio market. In 1973, when the first products of the golden throat named "Accuphase" were launched, the C-200 pre-class and P-300 post-stage, it caused a strong shock in the Japanese and even the world audio industry, becoming an epoch-making high-end audio product, and even American audiophiles also called it the "Rolls-Royce" in the audio. Subsequent innovations such as the A-100 mono post-stage are all monitoring grade products that are important in terms of weight and status. Golden Throat is not the founder of CD technology, but it is the hero of CD technology, its early launch of split DP-900 CD disk, DC-91 decoder and combined DP-70VCD machine, and later launched DP-55, DP-65, DP-75 and other models of CD players, all make the replay sound quality more accurate and delicate. To this day, the DP-90 and DP-91 are still the most advanced flagship source equipment of Golden Throat.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Although Golden Throat is a well-known high-end audio brand in the world, its factory building is only the scale of "hand workshop", the staff is less than 100, and there is even no modern production equipment, assembly, debugging, packaging, etc. are manual operations. Their production volume does not fluctuate greatly with market demand, customers even if they can afford to spend money to wait patiently for the finished product, of course, the quality of each finished product is also fully guaranteed by the factory, almost for life. Immersing oneself in hard work, seeking truth from facts, and seeking the highest fidelity is the entrepreneurial spirit of Golden Voice.

3. TEAC Japan

In August 1953, Mr. Tani tengma founded Tokyo TV Audio Co., Ltd. (TTO), the predecessor of "Teac", in Tokyo, Japan. At that time, in addition to producing general electrical appliances, it also produced semi-professional recording equipment. The most famous product of the time was the turntable R-12, which was roughly the same as the 1 million yen radio turntable that Gu Tengma had previously produced for JOAK (Tokyo Central Radio) and JOBK (Oita Chuo Radio).

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Now a permanent director of the Japan Audio Association, Tani Tengma worked in tape recorders, turntables and aviation engineering at various manufacturers before the establishment of the factory. He has always loved music and sound, almost every time he goes to concerts, the sound elements of the company's products are known for their delicate, sleek, and uniquely soft atmosphere. After graduating from high school, Tani chose the Tokyo Higher Technical School, the Department of Precision Mechanics at the Faculty of Engineering at Imayo University, and after graduation, he worked on aircraft engines at the Institute of Aeronautics at the University of Tokyo. Gu Tengma is used to listening to music while working.

In 1956, Gu Tengma and three others founded a "Tokyo Electric Audio Co., Ltd." to produce tape recorders and other audio equipment, measuring instruments and optical equipment. In that year, the famous three-motor three-magnetic head open stereo tape slow-motion recorder TD-101 was successfully produced. In 1957, the TD-102, the open-end stereo tape recorder, was the company's earliest export commodity. In June 1959, "Tokyo Electric Audio" was dissolved for greater development and merged into "Tokyo TV Audio" to produce tape recorders for home use. At that time, the main product was the three-motor four-head stereo recorder 505R, which was first sold in Japan. In November 1962, "Tokyo TV Audio" was renamed "TEAC Co., Ltd.", and in December of the same year, it was referred to as the current "TEAC Company", that is, "Tokyo Electric Audio Company". Soon, the company's professional recording booth and home recording booth became the world's famous brand products. Guttenma has another explanation for this, which is: "T is Technology, E is Excellence, A is Ability, and C is Creative." ”

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Diversification policy to expand the market space

In 1985, First Sound launched its own cd players ZD-3000 and ZD-5000 for the first time. The use of ZD circuits with improved low-level characteristics has since taken the first step toward diversification. In 1986, the LV-2000A laser disc recorder was introduced, which can contain up to 10,000 color still pictures or two hours of color activity on both sides of each disc. In the same year, the famous CD player ZD-6000 and the industry's earliest CD player PD-2500 equipped with a wireless remote control were also launched, as well as the famous rotary head DAT machine R10. In the past, although Daiichi Audio had launched an R1 under the brand of "ESOTETIC" and a professional DA-30 under the brand specified by the customer, this was the first time that the company used its own brand.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

At the end of 1992, the CD player VRDS-10 launched by First Audio was transplanted with the technology of CD turntable machine and digital/analog converter (split CD player) P-500 and D-500, using another brand of TEAC, the rotary disc VRDS movement of ESETERIC products. The VRDS10 was well received for its unique design and personality, and was followed by the vrDS-10's predecessors, the VRDS-20 and VRDS-25. The VRDS movement of the unique inverted turntable is also used, and there is a subtle slope on the turntable with exactly the same diameter as the CD disc, so that the disc is pressed on the turntable and the turntable almost constitute a whole, so that the original warpage of the disc can be corrected, and the vibration or resonance of the disc can be prevented when the disc is rotated. This trick is the same as the vacuum adsorption method of the simulated disc, and it is also its biggest feature. The VRDS mechanism used in vrDS-20 and VRDS-25 is different from the previous ESETERIC brand P2 and P2S, but belongs to a new miniaturized design. However, it makes full use of the P2S results, with thick stiffeners to the metal turntable as a bridge support. In the same year, the company also launched the successor model P700/D700 of the split CD machine P500/D500. One of the great features of the P700 is that it is equipped with the TURNTABLE MECHANICAL SYSTEM VRDS, which was previously used on the vrdS-10 of the all-in-one mid-level aircraft. Although this VRDS does not adopt the dual structure used in advanced machines, it is cast from aluminum molds, which ensures sufficient quality and strength.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

In addition to civil audio equipment, First Audio has developed another professional series of equipment under the name of TESCAM, such as its digital mixer TM-D800, multi-track digital recorder DA-88 and TR-80, which are popular products in the professional community.

4. SHINDO LABORATORY Shinto Laboratory Japan

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

1974: Shindo Research Society began to design, manufacture and sell the RA1474 type bile pre-stage as their first finished product, and they began to study the vacuum tube machine line of Xidian.

1977: Established Shindo Komuro Co., Ltd.

1978: Development of RA124D vacuum tube mono amplifier and release of RA1474 bile preampliary.

1980: Launched A124B mono gall amplifier with an output of 28W and output cattle out of the American TRIAD product.

1981: Ra186 gall amplifier, in mono form, output 25W, Xidian 300B vacuum tube, TRIAD transformer.

1982: The MA288S bile mono post-stage was released, and the RA324 and RA252 mono bile amplifiers were also introduced.

1983: Four models of mono rear-stages were introduced: RA42 output 10W, using Xidian bi-tripolar 42 tubes; 64B output 10W, with 2A3 6.3V tube 6B4G; RA342II output 20W, with EL34 tube; RA349 output 10W, with Xidian 349A tube.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

1983: 300B single-ended rear stage, output 8W, using Xidian 300B tube; and launched RA1561 bile pre-stage, equipped with built-in MC phono amplification stage.

1984: Models 101 and 77 MC phono boosters are launched.

1985: A number of new machines were launched in one go that year, including ALLEGRO 604S prebile stage, RA1474II prebile stage, GRAZIOSO EL34 post biliary stage, output 10W, CONCERTO mono bile stage, output 8W, push-pull A-class operation with Siemens Ezd triode, type 77 biliary pre-stage, type 25 mono post-stage, output 25W, and finally CANTABILE bile mono stage, output 22W, with EL34 vacuum tube.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

1986: F20V SIMHONIA mono bile amplifier with output CCASSA 40W, using Siemens F20V vacuum tubes. A 7A gall amplifier was introduced. Xinteng Laboratory is a small-scale audio equipment manufacturer, its rich in special and characteristic products, only supplied to a small number of high-demand users and enthusiasts who appreciate their products, due to the small output, so they are slow work out of the fine goods of the equipment, the price is not cheap. This manufacturer is characterized by the improvement of the circuit in the history of vacuum tube audio equipment, and the crystallization of modern technology synthesis. They not only attach importance to traditional concepts and techniques, but also with the advancement of today's technology, they continue to abandon the outdated concepts, so they were founded in 1974 and have been standing in the audio industry for more than 20 years.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

5. Reimyo Japan

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Reimyo this Japanese brand was founded by the tuner Kazuo Kinuchi twenty years ago, the company founded by Kiuchi when he debuted was Combak, and its product line is divided into three brands, enthusiasts are most familiar with Harmonix, which specializes in audio mats, and Reimyo is an electricity-related product, such as CDs, pre-stage, post-stage, power processors, etc., are sold under the Reimyo brand, a few years ago Mr. Kinuchi began to design speakers, so there is another brand Bravo. So whether it's Harmonix, Reimyo or Bravo, it's all Japanese Combak brand names, and it's all Kazuo Kiuchi's work.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

In the Taiwanese market, Harmonix audio mats have been sold for many years, and many audio fans also understand its "miracle effect", Mr. Kiuchi emphasized the use of natural materials, mastering the tuning of musical instruments and generally adjusting the sound system, which has influenced many serious audiophiles.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Marantz, Japan

In the field of Hi-Fi sound, there are few people who have a history as glorious as Marantz. In 2003, Marantz celebrated its 50th anniversary. A powerful D&M company formed by Marantz and Tianlong became the holding company of Marantz. The company employs more than 1,600 people in more than 50 countries around the world.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Saul S. B. Marantz loved LP records, but audio fanatics everywhere became obsessed with his products and lasted for half a century. Saul officially founded Marantz in 1953 and a year later released the Model 1 mono vacuum tube preamplifier. The Model 1 is a commercial continuation of the "Audio Console", using three 12AX7s with phono amplification and high-level amplification levels, which are equipped with RIAA equalization lines for a straight playback curve. The Model 1 also features 7 inputs, including 1 interface for TV audio. Today's AV equipment generally provides a sound interface for video equipment, but the Marantz Model 1 did it more than 40 years ago, and I really have to admire Saul B. Marantz's forward-looking vision. Each cost $168, which was a lot of money at the time, but the Model 1 preamp was praised by audio fans and critics for its outstanding sound. Tape monitor switches, rotating volume potentiometers, and separate power supplies were all very innovative designs at the time. Today, a well-looking Model 1 pre-grade is a sought-after item for collectors at a much higher price than the original. It is no exaggeration to say that the Model 1 is an epoch-making product in the history of audio preamp development.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Soon after, the variety of products began to increase, and the Model 2 mono vacuum tube power amplifier was introduced in 1956. This masterpiece was many years ahead of its contemporaries. Its unique feature is that it can be selected with a simple switch according to the taste and needs of the user. When the pentode output mode is selected, the output power can reach 40W; when the triode connection method is selected, the output power is reduced to 25W, but the sound is more delicate and sweet, which can be described as distinctive. The input stage of the Model 2 adopts the dual transistor 12AX7, 6CG7 push 6CA7 for push-pull output, and the sound is very beautiful. One critic used the term "brilliant" to describe the model 2's timbre, a rare adjective in the Hi-Fi circle of the 1950s!

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

The Model 7C, derived from the Model 1 preamplifier, was an unprecedented success due to its excellent sound quality, selling a total of 130,000 units in 9 years, making it one of the largest-selling premium audio equipment ever sold. The Model 7C can be said to be a product that combines two Model 1s, and like the famous Model 1, the Model 7C also uses 12AX7 tubes, of which 3 are only used for the phono to play most of them. This phono amplifier is mostly composed of a three-stage negative feedback RIAA circuit, which is simpler and more straightforward than the model 1 design. The Model 7C has the same input functions as the Model 1, as well as mode and balance controls and each channel's independent tone control. The Marantz Model 7C not only has super connotations and excellent sound quality, but it also has a super-aesthetic appearance, such as a balanced front panel design and the wonderful light under the Marantz trademark, which is tireless to watch. The Model 7C lasted for 9 years and evolved into the Model 7T, Marantz's first transistor preamplifier, 10 years later.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Beginning in the 1960s, Marantz introduced its first vacuum tube stereo power amplifier Model 8. Similar to the legendary Model 2 and Model 5, the Model 8 features an exposed tube design and offers exceptional sound quality, with silicon rectifiers in the power section and an output of 30W per channel. In 1961, the Model 8's power transformer was modified to increase the output power to 35W, becoming the Model 8B amplifier.

7, Luxman Wrestler Japan

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Founded in 1925, Luxman, a famous Japanese high-end audio brand, is a representative of Japan's Hifi audio equipment, and is also a famous brand with a long history in Japan, and its products have always been known for its high-grade, noble and elegant products. Luxman is quite accomplished in power amplifiers, and there are many classic models in the era of electron tubes and transistors. In the production of sound, Luxman also inherited his tradition and made perfect Hifi equipment. Its equipment has been listed on the A+ list of "Fever Heavenly Book" many times, and its status in Japan is also unparalleled. It can be said that Luxman is one of the few Japanese brands that is particularly competitive with the major Hifi factories in Europe and the United States in the world.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Luxman's early equipment has a unified style of Japanese equipment, that is, thick, warm, but hard, the sound lacks a natural and relaxed style, giving the impression that the deliberate pursuit of hearing has made a lot of compromises and sacrifices. By the 1980s, Luxman had shown an air and a domineering aura, which was unique among all the Japanese equipment at the time. As a result, Luxman has taken a classic path to Hifi. Since the beginning of the new century, Luxman's audio equipment has been raised to a higher level, and the sound has been raised to an extreme in terms of equally gorgeous and warm, while also being extensible. The voice is luxurious and delicate, open and gentle, perfect Hifi progression.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

8. Techdas Japan

Veteran audio fans should have heard the big name of Japan's Micro Seiki, the vinyl turntable brand that was famous for its heavyweight structure, vacuum turntable, and air flotation bearings, and now it has been resurrected in the name of TechDAS, the parent company is Stella Inc, a well-known Japanese audio agency, and the designer is Hideaki Nishikawa, the first work Air Force One from the name indicates that it is necessary to use "air" Eliminate all vibration noise.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

The turntable is divided into two layers of main and secondary disc structure, weighing 19 kg of the main turntable, made of specially processed SU304 non-magnetic steel. The upper sub-turntable has three materials to choose from, namely A7075 super duralumin alloy, SUS316L stainless steel, and black acrylic material, and the different sound characteristics of the three materials are available to users to choose. The ultra-stable ultra-low noise AC synchronous motor with low push voltage is measured and adjusted 15 times per revolution by the DC monitoring line to ensure accurate speed, and can be fine-tuned with very precise speed adjustment. TechDAS uses what is known as the quietest motor-propelled air pump ever, coupled with a special rubber suspension system, to make the background as deep as the sea. Four groups of motors, air pumps, air pressure controllers, and compressed air filters are independently powered to ensure maximum stability. The full computer precision monitoring and adjustment system makes the operation easy.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

The most surprising thing about the Air Force One is the serene musical background comparable to the digital system, so that all the sounds presented are extremely pure and transparent, without a hint of impurities and burrs. On such a serene platform, top-notch tonearms and. The quality of Changtou can be fully demonstrated, and the replay of rich musical information and airtight sense of space is the best interpretation of vinyl sound quality.

9. Kondo Kōyasu, a legendary ----- of the fever industry, is the founder of KONDO AUDIONOTE

Kondo Gongyasu was a very kind old gentleman, the second son of a lay Buddhist monk. Not much to say and quiet. He would write Chinese but never read it. There is an incomparable pursuit of music. Familiar with various types of tube circuits and transformer technology. Also a professor of electrical engineering and molecular metallurgy, he founded kondo corporation in Shinagawa-ku, south of Tokyo, where Shinagawa was a former transportation point and began to develop during the Edo period as it repaired tokaido. Kondo manufactures the world's most expensive tube amplifiers in a small workshop-style manufacturer. Its founder, Kondo Konyasu, began production of audio NOTE in 1976. The first piece is a hand-wound transformer.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Kondo first used the audioNote trademark in 1976, meaning to combine sound and music, although the start was difficult, but the Audio Note quickly attracted attention, and an American magazine "Audio Horizons" introduced the AN-S4 sterling silver power cord in 1978. Hiroyasu Kondo, who started his business in 1980, approached Masahiro Shibazaki to start working with Autonette, who is also the owner of a trading company, Sibatech. For 25 years, Kondo treated him like a friend, musician, agent, and translator with tolerance and patience, and the two forged an irreplaceable friendship. Kondo died of illness in Las Vegas earlier this year, and it was Masato Shibasaki who was at his side. Post-AUDIO NOTE acquired a Japanese company that makes horn speakers. And in order to facilitate the identification of burners, the trademark also added the name kondo of the creator Kondo. And designed the logo as a horn pattern.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

On the other side of the Atlantic, a young man who had studied economics, politics and philosophy in college but could not graduate his name: Peter Qvortrup, in the 1970s he opened a sound shop in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in the import of British Lowther, Sugden, EAR and Decca and other audio equipment to sell, in 1981, Peter Qvortrup for the first time came into contact with the Japanese made of single-ended transistor amplifiers. And I was fascinated by it. So he decided to come to DIY to make one himself, but the sound of his first self-made single-ended triode amplifier was not as charming and ideal as he imagined, so in 1984 peter Qvortrup decided to start his own audio company in the United Kingdom, Audio Inovations, and began his research on small power tube machines, but when he took a company-made 7-watt gall machine to chicago set up in the United States to participate in the CES Electronics Show, As a result, he was ridiculed as an idiot by enthusiast players in the United States. Peter Qvortrup almost fainted at the time.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

But with his passion for sound and music, he still remembered the sweet sound of the Japanese single-ended amplifier, so he flew directly to Japan every three to five minutes and anything from THE president Kondo Kondo Konyasu almost, stalking Kondo Kondo to teach him the technique of winding silver power transformers, and the relationship between the two also heated up rapidly during this period, and finally Kondo Gongyasu promised him to take the handmade AN gall machine and hand-wound transformer to his company in the United Kingdom to sell and research, and his Audio from then on Inovations' business is getting better and better every day, so after a few years, the relationship between the two of you and me is very "iron buddy" for the outside world, but; this shrewd British businessman has his own set of roads? He thought he had mastered all the technology of Japanese silver transformer winding and the self-made ability of the gall machine, so he hastily sold his company shares in 1991, and took the lead in registering in the Uk and obtaining the international distribution rights of Audio Note, and also formed the UK company of British Audio Note.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

At this time, Kondo Gongyasu suddenly realized that this Englishman came to set him almost purposefully, so Peter Qvortrup and the real AN founder Kondo Gongyasu had both gone to court, but in the end it was decided to the British: Peter Qvortrup won the case, and the two had a completely unpleasant quarrel, but Peter Qvortrup he specialized in the Design and Production of low-priced AN products in the UK.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Kondo Began his idea of developing a new brand after several years of depression, and then he founded Japan's top Kondo audio company, located in Shinagawa,south of Tokyo, Japan.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

One of Mr. Kondo's signature works is wire. The sound of silver wire is not very clear in theory, but it is definitely not a simple explanation of good conduction effect. Silver wire is affected even by oxidation of the material's surface. Silver oxide is still an excellent conductor, Kondo uses materials in an argon environment, the wire body is withdrawn before it is too late to produce a chemical reaction with the air, and the wire body is immediately wrapped to ensure the high purity of the wire surface. Since there was no steel mold to pull silver wire at that time, Kondo made the steel mold himself. Later, many imitators also began to use silver wire, but they did not see its benefits and disadvantages, Kondo found that whether it is silver or copper, in the production process will be subjected to considerable mechanical force, but also carefully heated and cooled and prevent oxidation. Unfortunately, the current annealing treatment is not perfect, the original molecules often become fragmented, if the wire is properly stored for about 30 years, the molecular structure of the silver wire will return to its original state. Kondo therefore purchased a large number of silver wire material inventory, the current Kondo products use silver wire have more than 20 years of time, of course, the use of "natural aging annealing" silver wire, the cost is much higher than others.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

No one really understands why silver wire sounds better, but what is certain is that as long as it is used properly, it really sounds good. Like other wires, the material is good, but it does not guarantee the quality of the sound, and proper matching is sometimes more important. Kondo is not only a pioneer of silver wire, but also an expert in silver wire, who is experienced in the use of silver wire and has its own style. Even the simplest copper wire is very skillfully used in the hands of Mr. Kondo Gongyasu. He did this by carefully studying the diameter and structural combinations of conductors. A copper wire even radiates the magnificence and delicacy of a silver wire. A coherent and elegant sound was emitted. Copper has its own high-frequency extension physical defects. Kondo's copper wire cut seems to cross this point, which makes many people believe that copper wire can also make such a gorgeous effect. The appearance of kondo's lines is very simple. In particular, the first generation of threads can be said to be rudimentary. He just pulled the thread out of the skin and twisted it into a strand, and the solder on the boring was filed twice with a file, and the joint was like an iron nail. The power cord is only used with a non-ordinary Japanese "music" plug, but the sound is surprisingly good. Due to the continuous feedback of burners on the inconvenience of the trial, and the sound is still room for improvement. At this point, Mr. Kondo Made Up His Mind, After Continuous Design, Adjustment, and Testing. It took several years to complete. The design of the new KSL second-generation line has been introduced. The appearance of the second-generation KONDO line has undergone a revolutionary change. The overall shape is more elegant, both in terms of color matching and production process. The sound has also improved qualitatively by leaps and bounds compared with the previous generation. The author has recently asked the manufacturer whether there is a new model, and the manufacturer also said that the second generation of cost performance is very high quality and very good. The design technique is very reasonable to improve and it is difficult to improve.

10. Nakamichi Middle Way

Nakamichi is a trademark of The Japanese Nakamichi Company (pronounced: na kamiki), and it is well-known for veterans of the audio industry, enthusiasts, and even masters and experts in the audio industry. In addition, today's network information, media reports, and newspapers and periodicals related to audio fever in the past will occasionally see such words as "the CD box of a Nakamichi submarine is more than 30,000 yuan, which is not owned by ordinary burners", and the shop or enthusiast who currently owns this machine is even more addictive.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

The Nakamichi brand was created in 1948. To improve the sound technology of the time and create the world's top acoustics. In the field of car audio, the Japanese have always been known for their fashionable appearance and rich functions, while the middle way is an exception, and there are not many models of car audio in the middle way, and the style is often practical and unskilled. Its appearance is simple and simple. It's even a little bulky, but behind it is an intoxicating sound effect.

Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands

Nakamichi is not only one of the world's four major manufacturers of famous brand-name cassette recording stands, but also in 1978 with the original West German Dervish Root Company to develop the De High-Com II noise reduction system, because it can achieve a large noise reduction of 20 to 25dB in the full frequency band, the sound is good, so to this day it is still one of the three hegemons of the civil noise reduction system, which only shows the strong strength of the Japanese Middle Way Company.

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Japan's top 10 hi-end and hifi audio brands