【 Weak current College 】 on import of Hi-Fi audio equipment purchase-Power By 【 China power house network 】

Since 1958, a commercialization of household two-channel stereo system, because you can get a listen to the front of the two-dimensional acoustic field, just like sitting at the Concert Hall seats in the appreciation of the band performing on the stage or the actor's performance, so it standard format as pure sound and continues today.

In some time ago on the occasion of home cinema blockbuster, many people are very worried about the future of pure sound, but traditional dual-channel Hi-Fi audio system and not in the home theater of heat waves in the fall, recently but slightly warming signs, don't you see more than $ 400 a piece of genuine CD discs very hot-selling is a good example and hardware manufacturers at home and abroad have lost no time in launching many Hi-Fi equipment purchase for enthusiasts. Not long ago in Shanghai "held the 5th domestic audio-visual equipment exhibition," the majority of manufacturers and visitors to the Hi-Fi equipment more concern, and home theater does not seem to be so busy in the past.

How to explain this phenomenon? Taiwan audio sector celebrity Mr. Ambrose Sheng remarks: today's AV family will certainly have a very large proportion of a sound. No one would watch a movie every day without getting bored, but many people can listen to music every day and not greasy. Music to bring people is easy, is not keeping a pressure, you can do something to enjoy at the same time, and these characteristics are basic human needs. As long as the AV tired looking, naturally turn to music, this is the opportunity.

The current market of Hi-Fi equipment variety many, the prices vary greatly, in the face of so many Hi-Fi equipment especially imported products, how can a relatively small price to pay to get the best results? have a combination of worth pondering? believe this is many people are concerned about the problem, I believe that whatever the phonograph in the following areas of concern:

A is for a reasonableprice to buy genuine equipment;

Second, reasonable arrangement of equipment;

Third, the reasonable adjustment system.



With reasonable prices buy genuine accessories

I remember David Sze and teacher telling professional audio selection when it comes to this issue, in fact, this applies equally to home audio. In General, when preparing to buy audio equipment, enthusiasts should have clear ideas, audio equipment in the end is what grade? universal stalls, mid-range, high-end, and even super luxury should know that only quality decided to conduct brand choice. There are many early beginners, even such an important question is not made up his mind began to review products, is not quite right, it is possible to audio shop salespersons are confused, I do not know which you want to listen to, or muddle bought not applicable equipment. The following market conditions to introduce import audio equipment brand and product-related information, understand them, you may avoid the buy price, the quality (not referring to quality problems) is not consistent with the product.

Ultra high-end Hi-Fi audio products: normally, it will be this kind of home audio called Hi-End or Acura accessories, speakers, amplifier and CD player, has Hi-End products.

Hi-End speakers are very expensive, its prices generally from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, even for a couple of entry-level Hi-End bookcase-speaker of the price to 2 million, for example recently very popular B & WNautilus (Nautilus) 805 speaker is a typical representative.

Hi-End speakers mainly in the following four types: the first is by Hi-End speaker manufacturers of the products, the factory generally is not large, mostly in the United States manufacturers, high yield, they are not only the production of high-priced Acura speakers, such as the United States Avalon, Genesis, Hales, Thiel (chao'ao), MartinLogan (Martin · halogen), WilsonAudio (Wilson); Italy (SEPA) SonusFaber; United Kingdom WilsonBenesch, and other manufacturers ' products.

The second is a speaker on behalf of the company production of the large image and strength of its flagship products and special products (commemorative products), such as the United Kingdom B & W of Nautilus (Nautilus), SilverSignature25 (25 anniversary Jubilee Signature Edition); Tannoy (clear) of the Kingdom (Empire); France JM-Lab (World wave) GrandeUtopia (extreme utopia); United States JBL company K2, CenturaGold (50th Anniversary Edition); Denmark Jamo (Zun Bao) Orile, Avance (Crown) to Century, Dynaudio (Tanner), Evidence, etc. The third was originally used for Studio monitoring and design of the speaker, which was due to excellent effect experienced enthusiasts in the family was relatively more use of the product, such as the United Kingdom, paragraph B & W old and new style of Matrix801S3 Nautilus801, ATC's SCM50, Tannoy's System215; United States JBL's 4344 M K Ⅱ, etc. Another type is the speaker manufacturers production of high-priced main products, such as the United Kingdom B & W including the aforementioned Nautilus801, Nautilus 800 series, Tannoy's PrestigeHE series, the KEF Reference (reference) series, the AE2 and AE5 AE; France JM-Lab of Utopia (utopia), MiniUtopia (mini utopia) and Electra series; Denmark Dynaudio's Contour3.0 and 3.3 etc.
Hi-End transistor amplifier fidelity is extremely high, price is very expensive, similarly to United States products, like Ayre, Cello, JeffRowland (Lok Lam), Krell, MarkLevInson (Mark · Levinson), McIntosh (wheat warehouse photo), Threshold, PassLabs is United States well-known Hi-End amplifier brand. In addition, Denmark Gryphon (GUI Feng), France, the Netherlands Sphinx YBA (Ling Lions), United Kingdom Chord (really), Canada Classe, Japan Accuphase (voice), Luxman (Guinness) and other companies have production Hi-End amplifier. In General, the vast majority of Hi-End transistor amplifier is made before and after-split, but due to the expensive, with a set of front and rear level often need tens of thousands or even tens, so sales limited, recently above Hi-End transistor amplifier manufacturers introduce per channel output power 100 ~ 250W merge machines, the price is relatively low, as KrellKAV300i (priced at about $ 2 million) is a typical products.

Hi-End tube power amplifier (danji) in the international market did not die out, because like danji sound enthusiasts are plenty, it to France Jadis company representatives for typical products, in addition, like United States, Canada, CaryAudioDesign AudioResearch SonicFrontiers, Italy is famous UnisonResearch Hi-End Danji brand. And Hi-End transistor amplifier, Hi-End Danji is before the split after the class.

Hi-EndCD machine in order to improve the sound quality, some product design into a turntable and d/a converter for the split. Integration of the best CD player to United States Wadia products as a typical representative of the United States is split to Theta company product is a typical representative of these most Hi-End amplifier manufacturers also have the same grade of integration and split CD machine available for matching. In addition, some of the best CD Player for Studio or broadcast, but also because of the effect of perfection is enthusiasts use to buy back the family, such as Switzerland and Studer Revox these two sister companies of products. In addition, the inventor of the CD on Philips (Philips), Sony (Sony), the company also produces Hi-EndCD machine.

Some manufacturers include Hi-End amplifier and speaker's series products, such as Germany MBL, Switzerland and the United States Goldmund Cello, McIntosh, etc.

High-end Hi-Fi audio products: this level of audio equipment is relatively cheaper than Hi-End price, but is still relatively expensive and the sound effects are very good product.

High-end speaker price band: General bookcase-speaker in 5 thousand to 1.5million, floor-standing loudspeaker in 1 million to 2.5 million, which have the following types: the first is from a certain scale sound factory production of products, such as the United Kingdom B & W CDM1-SE series, Tannoy's Definition series; France JM-Lab of Cobalt series; Denmark Jamo's Concert (rare) series, Dynaudio of K Contour1.1, 1.3 M 1.8 M K Ⅱ and Ⅱ, etc. Another type is determined by the smaller speaker manufacturers developed products, which are mostly in the United Kingdom's brand, like the Harbeth (after the rain the difficult), ProAc (nobles), Spendor (SI bond) of the company's products, their common characteristic is the variety and individuality are less strong, neither a low-priced products, rarely costs more than 10 million products, it is sometimes difficult to be loosely is Hi-End or high-end speakers that can only be determined on the basis of specific models.

High power amplifier and CD player stand-alone prices usually in more than $ 8 thousand, it is within the United Kingdom and Scandinavia's most popular products, like United Kingdom MusicFidelity (music fax) of A series of class a power amplifier is a typical products, in addition, the United Kingdom Alchemist (Europe Chimei), Meridian (United Kingdom of Po); Denmark BOW (Denmark bow), Densen (Prince of Denmark), Primare (翩 beauty); Sweden Copland (Copland); Germany Restek is also very good-grade power amplifier or CD machine brand. Japan's major audio company, such as Denon (Tin), Marantz (malanshi), Sony, has the CD production of high-grade machine and power amplifier.

Some manufacturers include speakers, amplifier and CD player, full-grade or ultra high-end audio equipment for facilities and exclusive products mixed with other companies, such as the United Kingdom LINN (Lotus), Denmark B & O company.

Mid-range and universal Hi-Fi audio products: stalls the two grades of the product on the market the most sales, manufacturers have attached great importanceto the grade of product development and marketing.

At present, Europe and the famous speaker manufacturers are mid-range and stalls of speaker production, due to the large output, thus reducing costs, the price is lower, in other words performance price is quite high. At the same time, the two grades of speakers also often compatible AV use. Its main products are: United Kingdom B & w 600S2 and 300 series, Tannoy's Rrvolution and Mercury (planet) series, KEF's Coda and Q series, AE's 200 and 100 series, Mission (BEL) 770 and 700 series; France JM-Lab of Opal and Tantal series; Denmark Jamo's Classic (classic) and X3M (Ginza) series, Avance of Sigma (the horse) and Omega (Omega) series, Dynaudio's Audience (audience) series, Dali (Danilo) of AXS (Ascot) series; Germany Elac (hardship) CL and SLR series; United StatesJBL's European edition of the L series, etc.

Mid-range and universal rail speakers because competition is very fierce, so it makes a lot of sound quality better products, such as B & W's latest 600S2 series speaker is in the original 600 old series, on the basis of the transplantations Hi-End-Nautilus some 800 series of advanced technology, is a technical improvement and innovation, thus significantly improving quality. 600S2 series incorporates a Nautilus catheter treble unit, Kevlar bullet shields with bullet-proof fabric bass unit, Kevlar bullet-proof cloth/paper pulp mixed bass unit and fever-divider, but prices remain at low levels, and therefore have very high performance-price ratio.

The original 600 series has multiple award-winning, market is booming, it now seems B & W company to fire through the wind that blows in cheap speakers "Nautilus" cyclone.
Like the KEF Coda7, AE's Aegis1 (Crystal a number), Tannoy's Mercury2 (mercury-2), B & W of about 2 thousand DM302 and so affordable universal shelf-United Kingdom speakers are many bag shy enthusiasts preferred destination, often used to match domestic poweramplifier. Also due to fierce competition, the product quality are good, they generally in the United Kingdom have won national awards, including the United States has been DM302 Stereophile (fever pure gibberish) included in the C-level list.

Purchase of low-priced speaker, don't buy those sounds are never heard of the brand, so as not to buy overseas incorporated in domestic production of sound box. These speakers may be very large advertising, brand packaging is doing well, even his statement was counterfeiting of their products. If you find in the regular stereo publications in very few articles about its products, especially in "fever clinics" for readers asked had never mentioned speaker brands best not to buy.

However, on the famous speaker can't blindly, recently some famous speaker manufacturers have designed specifically for the Chinese market development of universal rail speakers, though cheap, head, driver several, but the sound quality is really bad, it's best not to buy these products. How to determine? recommended to find out it's Internet website, if a series of popular stalls speakers are available for sale in the domestic market, but in its range of products in the Web site not found, the careful, usually such products at the request of the agent.

Medium power amplifier for the merge type, typically priced at about $ 5 to United Kingdom products most acclaim, such as Arcam (Ya chun), Audiolab, Aura (elegant), CambridgeAudio (Cambridge), Creek (long), Myryad (beautiful Ann), MusicFidelity (music fax), Rega (gentleman), the company's products, while at the same time, these companies often produces mid-range CD machine, like the Plance Rega (planets) CD player is a very well received by the product, or even the Stereophile "included in the b-list. In addition, Denmark ThuleAudio (poles), and United States MAX (Jimmy 's) also produces mid-range power amplifier.

Popular stalls of amplifier and CD player to Rotal (happy) andNAD products more popular, both companies have some similar, like Rotal company based in Japan, design development center in the United Kingdom, the factory in Taiwan, the products to which the collation is a country really don't know.

Japan's major audio company also produces mid-range and stalls of amplifier and CD player, CD player with Denon, Marantz, and Sony's products are most popular; power amplifier with Marantz, Onkyo's Denon and the most popular products.

Wire: today, believe that all enthusiasts know loudspeaker cable and signal wires in a set of audio. Currently on the market a wide variety of wires, design ideas are not the same, the prices vary greatly, cheap a loudspeaker cable or signal cable prices in several hundred dollars or so expensive it dollars. However, expensive wire are not necessarily pretty sound, cheap is not necessarily the poor sound quality. For wire this thing, you can't believe it, but it cannot be completely superstition, playing the role of wire is in fact mental, usually many people swap expensive wire back due to psychological effect that sound effects. But if he is blind to the thousand-and-wire $ may draw upon the opposite conclusion, it is interesting to listen to the blind without replacing wire also argue that effect change. Therefore, from this point, the wire is no distinction between high and low, even as the United States the authority of Stereophile "so just where it is said that the wire is not classified by the purchase of wire to" try and buy ".

Fever-wire products mainly in United States, compared to famous brands have AudioNote, AudioQuest (line St.), Cardas, Kimber, MIT, MosterCable (Monster), NBS, TARALabs (time), Transparent (Angel matching), WireWorld (ring), XLO (highest).

European production of wire rod relative is much more famous with Netherlands ' VDH (van den Hao) and Denmark with Ortofon (height the wind), the United Kingdom also like Shark (shark), Ixos (love solsta); Germany's WBT, Monitor (Magic); Sweden's Supa, etc are also famous.

Japan production manufacturers wire was not much, the best known to few Furutech (River), in addition Hitich (Hitachi) and Denko (ascent) audio wire is also famous.



Equipment of a reasonable mix

Because the import audio brand and too many varieties, more than just list the common brand and lineColumns that are not mentioned there, but I want to have enough.

So, how many of the equipment with equipment in reasonable? actually previously from the price point of the discussion, in General, should be based on the total budget to determine what you want to match grade sound system, it is best to use the same level of equipment to match. As for brands and timbre, according to their own requirements, aesthetics and audition to decide, magazines and others can only be described as a reference to their face value.

Previously many audio commentaries on the speakers and the amplifier of collocation, often said budget to speakers put into larger scale because the speaker is the most important part of it should be said that for mid-range and universal rail equipment is basically applicable, but on top and even super high-grade Hi-End Acura accessories, is not applicable. High-grade Hi-End speakers often have strong personality, and some very bad, there is no good control of bass. Like United Kingdom ATC speaker is known for its hard to push, but if push is good, its timbre of elegance is another realm, at this point to the price several times higher than the speaker before and after the class amplifier to drive is unavailable. And if B & W latest Nautilus802 za, nearly 8 million retail price, although the sensitivity as high as $ 91dB, sound neutral, per channel 100W amplifier also pushed farther, but if you want to launch the noble timbre, at least non-use after the level of Model8Ti-HC JeffRowland plus corresponding backing is not, at this time a pre-amp power amplifier will meet the speaker of the price of 2 times. So with advanced audio, experienced enthusiasts generally in PA on investment than the speaker 2 ~ 3 times, but the audio doesn't understand sections Yeh tend to spend money on speaker willing, PA refused more investment is not uncommon.

The actual mix is important to understand the sound equipment of personality, if playing on personality and strong, the equipment of sound personality to complementary is neutral, if the equipment is relatively easy to match. For the inexperienced people, and purchase equipment to match the gender neutral comparison insurance.

Listen in stereo shop must note what grade, brand, model of equipment and wire rod. When choosing sound often speakers as the preferred destination, if you are a member of the novices, usually buy mid-range or popular stalls of speaker, stereo shop owner with you after you don't know, usually with a look inconspicuous but sound quality is very good for the United Kingdom or Nordic power amplifier and CD player connected to an audition, at which point the speaker sound is very good, when reproducing the shopkeeper will tell you, I the amplifier output power only 50W, if you use a more powerful amplifier to blending effect will be even better, the next boss to help you point the "menu", according to your budget in addition with amplifier and CD player let you buried after (buy) single, audio shop business is made up, but your home wiring after listening to sound may not matter. Therefore, the buyer must be independent, wanted to buy equipment collocation for audition.

If your brand and model number of speakers have, it is best to give priority to select the brand image of the world famous-brand product, like Taiwan media the audio Forum article 129 is revealed in Taiwan's best selling loudspeaker is the United Kingdom and France B & W JM-Lab of two brands, for the simple reason that they have a fairly good brand image and product price enough width wide enough, almost you want price zone products they have.

Furthermore, images of famous speakers in the future when you want to upgrade is also relatively easy to dispose of.


System of reasonable adjustment

A set of audio to buy home, sometimes feel the effects of unsatisfactory, in equipment with reasonable circumstances, it is not reasonable adjustment system.

System of reasonable adjustment including room, speaker set-up, wire configuration, etc.

The room of requirement: too much smooth surfaces can cause sound reflection, resulting in the sound quality worsening or sounds vague. Lay the carpet and curtains to reduce sound reflection. Room best some wooden cabinets, can absorb the bass, conditional room best laying flooring, it makes bass became good. Room in the seat's best selection of leather sofas, do not select for example red wood into a frame chairs or sofas.

Speaker set-up: first to see the speaker's instructions, more formal speaker factory will typically be in the product instructions given on the characteristics of sound, and links to the set-up of the General principles. If the speaker distance room at the intersection of the plane, as the closer corner, wall and floor at the intersection, the bass will be increased a lot, sometimes causing bass turbidity.

For the bookshelf-speakers who want to pretty sound so a pair of high-quality bracket is inevitable. General high shelf-type speaker has an integral bracket matching, it is best to buy speakers when purchased together, do not save, not integral brackets if you want to buy a pair like Italy Solidsteel (frame Wong) advanced speaker bracket. Mid-range and popular stalls bookcase-speaker bracket without integral general supply the quality you want to buy, but better support even one might also, in order to guarantee the results.

Floor-standing loudspeaker General accompanied by feet, when used, must be fitted with, otherwise thebass to the replay results. Some models also have a dedicated floor loudspeaker tripod Kit supply, such as B & W old paragraph Martix800 series, at the time of purchase are best purchased together with the tripod.

Speaker set-up adjustments should be placed in brackets or loaded on feet, until you are satisfied with the results. The speaker set-up for many, the interested reader can go online to view related website or find audio publications on this article.

Wire configuration: when you purchase your audio equipment can be in no hurry to buy the wire, the best sound system such as Run-in (commonly known as pot machine) stability and to consider the configuration of the wire.

Played sound enthusiasts have such experience, the new out-of-the-box equipment sound General comparison hard, treble, lowThe sound seems to be more boring, it seems to get out. But Run-in a few months later the system voice characteristics stabilized, will become good, treble, bass, permeability and elastic. If your system does not enter into a stable state is eager to configure wire, it may subsequently become not nice. Therefore, it should be stable in the sound system of the Run-in, then according to this point the sound characteristics to wiring, Run-in with ordinary wire.

Fever wire voice characteristics vary, there are faster, some slow, some bass collection is very good, excellent analytical ability of the treble. Therefore try to sound when the best wire store hand over the deposit home satisfied then purchase audition, generally speaking, the upscale and Hi-End equipment relative to adopt Cardas, Kimber, MIT, NBS, Transparent, XLO, VDH's wire, Zhong didang equipment you use MonsterCable, AudioQuest, Shark, TARALabs, Ixos, Monitor, Supa, Denko's wire, of course, this is not absolute. Buy expensive wires, such as conditional can consider buying second-hand line, because the wire loss mainly in appearance, inner change and not large, it is the most practical to buy second-hand wire.

Author PostScript: the script is protected by the AV audio world "about writing, writing the script with homemade audio dealer asking me why write import audio equipment, like written import equipment will not be able to carry forward the" sound ". I replied that in fact the reason is very simple, since music art no boundaries, why to on audio equipment boundaries. I want to, not a buy homemade sound equipment is specifically designed to listen to folk music and the homemade audio equipment manufacturers and distributors may not be used in folk music to an audition, I remember every time the vast majority of domestic audio show manufacturers with Western classical music and import disc to an audition of fever, so why they went with foreign music audition? is it using domestic equipment replay foreign music is "sound" in China?