What is a sound field? What is a general sound field concept in the field? The more I get in touch with HANOWA in Germany, the more obvious this feeling becomes. HANOWA was the first brand to promote "Sound Stage", the concept of a three-dimensional space with the position and shape of the orchestra on stage, including length, width and height.
It originated from the stage sound field concept of HANOWA in Germany
If you talk about speaker systems, such as the HANOWA four-piece Mercury flagship loudspeaker, the main speaker is supported by an all-aluminum frame on the back, there is no cabinet, and eight AMT aerodynamic tweeters are used, and a 48-inch (122 cm) long aluminum ribbon midrange. Through the front and back sound, the space reflection of the back wall of the listening environment is used to make music lovers and audiophiles experience a better "sense of liveness" during the listening process than the traditional speakers that only sound forward. In addition, the Mercury four-piece set is equipped with dual 12-inch active external subwoofers, each subwoofer uses two 12-inch long-throw drivers (one is a passive radiator), which can be easily extended to 20Hz very low frequencies, and is precisely adjusted by the DSP of the HANOWA Hanowa Mercury speaker system, as well as a very user-friendly placement distance to set the phase, so that the sound phase can be consistent. In terms of actual sound performance on the spot, the Mercury speaker system has a comprehensive sound, and no matter what type of music it is, it has excellent performance.
In fact, the author believes that the HANOWA four-piece design of the Mercury flagship speaker each channel uses a 48-inch height aluminum ribbon midrange and 8 aerodynamic tweeters composed of a line array of mid-treble, so that the speaker system can ignore the height of the listener's seat in the horizontal off-axis response, because there is no need to be at the ear level with the tweeter position like the traditional dynamic tweeter, whether standing or sitting, its timbre is consistent, and it is easier to obtain the most difficult to reproduce the height of the sound field than the traditional speaker, and the width of the sound field, deep and high interpretation is extraordinary, thus bringing an unparalleled sense of 3D space. Another important advantage of HANOWA's mid-high frequency line array loudspeakers is that the sound pressure is attenuated by only 3 dB when the distance is doubled, compared to 6 dB when the distance is doubled for conventional point source speakers. That is to say, with HANOWA Mercury system speaker, compared with traditional speakers with the same sensitivity and impedance, the same listening distance, it can be at the same sound pressure in the listening position, the output power of the power amplifier is smaller, so that the distortion is lower, so that the sound becomes warmer, looser, and greater sound dynamics can be obtained at medium and low volumes, making it easier to enjoy music.
Let the fever Teacher Li poison enough at one time
The speaker design concept of HANOWA in Germany makes sound sense from the acoustic point of view, including the Moon II stage sound field expander they launched is also based on the design concept of front and rear sound, so that the traditional speakers in the audiophile's home can be expanded in the sound field performance, but HANOWA's series of cables also pay attention to the "Sound Stage" stage sound field concept, where does this start? Perfect audio equipment is because the listening experience not only depends on the performance indicators of the audio equipment, but also involves factors such as the listening environment, the cultural literacy of the listener itself, the physiological state and the psychological state. The role of audiophile wires and some audiophile components in improving sound quality cannot be explained by simple physics and electrical principles, and there are still many topics involving subjective auditory sensation such as "auditory physiology" and "auditory psychology" that need to be studied in depth.
The concept of "Sound Stage" of HANOWA in Germany is used on wire, and even the old enthusiast seniors with decades of fever experience can't stop! This is also from our magazine's chief writer Audiophile Mr. Li and his son Li Kaiyan upgraded the sound of the HANOWA cable to get the sound improvement himself, from the previous only use of the HANOWA basic version of the Acme series products to conquer the audiophile Li father and son, in the words of Audiophile Li, the treble is warmer, the image is clearer, the bass line is more cohesive, and the dynamic fluctuations are stronger...... Fever Mr. Li and his second son Li Yankai are not only users of Hanover, but also fans of horns and large-diameter horns. Mr. Li, a fever, helped his A5 horn speaker add super treble and super bass, and also did a lot of secret tuning, and the whole row of gall machines looked awe-inspiring.
Fever Li said that the whole system is too complicated, so he does not often change the wire, and it is a big project to mobilize the people. In 2022, through the leadership of our magazine, the dealer of HANOWA in Hanover, Germany, personally brought the cable over, and the result was to conquer the fever Mr. Li, of course, the fever Mr. Li this time the latest upgrade of the flagship Signature signature version of "let you poison enough at one time", and used HANOWA optima power cord and refercnceRCA signal cable in some equipment, and the cable cannot be unplugged once it is connected. The Sound of the Theater A5 is purer than when I listened to it in 2022 with the blessing of HANOWA's flagship Signature Signature Signature Signal Cable, the sound background is cleaner, and the details are exceptionally rich, completely making you forget that you are listening to a pair of professional theater replays from decades ago, and it is so powerful that it can make "old trees grow new branches" and find faint recording details that were not available before. The sense of sound space in the recital hall of the recording studio is not only improved in terms of sound effect, but also in the overall musicality and sound field performance.
Although Mr. Li used different valve amplifiers to push the Sound of the Theater A5, the timbre from ultra-high frequency to mid-frequency and low-frequency was relatively uniform, and there was no audible phase problem. When the orchestral music is replayed, the sense of scale of the sound field and the distribution of the orchestra are too conservative to describe as "coming out through the wall", because, 50 square listening room can produce the feeling of a stage, the sense of space has been broadened and deepened several times, and the overall sound field depth is much deeper in the case of the speaker positioning, and the sound does not have the oppression of large speakers rushing forward, and the sound details of the full frequency range are richer!
What is the reason? Could it be that the signal line will be so upgraded? The signal line can also affect the performance of the sound field? That's right! Only when the sound floor is quiet enough, the sound field will have more 3D depth, and the sound details will flow out, and the sound details will flow out in the listening space, which is closer to the "live feeling" of the live concert that reaches the audience's ears through the space reflection of the concert hall, and the sound details are flowing out, which is stunning! Fever teacher Li said that this is the most satisfactory stage of his system's sound effect so far when he has been playing with sound for so many years.
The first live broadcast with the fever Lee father and son
Not only that, but also conquered the second son of the fever teacher Li who is also an audiophile Li Kaiyan (the screen name "caterpillar" is because his child helped him with the screen name back then, I was in the same group with him in many WeChat groups, but I didn't know that he was the son of the fever teacher Li until the year before last), Li Kaiyan not only gladly accepted HANOWA, but also bought two HANOWA Hanois subwoofers with its TAD 16-inch bass horn, thus making the title of "Gun Shuai" more worthy of the name!
In the last home visit to the fever Li father and son, in addition to doing a live broadcast of HANOWA on the topic of "Sound Stage" stage sound field at the home of Li Kaiyan, the second son of feverish Li, through the live video broadcast of the sound meeting, Mr. Chen of HANOWA, my colleague Ken, and And I, in addition to introducing good music to everyone in the program, also through Li Yankai and himself spent several years DIY similar to Altec and JBL horn speakers and powerful HANOWA subwoofer system, so that thousands of netizens on the mobile phone side feel the charm of value-added sound. Although it is a DIY speaker, the speaker units used by Li Kaiyan are very expensive, such as TAD's 16-inch woofer TL1601a + JBL 2440 flagship alnico magnet midrange driver head + Japanese Fostex's ultra-high sound, which compensates for the ultra-high frequency extension and overtones without traces. Li Kaiyan uses the power split tube pre-amp made by Zhuhai Xinfeng, and the mono 212 post-amp pushes and pushes the pair of "Big Mac" horns in a full-frequency way, without adding electronic crossover, and the listening is quite smooth and smooth.
As for the cable, Mr. Li uses a full set of German HANOWA, he said that he has also used many world-class brands before, and the H ANOWA cable cannot be removed as soon as it is connected, not only because the sound is good, but also because the cost performance is much higher.
Everyone knows that although the caliber of the TAD unit is large, the dynamic and low frequency are not what it is good at, and the back and forth adjustment has not been able to find the right subwoofer for several years, until it encountered the HANOWA subwoofer, after careful computer testing and adjustment, Actual audition,Finally determined as50HZ crossover point,Two 15-inch HANOWA subwoofers are responsible for the replay of frequencies below 50HZ,Get the connection between the subwoofer and the horn speaker,Not only the bass is amazing,The connection is natural,The speed and energy are wonderful,There is no roaring annoying standing wave,I can't feel the existence of the subwoofer when the subwoofer is turned on,But the subwoofer is turned off and there is a state of loss,The sound effect is very amazing,Even the sound details with the middle and high frequencies have become more and more supple,The details and sound density are very good without stimulation,This can only be felt on the spot,Do the live broadcast just let the fever Li father and son talk about the feeling of the sound field。 Although the live broadcast side cannot fully show the advantages of subwoofer and stage sound field, under the same conditions, the feedback from netizens let us know that this live broadcast was not done in vain.
The second live broadcast of the Mu 18 Cultural Center
In order to allow more audiophiles to experience the charm of the "stage sound field" at close range, on March 30, "New Audio" magazine and HANOWA general agent Foshan Defan Hele Audio Equipment Co., Ltd. were located at No. 8, 19th Street, Lianxin Road, Shunde District, Foshan City, "Mu 18 Cultural Hall" The large audition space on the second floor will have a live broadcast with a little more than the live audience, so that more audiophiles can actually experience it offline as much as possible.
On the first floor of the Ki-18 Bunka Center, using a HANOWA BS8 bookshelf box and a Moon II stage sound field expander, and using a tube merger with an output power of only 15 watts, you can achieve a surprising 3D sense of space in a fever space similar to that of most audiophiles' homes. If the audiophile is using an ordinary dynamic speaker speaker at home, then, Moon II has a very good matching, with extending to 60kHz still smooth response, peak output 124dB extraordinary characteristics, double-sided sound and rich adjustment functions, not only can increase the system's ultra-high sound to make the sound of the middle and high frequencies more soft and rich, but also expand the 3D sound field performance, I have introduced it in a number of user examples before, which is the true value of Moon II.
The space on the second floor is twice as large,HANOWA Mercury four-piece speaker can make the best use of things,I am too familiar with this set of Mercury flagship speakers,It's just that this time"soy sauce is more expensive than chicken",Four-piece speaker plus Berlin Sound front and rear amp is almost just over one million,A full set of HANOWA cables that can be used,Including the flagship Signature signature version of the signal cable、Optima and Reference power cables are available,The speaker cable is worth more than the "three major pieces" Equipment, but this time the live sound performance is also the best sound heard in the HANOWA exhibition or live broadcast several times, of course, the use of HANOWA cable is naturally the best, the return of the sound is proportional, who said that soy sauce is not more valuable than chicken? HANOWA cable specializes in those sound systems where the treble is too soft, the midrange is not solid enough, and the bass is soft and weak. In terms of publicity, HANOWA focuses on the "Sound Stage", and compared to other cables that advertise neutral and unstained (which is simply impossible!), Hanover's cables can immediately experience the magical effect of extending the dance depth backwards.
Sebastian Sperl, son of Josef Sperl, founder of Hanowa Hanova and current CEO, believes that all audiophile wires, regardless of their structure, are equivalent to an equivalent circuit, and any change in any parameter in this circuit will produce one or more relative changes. For example, the change of capacitive and inductive reactance will produce a change in impedance, and then produce a variety of different parameters, which are similar to the change of circuit composition in the equipment. The purpose of HANOWA cable research and development is to overcome the problem that it is difficult for traditional two-channel systems to fully express the sound field of the stage, and the key is to have sufficient bandwidth, extremely low resistance and capacitance.
The HANOWA Signature series of cables features several innovative designs:
●Electric field magnetic conduction technology
●Single helix and double helix twisting technology can greatly reduce the inductance and ensure the high-frequency extension
●Full-band energy dynamic balance technology
●Solder-free design, plug contact points are plated with multiple layers of sterling silver and pure gold to ensure durability
●Use a single crystal copper conductor close to 6N
●Each cable has a different counterweight, which is adjusted according to the vibration coefficient of the wire to meet the requirements of sound and balance
●Carry out precise calculation of parallel capacitance, power line, signal line and speaker line capacitance from 50.6-66pF/meter, can well show the sound field effect
●Hand-stitched Italian top cowhide for external shock absorption, bionic shock absorbing material can provide excellent damping characteristics
●The internal structure is 2 strands of x2mm2 independent shielding winding for the live wire and 2mm2 independent shielding winding for the live wire and waterline, and 1 strand of x0.5mm2 independent shielding winding for the ground wire to form a multi-point grounding
●Each group of wires has at least 8 layers of absorbing damping, 3 layers of metal isolation mesh and 2 layers of electrostatic isolation, plus metal shock guide blocks
●The optimal operating bandwidth is 1Hz-70kHz
On the same day, the live broadcast was done online, and the live audition was done offline, and the event was hosted by Dai Ge, the manager of the "Mu Eighteen Cultural Center", and at the same time, Mr. Li, who was also a fever teacher, and Mr. Huang Peng, a big player who was also a user of HANOWA, and Mr. Huang Yusheng, a fever boss in Shunde, were also invited to attend, and the scene was full on the day. With a larger listening space, more audiophiles will be able to experience the charm of HANOWA's "stage soundstage" live.
1+1=3 or even greater
Online and offline live demonstrations may be the ideal expansion at this stageMore music lovers can feel the charm of excellent sound systems through video and audio, but the limitations of online audio algorithms and live recordings on different live broadcast platforms have never been comparable to those experienced on the spot. Even in the scene,Not in the best position,Not in the emperor's position,There is a big difference in hearing,It's just the pursuit"Stage sound field"German HANOWA Whether it is a speaker or a cable or an accessory such as a Moon II stage sound field expander,It can narrow the sound field of traditional speakers in the non-emperor and the emperor's position、Positioning gap,"Radiation range"Wider,Traditional speakers"Yellow Emperor" There is only one, the front and rear sound HANOWA Mercury loudspeakers with the core of research and development to restore the live stage sense and express the live atmosphere, and obtain the best stage performance in the simplest way, which can expand the original narrow range of "emperor position" to almost the entire listening space almost without loss.
Although I have participated in many demonstrations of HANOWA in Germany and benefited a lot, through the experience of participating in two live broadcasts in this month, I have further deepened my understanding of the "Sound Stage" pursued by HANOWA. In the live broadcast of the day of the "Wood Eighteen Cultural Hall", in a large environment that can accommodate dozens of audiophiles, the sound energy and density have not been diluted, and the audience also felt the sound charm of the German HANOWA Hannova Mercury four-piece speaker + supporting cable through the music demonstrated on the day, and the system of one million and the cable of one million can have 1+1=3 or even larger, which is the sound value of the "stage sound field" dominated by HANOWA in Germany!
HANOWA China General Agent: Foshan Defan Hele Audio Equipment Company
Address: 401, Building 22, Han's Robot Intelligent Manufacturing Center, Beijiao, Shunde, Foshan
Contact: Chen Qinming
Telephone: 13928828449