-Infinity (Yin Fei Lishi), an international audio-visual brand.
1968, established in California, USA. Three aerodynamic engineers Cary Chrisic, Arnold Nudell and Jack Ulrick are the founders of this brand. The company's earliest venue was only a small garage in California, but with their enthusiasm for acoustics and professional knowledge gained from aerospace technology, they quickly developed the first product-Servo Static 1, which is an advanced speaker system with the concept of 2. 1 channel active servo mode, and quickly gained recognition from the audio industry, making a sensation at that time, and also being at the forefront of technology and pursuing infinity. Since then, infinity has not been diluted and forgotten in the sound industry.
Create a legendary work
In the more than 30 years since Infinity was founded, people are most concerned about the fact that it has made many large speaker systems. At the same time, in the development of cell technology, many new designs and new materials have been adopted, many unique cells have been developed, and even many research and development and breakthrough achievements have been made in amplifier circuits.
Among them, the first speaker introduced by 1968, to be exact, used electrostatic design for the audio system servo Static 1. It has an ultra-low frequency servo control system, which attracted people's attention with its tall box shape and novel design, and its high price also made people sigh. 1974, Yin Fei Lishi introduced digital signal processing class D amplifier, which is now commonly known as "digital amplifier". 1975, Infineon successfully developed "EMIT" (electromagnetic induction tweeter), which drives the plane diaphragm by electromagnetism, and the frequency response can reach 45KHZ. 1978, Yin Fei Lishi took the lead in using polypropylene (PP) as the bass diaphragm, and 1979, developed the electromagnetic induction alto unit "Emim". It is not difficult to find that Infineon in the 20th century is a brand that is constantly developing, innovating and inspiring.
Yin Fei Lishi's most shocking products to the audio industry are IRS(Infinity reference Standard) series products, which can be called the unique products in speakers. Its flagship product is IRS V, which is designed as a split box. Each channel uses 36 EMIT tweeters and 65,438+02 EMIM midrange units. The other 6 12 inch bass units are independent of the other box and driven by 2000W power amplifier circuit. Their huge structure and earth-shattering momentum are breathtaking. IRS BETA is the second product with split design, followed by a series of products such as Gamma, Epsilon, Sigma, etc., which belongs to the well-deserved Hi-End level, but due to its high price, there are not many owners. Although this series has been discontinued for many years, it still leaves a deep impression and is a unique work. Its suspension of production also indicates that the status of audio as one of luxury goods has been declining. It was also since the IRS stopped production that Hi-End's masterpieces appeared less and less in the audio industry, but they left a series of legends to future generations.
Join Haman and get a new life.
1982, that is, the year when IRS V went public, Infinity had the foresight to join Harman International Group, the world's largest audio group. Harman International Group has strong strength, and has internationally renowned brands such as JBL, Crown and DBX in the field of professional audio, accounting for 75% of the professional market. In terms of civil brands, powerful brands such as Mark Levinson, Harman/Kardon, etc. After Infinity joined, it made some adjustments in product positioning and brand direction, evolved its high-end brand positioning into civil mass products and home theater systems, and set foot in the field of computer multimedia, further expanding the market.
At the same time, Infinite began to increase investment in the field of car audio, launched a large number of car speakers and audio systems, and obtained good market feedback. Car audio has become the main business of Infinitus.
In terms of civil audio, Infinity focuses on fashionable home theater speakers, constantly changing product appearance, performance and unit design to capture and grasp the latest market trends and meet the needs of more consumers.
The latest technology of stone
In the history of Infinity for more than 30 years, it has always attached great importance to the research and development of audio technology, and constantly carried out various technological innovations, and successfully launched the "EMIT" that the audio industry talks about-electromagnetic induction tweeter unit, "EMIM" electromagnetic induction midrange unit, Polycell tweeter unit, injection graphite and cell tweeter unit, "semi" and "L-EMIM" unit. Facing the new era, Infineon also focuses on electroacoustic technology and develops many new technologies.
1, ceramic-metal matrix diaphragm
Infinity believes that restoring the artistry of music through speakers is the goal that every speaker designer pursues all his life. An excellent speaker unit is the soul of a great speaker product. If the loudspeaker is compared to a car, then the loudspeaker unit is its engine and the diaphragm is its piston. The development ability of advanced loudspeaker units, especially advanced diaphragm materials, is one of the signs to measure the technical ability of a brand.
Theoretically, the ideal diaphragm should be extremely hard and will not bend under any circumstances; Very light and easy to drive; There should be proper internal damping to suppress unnecessary vibration. But there is no such material in real life, and every material is balancing such and such characteristics. However, the problem is that any substance, including metal, no matter how balanced, will inevitably deform after exceeding a certain frequency, which we call splitting vibration. Segmented vibration will cause serious deformation of the unit. There are several ways to control splitting vibration: one is to coat a damping layer on the diaphragm, but it often narrows its working range and reduces its sensitivity; Another method is to develop harder diaphragm materials. Only by improving the hardness of diaphragm and reducing the density of diaphragm can the influence of partial vibration on sound be reduced.
To this end, Infinity has developed a breakthrough C.M.M.D material diaphragm. It takes low-density aluminum metal as the substrate, and uses a layer of ceramic material on the top and bottom, and uses patented processing equipment to adhere to the substrate to form a sandwich structure of 10 1.
C.M.M.D material is extremely hard, which is 3 times higher than titanium film and 5 times higher than aluminum film. Very light, its density is lower than that of titanium film; Due to the low-density aluminum substrate and cleverly designed multi-layer structure, it has very good damping property; Its starting point of splitting vibration is more than 5 times that of bulletproof fiber and 7 times that of polypropylene material. Its sound propagation speed is more than four times that of synthetic fiber woven materials and twice that of general metal.
2. Indoor bass optimization system.
As we all know, you can get a good voice without buying expensive audio equipment. Infinity believes that the main reason is that each room has standing waves with different frequencies, which will seriously interfere with sound restoration, especially subwoofer restoration. In order to produce the true bass effect of music and home theater in any room, Infinity has developed a patented R.A.B.O.S system, that is, the room low-frequency adaptive optimization system, which can adjust several knobs according to different rooms to obtain the super bass performance close to the ideal situation, and is equipped with a sound pressure tester and a 62-channel calibration CD to verify this magical effect.
R.A.B.O.S technology is based on a brand-new acoustic theory. After thousands of experiments in different rooms, it is finally proved that it can overcome the interference of rooms to sound, produce strong and deep bass, and ensure the sound quality of music and cinemas.
Some latest products of Yin Fei Lux.
1, Gertrude MTS sound column
Rows of vertically arranged units (treble, alto and bass) are mounted on a solid aluminum grille. The baffle is made of integrated anodic aluminum oxide by stamping and extrusion, which has no vibration influence. Can be installed on the wall using specially designed hooks. CMMD diaphragm, very light, very hard and high strength. It can do ideal piston motion in all frequency bands and produce natural undistorted sound.
2. Kappa
Infinity KAPPA series combines the patented technology of infinity with the traditional handicrafts of sandina aaⅵan furniture manufacturer. It contains the C.M.M.D unit technology that Infinity is proud of, with clear sound and high resolution. Few speakers bring so many details to users as KAPPA does.
Infinity engineering department has invested a lot of resources and expertise to develop KAPPA concept, combining form and function. In order to create a cinema surround sound effect, the simple KAPPA200 and KAPPA center speakers have been antimagnetic, and even if the sound is placed next to the TV screen, it can be free from any interference. KAPPA200 is also equipped with a metal base.
3. Beta version
Many times, a good speaker must be an innovative product, which often depends on whether you have mastered the best technology and whether you can continuously promote the progress of the best technology. Infinity's latest BETA series has a very high starting point, which brings her elegant and beautiful voice.
The top technology transplanted to Infinity flagship PRELUDE MTS series has inherited the glorious history of Infinity for 35 years. She has high fidelity when playing back movies and music, which can give users transparent high-pitched interpretation and decompressed bass force, making their rich family entertainment life more vivid.
It broke through the "ceramic metal matrix diaphragm" technology developed by Infinity for its flagship product PRELUDE MTS, and became the first Infinity speaker adopting the latest CAITM variable acoustic waveguide technology. BETA represents Infinity's advanced production technology and embodies Infinity's cutting-edge innovative thinking.
The excellent vocal playback effect of Infinity BETA series satellite system makes Infinity BETA HCS home theater system produce good movie effect.
postscript
From the development track of Infinitus for more than 30 years, we can see that it is a well-known brand with continuous progress and breakthrough, which can adjust the positioning of products and brands in time, conform to the audio-visual trend, and gain greater development space. I believe that after positioning in thousands of households and the vast number of audio-visual consumers, Infinitus will definitely have more room for development with its profound technical strength.