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titolo interviste

[Introduction by Francesco Bollorino - Jon Risch of Cables Asylum - Jim Aud - Purist Audio Design- Drew Baird - Moon Audio - Adam Blake - Pear Cable - Israel Blume - Coincident - Jack Bybee - ByBee - George Cardas - Cardas - Joseph Cohen - PranaWire - Roberto De Filippo - Boomerang - Steven Hill - Straight Wire - Kiyoaki Imai - Audio Tekne - Tommy Jenving - Supra - Ray Kimber - Kimber Kable - John McDonald - Audience - Paul McGowan - Ps Audio - Ted Paisley - CablePro - Chris Sommovigo - Stereovox - Tim Stinson - Luminous Audio Technology - Hans M. Strassner - HMS - Kevin Walsh - Homegrown Audio - Rob Woodland - Eichmann - Anthony Wynn - Element Cable ]


Interview with Kiyoaki Imai of Audio Tekne

Tell more about you and about your entry in cables "game"

About 25 years before; The audio market in Japan rose by change of the sound quality of a cable. Though it was regrettable, the audio market in Japan and the world was not able to judge the sound quality change correctly. The cause is because there is no standard of the right sound quality. Even now, the situation continues.

The history of your involvement in hifi industry and research…

We claim that the sound quality approaching an original sound is right. When a cable is used for the shorting circuit, the sound quality must not be changeful. These situations are required of all the parts and accessories.

Since everyone does not do the such thing, we develop the product with which it is satisfied of this condition, and it manufactures, and we decided to sell them.

More about the beginning of your Firm

Our company manufactured by developing the audio accessories by request of a maker and a trading company at the beginning.

They chose the product which is easy to sell and they will sell well.

In short, they choose a product with easy selling than the right sound quality.

This situation is unavoidable as a company.

Which is your opinion about Cable industry in general

The cable for a good audio signal is the following three points. :

* There are few insulators.

* The inductance is small.

* The structure of plus and minus is the same.

The "question" of cables prices and the understanding Cable Pricing

Snake oil and cables manufacturing

The future of hifi cables industry and the future of your firm

I believe these three questions may be answered altogether. The all company which manufactures the audiovisual apparat us has to understand the right sound, and has to sell the product of the right sound quality.

If each company does so, the sound quality of each company will become the same.

Even if some sound qualities differ, the sound quality tendency is the same.

In short, if the situation is satisfied, a customer will choose from the design of the product, the ease of using, and a life.



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