AB1266 설계
AB1266 설계
AB1266 설계
The AB1266 is all about the sound. Our goal was to capture the sound of the finest speaker systems and music reproduction rooms in the world. Most importantly, they had to convey music as naturally as if you were sitting in the room with the band. This was a huge undertaking for a small company.
The first thing you notice when you hear the Abyss AB1266 headphone is what the human brain is so good at recognizing, natural musical sounds, freedom to the music. The headphone is not producing weird sounds that tell the brain it’s a headphone. Instead, you hear cymbals ring out in time without hard metallic sounds, guitar strings resonate inside the guitar body, not some tubby or tin box. Drums have real impact, you hear the rolling of the drum skin, not a thump and it’s over. Bass is powerful and impactful like a big speaker system with subwoofers in a well tuned room.
가장 중요한 구성 요소인 스피커 또는 드라이버부터 시작하겠습니다. AB1266 드라이버는 증폭된 신호를 움직임으로 변환하여 귀가 진동하는 플라스틱이나 금속이 아닌 음악만 들을 수 있도록 해야 합니다. 이 부분을 제대로 구현하는 것이 가장 중요하면서도 가장 어렵습니다.
We started from scratch with an open mind, and used up nearly 5 years of our lives to create unique materials, magnetics, and acoustic design never before thought of in any full range headphone driver. This patented speaker design is unique to the world, hearing them in action is highly addictive and always exciting even years of ownership.
다음은 이 멋진 드라이버를 장착할 구조 또는 프레임이었습니다. 하이엔드 라우드스피커 설계 및 소재에 대한 광범위한 지식을 바탕으로 최고급 라우드스피커는 캐비닛 공진을 최소화하여 드라이버의 아름다운 선명도를 방해하는 진동이나 자체 사운드를 생성하지 않는다는 것을 알 수 있었습니다. 일반적으로 라우드스피커는 헤드폰으로 착용할 수 있는 것이 아니라 매우 무거운 다층 캐비닛에 해당합니다.
헤드폰은 많은 플라스틱, 움직이는 부품, 음악의 일부가 아닌 덜거덕거림과 소음을 유발하는 모든 종류의 느슨하게 맞는 부품으로 가득 차 있는 경향이 있습니다. 여기서는 그런 일이 일어나지 않도록 할 방법이 없었습니다.
AB1266은 견고한 알루미늄으로 가공된 가볍고 견고한 프레임으로 설계되었습니다. 수십 개의 프로토타입이 제작되었으며, 각 단계마다 공진 방지 구조와 예술적 디테일이 더욱 정교해졌습니다.
Machining to this level of detail is nothing short of art in programming and tooling, so much so we use 4 CNC machines to manufacture all components in Buffalo, New York, USA. It was the only way to control the finished quality of what was to be the world’s finest headphone.
Once the main frame components were made and final assembly made rigid, some adjustability was necessary as every persons head is different. Trouble is adjustments mean vibration, noise, and points where failure ultimately occurs. We wanted the AB1266 frame to withstand most any abuse, never requiring maintenance or repairs due to broken parts; durability was key.
Engineering simplified the design to a single pivot point on the top of the headband, ultimately machining our own unique screw and slot design that allows not only width adjustment, but also height, toe in or out, and clamping force. Simpler is better.
So now we have the finest in planar speaker drivers, anti-resonant structure, and ability to adjust for fit. Next up is how to rest the AB1266 on top of various head shapes as comfortably as possible. In essence it had to float and act as a suspension system isolating head motion from the music, and what’s more comfortable than a hammock. We worked toward perfecting this shape, adjusting leather and foam thickness, suspension, so many small details so this relatively large headphone sits on any head feeling light and comfortable. We studied the forces at play using statics and physics to tweak right down to the way the leathers were stitched.
Last but not least was acoustics, how to create a near perfect miniature acoustic space as if you were listening to your favorite band in an open room. Ear pads, foams, surface shapes and dimensions all had to be experimentally derived over many thousands of hours of listening to many different genres of music. The goal was to ride a fine line between ultimate resolution and musicality while recreating as best as possible what can be perceived as the recording's original acoustic space. This is what audiophiles struggle to accomplish, spending years and tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to reproduce.
In the end, all that is heard is a beautiful wave of natural lifelike music coupled directly to your ears in an acoustically fine-tuned space having the subtle details of the instruments, voices, and the room the microphones picked-up during the recording- Music in your own private space in the Abyss.
