Designing AB1266
Designing AB1266
Designing AB1266
The AB1266 is all about the sound. Our goal was to capture the sound of the finest speaker systems and music 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 Phi 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.
Let’s start with the most important component, the speaker or driver. The AB1266 driver must transform an amplified signal to motion so your ears hear only music, not some vibrating plastics or metallics. Getting it right here is most critical, and most difficult.
우리는 열린 마음으로 처음부터 시작하여 거의 5 년 동안 우리의 삶을 사용하여 전체 레인지 헤드폰 드라이버에서 결코 생각하지 못했던 독특한 재료, 자기 및 어쿠스틱 디자인을 만들었습니다. 이 특허 받은 스피커 디자인은 전 세계에 만연한 디자인으로, 그 소리를 듣는 것은 결코 지루하지 않습니다.
Next up was the structure or frame upon where to mount these fabulous drivers. Our extensive knowledge of high-end loudspeaker design and materials told us the finest loudspeakers have minimal cabinet resonances, meaning they do not vibrate and produce a sound of their own that would interfere with the beautiful clarity of our drivers. Typically with loudspeakers this equates to a very heavy multi-layered cabinet, not something you can wear as a headphone.
Headphones tend to be riddled with lots of plastic, moving parts, all sorts of loose fitting components that translate into rattles and noises not part of the music. There was no way we were going to let that happen here.
The AB1266 was designed with a lightweight rigid frame, machined from solid aluminum. Dozens of prototypes were built, and at each level greater intricacy was obtained in it’s anti-resonant construction and artistic detail.
이러한 수준의 디테일을 정교하게 조작하는 것은 프로그래밍과 툴링에 있어서 예술에 지나지 않기 때문에 자체 CNC 기계를 구입하고 미국 서부 뉴욕에서 1년 넘게 훈련을 받았습니다. 그것은 세계 최고의 헤드폰이 될 것이었다 무엇의 완성 된 품질을 제어 할 수있는 유일한 방법이었다.
Once we engineered the main frame components, adjustability was necessary, 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 boiled it down to a single pivot point on the top of the headband. It took another 6 months designing just this pivot point, 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 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.
마지막으로 어쿠스틱, 오픈 룸에서 좋아하는 밴드를 듣고있는 것처럼 거의 완벽한 미니어처 어쿠스틱 공간을 만드는 방법. 이어 패드, 거품, 표면 모양 과 치수는 모두 음악의 많은 다른 장르를 듣고 의 많은 수백 시간 동안 실험적으로 파생되어야했다. 목표는 적절한 관점에서 가능한 한 최고의 음향 공간을 재현하면서 궁극적 인 해상도와 음악성 사이의 미세 한 선을 타고하는 것이었습니다.
결국, 들리는 것은 악기, 목소리, 그리고 마이크가 심연의 개인 공간에서 녹음 하는 동안 포착 된 방의 미묘한 세부 사항을 갖는 음향 미세 조정 공간에서 귀에 직접 결합 드라이버에서 음악의 아름다운 물결이다.
