Custom and non-customized talk about two wonderful things in the headset industry

I remember that when the AKG K3003 circle of earplugs came out, it caused quite a stir. The focus of the comment was not the "circle-iron combination" technology, but the price of its 128 grandfathers. It can be seen that the price of over 10,000 is really shocking. At that time, there were a lot of questions, why was it so expensive? Is this earplug really so good? A friend's analysis of the author is in place:

If you are an earbud user, how do you reflect your high-end taste? Custom earplugs are really expensive, but have you seen a singer who goes out to listen to music with custom earbuds? People can basically be a man! Custom earplugs may look more like a hearing aid in most of them, and the overall plastic material is not high enough to look at. What is the taste of this? Therefore, the appearance of earplugs like K3003 is necessary. You wear a custom earplug to go out. Basically no one knows what model you are wearing, but if you wear a K3003, you will definitely recognize it when you play headphones. Come out, this is a meaning of its existence.

Of course, the above remarks are extremely one-sided, but it seems that there is a bit of truth. Is there a K3003 here? Because in fact, its price is not the most expensive, our protagonist today can kill it in minutes and seconds, and is just a moving earplug...

Wonderful audio in non-custom earplugs

Since this article is indexed by final audio, let's put it in front of it!

For a long time, a long time ago, as for what year, I really can’t remember. In a certain earphone forum, a picture of a certain earplug suddenly appeared. Its shape is like a “XX pot”, pure metal material, looks beautiful and has a strong texture. My buddy asked me, how much do you say that this earplug sells? I said that this is the case, and it is Japanese origin, especially the flagship of his family. Because IE8 Shenma is also a small 4000. But when everything is unexpected, there are a lot of people who don’t follow the common sense. When the short word "2W" appears in the author's QQ communication box, the author only returns a "wipe", and then A string of "wipe", hey, a cold sweat, have to wipe it!

The earphone I mentioned is the Piano Forte X-CC of the final audio. The earbud cavity is conical (really like XX pot!), which is said to improve the comfort and stability of wearing, and Effectively reduce wear and air flow in the chamber will be further optimized.

In fact, the Piano Forte X-CC is only one of the FI-DC1602 series earphones. This series has three models except the "Piano Forte XG Chrome Gold Plated Collection":

FI-DC1602 series earplugs:

1, Piano Forte X-CC (FI-DC1602SC-C) chrome copper material - 220,000 yen

Piano Forte XG chrome-plated copper plated material - 220,000 yen

2, Piano Forte IX (FI-DC1602SS) stainless steel material - 100,000 yen

3, Piano Forte VIII (FI-DC1602SB) pure copper material - 80,000 yen

The three earbuds feature a conical in-ear configuration and are all moving-coil designs, using their own large-diameter 16mm diameter drive unit (16mm is a limit for earbud units) to ensure good sound characteristics. A pressure ring is installed in front of the diaphragm, and a gas pressure adjustment hole is designed in the front and rear of the cavity, and a special air compression technique is used to ensure the air pressure balance before and after the diaphragm to reduce damage.

1, Piano Forte X-CC (FI-DC1602SC-C) chrome copper material - 220,000 yen

Piano Forte XG chrome-plated copper plated collection - 220,000 yen

2, Piano Forte IX (FI-DC1602SS) stainless steel - 100,000 yen

3, Piano Forte VIII (FI-DC1602SB) pure copper - 80,000 yen

Many people will wonder why Final Audio Design will use a variety of special metal materials to make the cavity of the earplugs. In addition to the weight of the earplugs and the difficulty of the process, the most important thing is to increase the cost. This is everyone. It is considered to be one of the reasons why the price of cockroaches is so high (many people think that this has little effect on the sound quality of earplugs).

The official explanation is: As a high-end earphone that pursues sound quality, the use of a metal casing helps to suppress unnecessary resonance, and the special alloy material can bring better effects, so the cavity parts that are butted together are also applied. The alloy material that is machined is intended to avoid unnecessary vibration as much as possible.

In addition, the three earplugs are not equipped with a rubber sleeve, that is, the metal catheter is directly inserted into the ear canal, which is said to effectively reduce the interference of the earmuffs to the sound, so that the user hears the sound of the earplug itself. In terms of parameters, the sound pressure sensitivity of the three earphones is 108dB, the impedance is 16Ω, and the weight is 38g (so, these three earplugs are only different casings).

The introduction of earplugs is over. What do you think after reading? The three audio earphones of final audio took a route of pursuing the ultimate, and the author suddenly thought of the words of Zhou Xing’s classmates, “It’s a little bit worse”, and final audio paid for the “a little bit” on the road of pursuing sound quality. At the very high price, due to the unique shape of these three earplugs, the processing is extremely complicated. It is said that the coatings used are specially developed, and the output is extremely low, but even if the output is high, I believe that it can't sell a few! Sometimes, in order to get a thousandth of the increase, we may have to pay a very high price, final audio These three earplugs are destined to always be niche playthings, as for their sound quality geometry? I estimate that there are very few people who can hear, and the price and sound quality will never be equal.

At this point, the introduction to final audio is over, and the following is the Fitear phase.

Customized earplugs in custom earplugs

What is a custom earplug?

Custom earplugs are actually born out of hearing aids. Jerry Harvey and other older people brought hearing aids to the field of stage monitoring. The relationship between the four major moving iron brands in the United States is very messy, all using the squatting unit, and the squatting unit is designed for hearing aids. of. The original purpose of the custom earplugs is to allow the singer to perfectly listen to the accompaniment, master the rhythm, and the high-quality sound can better let the singer enter the state and bring a good stage performance.

In the past two years, everyone should be more and more familiar with custom earplugs, because the singers are using them at various parties. Recently, you can check out "I am a singer", there are quite a few close-ups! That is, the whole auricle is filled with guys, but the headphones enthusiasts can use whatever you are, as long as you can make a good sound, you will not customize, I 掏 RMB, you will bring the earplugs to me.

In the early years, custom earplugs were often defined as the best earplugs. In many unfamiliar children, they thought they could almost kill all non-custom earplugs. After all, the mainstream models of custom earbuds were more than twice the price of non-custom flagship earphones. How expensive is it? How can it be bad?

But what is the reality?

As mentioned on the page of final audio, earmuffs have a great influence on the sound quality, and the purpose is to better fit the ear canal and achieve excellent sound insulation. Custom earphones have better sound insulation than non-custom earphones without the need for earmuffs, and avoid the effect of earmuffs on sound.

Looking at the above paragraph, you might say "Do you not prove that customization is better than non-customization?" But avoiding the impact on the sound is the best sound? And the good earmuffs can also get excellent sound insulation effect with the correct wearing, and the high quality earmuffs will also have a good improvement on the sound quality. The so-called "sound this thing, one person and one taste", the reason why the customization is expensive is actually mainly Manual fees, as well as material costs, so many units and crossovers are not easy! (personal supervisor opinion)

Hey, is this a problem? Originally, I wanted to say FitEar. There is a saying that I didn't quite agree with it. But as I get older, I feel that it is a bit more reasonable. That is, "The most expensive things are in Japan... ..."

FitEar's custom earbuds are surprisingly small and expensive. You said that the flagship of People's UE and JH is only about 10,000. You are more expensive than others to get an IE80. Is this appropriate? However, final audio has been seen, and FitEar is not so shocked! However, in terms of processing technology, it is estimated that final audio may be more troublesome.

FitEar has only entered the Chinese market in the past two years, and has gained a certain reputation among enthusiasts, but believes that the people who hold it are rare, because the UE and JH brands are large, the products are mature, the users are numerous, and they have a very high status in the world. Your reputation is small and expensive. You can buy it without insurance. Who can buy it except the local tyrant? Headphone ring two "F" Hao, FitEar you are also the number one! However, FitEar has a large market share in Japan, especially for all kinds of seiyuu essential earphones. Mizuki Nana uses FitEar's MH335DW 5 unit to customize earbuds. In addition, if you are interested, you can log in to FitEar's official website. There is a list of Japanese stars in it! The number is really scary, so in fact, the reputation of FitEar is not too small, only limited to the Japanese mainland.

Here are the quotes for FitEar's earphones (quotes are from their official website in Japan. If you buy them in China, it will cost you a lot!)

FitEar MH335DW 168000 yen (3 channels, 3 channels, 5 units: Low-2 / Low.Mid-2 / High-1)

FitEar MH334 147000 yen (3-way 3-way 4-unit: Low-1 / Low.Mid-2 / High-1)

FitEar Private 333 115500 yen (3-way 3-way 3 unit: Low? Mid-1 / High-2)

FitEar Private 223 94,500 yen (2-way 2-way 3 unit: Low? Mid-2 / High-1)

FitEar Private 222 78,750 yen (2-way 2-way 2 unit: Low-1 / High-1)

In addition, in fact, FitEar also sold the custom earplugs of the male model, launched the FitEar TO GO! 334 earphones, using a 3-way 3-way 4-unit design, priced at 105,000 yen; another single unit moving iron F111 by FitEar Quote 42800 yen, yes, single-action iron this price is enough to force it.

The initial purpose of this article is to spit out the two manufacturers, but in the end it seems to be a publicity introduction, sweat! There is no continuation of the style of the first page, writing articles really can not be overnight, which is more than 10 hours, the style of writing is very different. This article does not write the sound of the horse, because the author has not heard, once the final audio is in front of me, I did not cherish, now regret it!