More than a decade ago, it was the golden age of the Walkman. At that time, one of the "three major pieces" of admission to university was MP3. Rich children, there are Sony Walkman, Avery and spaceship, Apple iPod; ordinary working families, will also pay a few hundred yuan to buy a Meizu M series, Philips SA, Samsung Yepp. In the mainstream mobile game or snake, social APP or QQ a big family, the important way to entertain is to listen to songs, a small player in the pocket, plug in a pair of random flat-headed earplugs, it seems to be able to immerse yourself in it, no network suppression cloud, no Bluetooth true wireless, hundreds of megabytes to several G storage space, lying is spent a lot of effort to download and copy into the precious resources, it can be said that each capital can be lined up into the favorite song list, every boot listening seems to have a sense of ceremony. In the era of "poor entertainment", music gave brilliance.
After the popularity of new media forms such as vibrato and douyu, such as video and live broadcasting, music still has not faded, and even because of these platforms, it has brought one song after another. Although many people inside and outside the industry frequently complain that the quality of music does not dare to compliment today, or the aesthetic level of the masses has also declined, it is still the spiritual habits and pursuits of many people who can get emotional resonance through music. Now the hardware level is developing rapidly, even if mp3 has "died", there are "increased amounts not necessarily increased" HiFi equipment can be used as better music appreciation equipment. High-quality HiFi equipment not only undertakes the playback of music, but also "beautifies" it, so that the songs they are accustomed to listening to become completely good - "the original song can be so moving". And now mobile phones have canceled the headphone port, the sound quality of Bluetooth headphones can not be close to the wired HiFi headphones in a short period of time, for students who like to listen to songs, have a certain pursuit of sound quality or want to get a sense of listening to songs, now is undoubtedly a better era - the ever-changing HiFi devices give a greater range of choices. In the era of "entertainment excess", music is not superfluous.
Entry-level HiFi Costume - Mountain Spirit Q1 + Angel Jimmy Hana, with a total price of about 1780.
More than a decade ago, the entry-level level should be 200 pieces of Philips SA28 + 100 pieces of Sennheiser mx500, and now the price is soaring, more than 300 yuan is converted into how to be worth more than 1,000 yuan of purchasing power. However, the quality of hifi equipment of more than 1,000 yuan now is certainly not comparable to the 300 yuan of that year. Take the retro-shaped Shanling Q1, although it is quite similar to Philips, but there are differences in the interior: the ES9012P chip supports DSD128 and 32bit/384KHz high-sample audio, two-way Bluetooth supports LDAC and Qualcomm aptX two mainstream Bluetooth protocols, 32 ohm load 80mW thrust and 118dB signal-to-noise ratio to deal with entry-level earbuds has been considered quite an excellent indicator.
The progress of the earbuds is greater than the front end. Hana as a thousand yuan of domestic earbuds "new Internet celebrity", the quality of one ear than the mx500 has improved, once the top dynamic circle is only 2000-3000, and now more than 10,000 moving circles are not unusual. Hana's dynamic unit is a "secondary polymerization high rigidity liquid crystal diaphragm" jointly developed with a well-known diaphragm manufacturer in Japan, similar to Sony's LCP aluminized LIQUID crystal diaphragm, the advantage is that the resolution is higher, the frequency response range is wider, and the quality of the oxygen-free copper core coated with special materials is not comparable to that of the old flat head. Face value is another significant highlight, but also as an important selling point for entry-level equipment, whether it is Q1 or Hana, in the workmanship and design also fully reflect the high quality of Chinese manufacturing.
Enter the class HiFi god outfit - Qidu X20 + Sennheiser IE80s, the total price is about 3580.
Advanced HiFi, unlike entry-level products, is more of a "sense of ceremony" and "sense of feelings", but more focus on practicality, in the core function, can reflect the relatively obvious advantages, completely out of the category of "toys". For example, the X20, which represents the degree of the front end, although it has been out for some years, the configuration is still considered conscience. The overall and mobile phones open a clear gap: dual crystal oscillator + ES9018K2M + OPA1612, from digital to analog materials are not compromised, fully balanced design allows thrust to increase to 32 ohm load 300mW, signal-to-noise ratio also reached 116dB, while supporting car playback mode and HiByLink extension also further increased practicality.
Sennheiser IE80s is also a well-known classic for many first-time burners, and has stood the test of time. Similar to the X20, it belongs to the kind of products that are not beautiful but have few shortcomings. After iteration from the original dynamic ring IE8 to IE80 to IE80s, product details and tuning are more balanced, although the sound characteristics are less prominent, but the adaptability, comprehensiveness is better, the only problem is that this dynamic ring unit is not easy to serve, the need for higher current output, but with 140mA large current X20 indicates no pressure. If you require stability, this set of collocations will basically not overturn.
Mainstream HiFi god suit - Sony ZX505 + IER-M9, the total price is about 9200 yuan.
Sony Walkman is still the "definer" of the Walkman, and the reason why the ZX505 was put into the first recommendation column of the mid-range price is precisely because it is the most "Walkman DNA" product in Sony's current player. Compared with the thickness of the two high-end black bricks of the "Mellow Series", the ZX505 is thin enough to meet the definition of the body; at the same time, the return to the Android system to add streaming media is also a reflection of the trend. 4.4 balance port to make up for the lack of single port thrust, workmanship, texture at the same price is also outstanding, after 6 years of iteration, with the balance port and Android system ZX505 has become Sony's stage summary, but also a new expression of Walkman, but the essence of which needs old suo powder to understand.
The IER-M9 is far more competitive in the mid-range price point than the ZX505 in the front-end field. Even putting it at a high-end level does not hurt, from the official positioning point of view, this is the flagship of the monitoring product line. For a portable hifi system, the earbuds can either be a short board for the bucket or raise the lower limit of the entire system. The M9 is typical of the latter, with less dyeing, positive tuning, quality has always been online, and it is difficult to make a bad sound. Five self-developed moving iron units are the embodiment of Sony's technical strength, for 8 years, Sony has made the XBA series more and more hifi, the ergonomic design is more and more comfortable, and the M9 finally confidently uses "Monitor" (professional stage monitor) as the series name. Driven by its own ZX505 balance port, the M9 presents a HiFi sound that is rare in Sony's history.
Reference grade HiFi god suit - Leto PAW 6000+64Audio Nio, the total price is about 22,000 yuan.
It was only the combination of 10,000 yuan front end + 10,000 yuan earbuds that it finally reached the high-end portable field of this era. It is proud that at least on the front end, domestic brands have occupied a considerable share, and the title of "national brick" is no longer a "soil old hat" leek machine with empty quality and big and ugly. Leto is undoubtedly one of the best, the self-developed Ltos system stability, ease of use, fluency is not lost to Sony black bricks, fuselage workmanship also represents the highest level of domestic production, PAW 6000 can be said to be the high-end price of the "bucket machine" representative, from the outside to the inside of the flaws are very few, some people may say that its tuning is too positive, less taste, but Letu's PMEQ and ATE filter can let you call out almost any timbre. The 300mW thrust of 32 ohms load and the high signal-to-noise ratio of 120dB are also unbeatablely high.
The design idea is similar to Leto Xiaomoju, and the new Nio of 64Audio is also a "bucket-level" earbud with a price of 10,000 yuan. Workmanship, wear, and appearance are not top-notch, but they are also superior; the quality is not as prominent as their own flagship, but it is affordable and high enough for the vast majority of users. Retaining its own core technology tia super treble, in the unit configuration is a more conscientious "stack" (8 iron and 1 circle), increased playability and different scene adaptation of the apex module, etc., there should be some, no surprises, no disappointments. From the actual sound quality performance, Nio three-frequency balance, the vocals have a slight dyeing, the style is delicate and fresh, the low frequencies will not appear disabled, and the balance of listening and good listening has been achieved.
Fever-reducing Grade HiFi Divine Suit - Lepi P6+JVC FW10000, with a total price of about 30,000 yuan.
The word fever has long been used, but it still makes sense here. To achieve fever reduction in the strict sense, it is necessary to pursue the so-called "sound of nature". Hifi pays attention to high fidelity, and the sound that is natural enough should be the closest to the real sound. The sounds of nature heard by the human ear are simulated, and vinyl records are more simulated than CD records, and the sound can be said to be more natural. The biggest feature of the flagship model P6 of Lepi's new P series is the first application of the fully discrete R2R resistor array in the field of portable players, which is equivalent to tucking the desktop DAC into the portable machine, completely eliminating the Gibbs effect of the traditional Delta-Sigma architecture, and almost completely eliminating the digital flavor from the principle level of digital to analog, replaced by a more emotional vocal and a fuller and thicker bass. For the taste-oriented lao yaki, it is rare to hear such an analog taste on today's portable DAP, and the fully discrete R2R of P6 is not a finished DAC chip, and a higher dynamic and signal-to-noise ratio is achieved through complex pairing accuracy, so the most powerful place of P6 is that it reflects the analog flavor tuning of R2R with the quality comparable to the Delta-Sigma architecture, and there is no other semicolon.
JVC FW10000 is worth reducing the fever in that the moving coil is completely "immovable". As the flagship of the 10th anniversary of the JVC wood diaphragm earbuds, it has changed the traditional low-frequency foot partial lower disc warm sound style, and made a high-quality, transparent cold sound style, which is an excellent interpretation of the Japanese aesthetics of the cold style. The old burn said that the dynamic circle is suitable for fever, the key point is the natural advantage of the wide frequency of the moving coil, the extension of the high and low ends of the sound has a great correlation with the naturalness of the sound, and the low frequency of FW10000 can only say that the elastic texture is good, but the sense of volume and diving are lacking, and the need for P6 such a warm front end to make up for it, and the excellent extension of the high frequency is its biggest advantage, but also to obtain a better degree of naturalness of the killer, as for why to use the fully discrete R2R model as a perfect match, the most important reason, The P6 is currently the only portable model with specially tuned firmware for the FW10,000, trying to squeeze out this 11mm top-of-the-line birch diaphragm dynamic unit.