In June 2024, HIFIMAN, China's leading high-end audio brand, held a new product launch conference in the summer of 2024 and announced two blockbuster new products and prices, which attracted attention and praise from the industry.
At the press conference, Dr. Bian Fang, founder and CEO of HIFIMAN, first introduced the special guest Mr. Liu Hansheng, who is the godfather of the contemporary Taiwanese audio industry, as the publisher and editor-in-chief of the professional HiFi magazine "Audio Forum", his professional equipment evaluation and review of music works have a wide and far-reaching influence. Mr. Liu Hansheng has also been a long-time user of HIFIMAN products, and shared some insights and insights about the new products with Dr. Bian Fang and music enthusiasts at the press conference.
1、达成静电耳机矩阵的青春派——Mini Shangri-La(迷你香格里拉)
As we all know, in 2016, as the only self-developed electrostatic headphone system in China that can compete with Sennheiser's electrostatic headphone system HE-1, SHANGRI-LA (Shangri-La) was born; Two years later, in 2018, HIFIMAN took advantage of the situation to launch SHANGRI-LA jr (commonly known as "Xiaoxiang"), and today, six years later, as an important part of HIFIMAN's self-developed electrostatic headphone matrix, Mini Shangri-La has arrived as scheduled.
The earphone part of the mini Shangri-La electrostatic headphone system adopts a push-pull electrostatic transducer, the back is an open structure, the earphone unit part has a nano-thickness diaphragm, less than 0.001mm, nano-sized particles are evenly arranged on the surface of the diaphragm, and a nano-dust filter presents complete detail transparency in sound quality.
The Mini Shangri-La headphone amplifier has a linear transformer, a discrete component power supply, a discrete fully balanced pre-amp, a balanced high-voltage MOSFET direct outlet, and a step-up transformer.
The front of the mini Shangri-La headphone amplifier is lined with a single-ended balanced input switching knob, electrostatic headphone output and volume adjustment knob; The back is equipped with RCA single-ended input left channel, RCA single-ended input right channel, XLR balanced input right channel, XLR balanced input left channel, power input socket, power switch and AC 115-230V transfer switch.
Technical Parameters:
Headphones: Push-pull electrostatic transducer with open back structure
频率响应：7Hz-90kHz
Headphone weight: 320.2g
Amp weight: 5.82kg
极化电压：550V-650V
耳放尺寸: 255 x 251 x 93 mm
Retail Price: Mini Shangri-La Complete System RMB16000
Mini Shangri-La headphones RMB7500
Mini Shangri-La Ear Amp RMB10500
二、旗舰级平板耳机SUSVARA的升级版——SUSVARA UNVEILED
In 2016, HIFIMAN released the flagship tablet headset SUSVARA, which is now the top reference tablet headset, which can be called the "dream machine" of senior audiophiles.
From the perspective of traditional technology, because the nano-scale diaphragm is very lightweight, it is easy to be disturbed by the sound waves reflected and refracted by the grille, so HIFIMAN uses a louvered grille to increase the porosity, reduce the probability of reflection and refraction, and greatly improve the sound quality. However, the design of the louver grille cannot completely avoid reflection and refraction, and only the grilleless design can achieve near-lossless sound quality.
The classic SUSVARA uses a gold conductor layer, also thanks to the best ductility of gold, and the conductor layer is extremely thin. However, the conductivity of gold is relatively low compared to metals such as silver and copper, resulting in the overall low sensitivity of headphones; SUSVARA UNVIELED uses silver as the conductor layer, which is second only to superconducting materials, and has a qualitative improvement in sensitivity and the ability to reveal details of weak sound and air. The special streamlined cross-sectional shape of the invisible magnet further optimizes and improves the air turbulence and reflection between the gaps of the magnet, so that the sound passes through the magnet almost perfectly, and does not cause sound quality degradation like traditional magnets.
UNVEILED, THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO AN EVOLUTION OF HIFIMAN'S TECHNOLOGY FROM THE PREVIOUS GENERATION OF SUVARA, DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE NANO-THICKNESS DIAPHRAGM TO REFLECTED SOUND WAVES, THE NEED TO FURTHER INCREASE THE DEGREE OF OPENNESS ON THE BACK OF THE HEADPHONE UNIT, WHICH IS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE SUSVARA UNVEILED DETACHABLE BACK PANEL. The fully open back design of the flat unit results in the complete elimination of the side effects of sound wave reflection, thus eliminating the last obstacle that compromises sound quality.
SUSVARA UNVEILED
Technical Parameters:
频率范围：6Hz-75kHz
Sensitivity: 86dB
Impedance: 45Ω
Weight: 430g (without magnetic cover and cable)
Price: RMB56000
推荐搭配功放： EF1000DAC
Maximum output power: 13.7 W@32 Ω balanced
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.0012% (-8 dB)
Channel separation: 131 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio: 120 dB (A-weighted)
解码格式：AAC/SBC/aptX/aptX-HD/LDAC
Size: 47cm (length)×28cm (width)×17.5cm (height)
Weight: 13kg
Price: RMB80000