Rey audio has not heard of not to tighten, the famous tad should always know, right? Shozo Kinoshita, the founder of ray audio, is inextricably linked to tad. The equipment made by Shozo Kinoshita is called kinoshita, but the company name is rey audio. Rey was introduced on the company's official website, and it was written that "in Japan, the ancient character meaning is 'Good Sound', and in Spanish it represents 'King'", which is to express our pursuit and dedication to the ultimate sound art.
In 1979, the eagles flying eagle choir's full tour consisted of a loudspeaker wall of tad-4001 treble and tl-1601 woofers, which could reach a sound pressure of 130db at a distance of 30 meters in an open outdoor concert venue, and had the ability to extend at a very low frequency of 30hz. Such amazing performance made the tad famous in the first world war, when the sound system was designed by Shozo Kinoshita and completed with Nishimoto Sound Productions. In 1981, the tad was officially launched in Japan, and in 1983, Pioneer launched the model 2401twin speaker with the flagship brand exclusive, using two tadtl1601a woofers and a td4001/th4001 large wooden horn treble, which was produced for the needs of the studio, the maximum sound pressure can reach 126db, and each sound range has a compelling momentum and portrayed sound quality performance. And there are well-defined audio and video in a wide listening range. The next model 2402 also shines, and these two pairs of speakers can be said to be the most familiar TAD products for domestic audiophiles. Tad set many records that year, such as the TD-4001 treble developed by Shozo Kinoshita, which has long used beryllium metal diaphragms, and it was not until 2000 that the French focal once again set off a boom in beryllium treble. On the one hand, the reason is that beryllium metal is too expensive, and it is very difficult to make beryllium metal into an ultra-light and ultra-thin diaphragm with high rigidity, which shows that the technology of TAD at that time surpassed the times.
The rey audio rm-8vc was originally designed for use in the studio, and the appearance is square and simple
Most of the speakers made by Kinoshita are external speakers
Many "customized" conditions, not only the purchase of kinoshita is difficult, even the agent kinoshita is also difficult, Kinoshita Shozo to find the agent must have the same insistence on art, so there seems to be no formal agent in China. Shozo Kinoshita's most collaborative spatial processing design is tom hidley in the United States, who is the founder of westlake speakers in Westlake, has more than 600 studio design achievements, and is also known in the sound industry for designing sound traps. Tom Hidley himself is also a jazz player, recording engineer, in addition to Westlake audio, in the United Kingdom also established Eastlake audio, with audio space design as its main business. Although Westlake also makes speakers himself, Tom Hidley prefers to place kinoshita speakers in the studio or building sound space he designed, because the studio monitor speakers have undergone complex electronic partings from three-way and four-way sound separations and then multiple sets of amplifiers plus eq, and the recording engineers have found the advantages and performance of simple two-way parting, and rey audio is definitely the leader of the two-way sound splitting horn speakers. South Africa's bop studio, one of the largest recording studios in the world, uses kinoshita rm-7v & ris-1 two pairs of monitors, the space was designed by Tom Hidley in 1991, so that the monitor can emit very low frequencies of 9hz, which is really incredible! Of course, Shozo Kinoshita also helped design the studio, and the Tokyo Kim studio, completed in 1987, is also one of the largest recording studios in the world, using multi-pair monitors such as kinoshita rm-7v and km1v.
The knob outside the wooden box of the speaker splitter should not be a volume adjustment, but a phase fine adjustment
Swiss weiss jason cd turntable
Replaced by the British Ear 912 pre-class
Antique marantz model 9 mono post-stage
I said a lot about Shozo Kinoshita because I finally heard a set of kinoshita speakers with balanced performance and good listening. The owner Xu Zuotang is an old enthusiast with a fever of more than thirty years, everyone calls him "Brother Tang", and he has not been to the Happiness Building Seafood Restaurant in the Nanhai area of Foshan, Guangdong Province, and he is embarrassed to say that he is a foodie.
For the sound, Tang Ge also has a unique insight. Tang Ge mentioned that he would like to thank a local enthusiast In Foshan, Yang Guorong, who has known each other for decades, Mr. Yang is plain and does not like utilitarianism, so he can look at the audio from the perspective of a music lover with his usual heart, and Tang Ge's current system is Mr. Yang spent a lot of time helping to adjust. Every night when he returns home at 9 o'clock in the evening, tang brother who has become a grandfather will enter this private space, make a pot of tea or pour a glass of fine wine, and quietly enjoy the music flowing in his ears. So he doesn't need a very precise, very straightforward, very transparent, very sharp voice, he wants a balanced, steady, comfortable, warm and elastic effect.
As a master of Chinese cooking, Tang Ge rarely personally palms the palms, and more often than not, he likes to make tea for hospitality
The equipment currently used by Tang Ge includes the Swiss weiss jason cd turntable, weiss medea decoding, the British ear 912 pre-stage, the antique marantz model 9 mono rear stage, and the horn speaker is rey audio rm-8vc. In addition, there are two antique vinyl turntables, micro and luxman, which were painstakingly brought back from Japan. Ear 912 pre-stage comes with first-class performance singing and playing, which is a very cost-effective pre-stage, while Marantz post-9 stage is the peak of the golden age of vacuum tubes, and the combination of old and new is natural. Marantz 9 post-stage uses 4 6ca7/el34 amplification, output power 70 watts (instantaneous 140 watts), can also be replaced by a three-pole working output of 40 watts, the indicators of the year can already achieve a signal-to-noise ratio of 100db, intermodulation distortion < 0.5%, the total harmonic distortion < 0.1%, frequency response 12h-40khz±1db. Very remarkable achievement. Saul B. Marantz established the Marantz factory in Woodside, California, in 1953, and marantz experienced the most brilliant phase of its initial entrepreneurial period, from the birth of the first legendary model 1 to the famous model 7 in 1958. Just two years after the birth of the Marantz 7 pre-class, the model 9 post-class let Marantz climb to the top, and the two best amplifier manufacturers in the world alongside the two heroes of The Mai Jingtu, this set of post-stage has musicality and good control, and to this day, the Marantz 7+9 combination is still a hot collection for audio collectors.
Swiss weiss medea decoder
In the product catalog of rey audio, there are also rm6 and rm7 pairs of similar structure speakers, rm7 box is the largest, weighs 250 kg, and the frequency response is 20hz-20khz. Rm6 times, weighs 200 kg, frequency response 24hz-20khz, their common parameters are the maximum withstand power of 1000 watts, the maximum sound pressure of 130db. So don't forget that even a high-sensitivity horn speaker still needs a little more power to drive, so that the low-frequency energy is fully connected with the horn. In Tang Ge's listening room, the horn directivity is not so obvious, there is a good sound when walking around, sitting on the central axis of the speaker is naturally positioned accurately, but even if you listen off the axis, you will not feel that the sound field is chaotic. The charm of the horn speaker is mainly in the direct, fast, rich and precise musical energy, nearly 100db of sensitivity with 70 watts to drive, not at all difficult, although the speed is not fast, the horn speaker still shows a unique charming style.
This Swiss fm acoustics pre-class gave it a break
Kinoshita's horn speaker splitters are all external, and there is a knob on the wooden box made of piano splints, the original factory did not say what the purpose of this knob was, Tang Ge told me that it was the volume adjustment of the alto horn. However, in some foreign reports, there is another explanation, because the completion of the kimoshita speaker is very high, it should not leave too much room for adjustment, so this knob is not the sense of volume of the mid-treble horn, but more like phase correction. After the adjustment, the overall music energy is more concentrated and the dynamic range is greater, and the user can moderately fine-tune according to the matching amplifier and the spatial sound conditions.
Micro and Luxman's two antique vinyl turntables were painstakingly moved back from Japan
Ear bile pre-level, Marantz antique gall post-stage push kinoshita horn speaker, not to talk about the fiery transparency, thick and suitable comfortable and warm taste is always through, bringing a pure musical enjoyment, is a "mid-frequency invincible" mellow beauty. I almost forgot that this is a pair of studio monitors that emphasize absolute neutrality, because Tang Ge gives it more personal style, which does not have the soft blur of some antique equipment, it still maintains fairly good detail and control; it is not like the yellow and colorful of some antique equipment, and there is no shortage of musical instrument timbre changes, but the speed is reduced, the fire is suppressed, and people pay all their attention to the music and forget the existence of the sound.
Kinoshita flagship warp15w speaker, don't know who has the chance to marry it home?
The kinoshita horn speaker has a strong energy, but there is no sense of oppression at all, the musical details are natural, with a high sense of harmony, the low frequencies are not fast but retract freely, the high frequencies extend easily and naturally, and it sounds stress-free. Either kind of music sounds relaxed and relaxed, and the contrast between the light flying of the keyboard and the percussion in jazz is very interesting. Tang Ge handles this modern and antique sound system, just like he stewed abalone slowly makes the ingredients taste soft and flexible, and finally the entrance is full of Daigo's delicious touch, and the sound is replaced by the throbbing of the heart when listening. This kind of musical performance has nothing to do with money, and the feeling that is deep in the heart is difficult to buy.
The Happiness Building Seafood Restaurant in Dali, Nanhai, is the place where Tang Ge gathers the heroes of the world