Chapter Ninety-Five: Earbuds
Flashman's matching headphones, for sure. If you only sell bare metal, you don't have to think about it, first of all, consumers' perception of it will drop a lot.
People in the current era are generally more simple and realistic. Even friends are like this, and they make their products strong and durable.
If Shirakawa Electric dares to sell bare metal directly, it may be labeled as unreliable, profiteer, and so on.
Even if Apple doesn't send headphones in later generations, it will be after many generations of product updates.
Shirakawa Electric is a fledgling new face, without a large fan base, daring to do this is no different from the old birthday star hanging.
So how to solve the problem of headphones nowadays, two ways.
First, directly purchase finished headphones from other brands as accessories for Flashman.
Second, do it yourself.
"Yasuda-san, how about the technical difficulty of the headphones?" Kaede Shirakawa rubbed his chin and his brain began to run rapidly.
"It's low, at least much lower than Flashman." With that, Masaaki Yasuda glanced at Hui Yamazaki.
Hui Yamazaki, who understood, immediately nodded, "The circuit part is very simple, but the design of the acoustic part affects the sound quality of the headphones." ”
The talent of the acoustic part, Shirakawa Electric is not absent. Yasuda, who is proficient in mechanical design, is quite accomplished in acoustics.
After all, after dealing with vinyl record players for such a long time, he has already understood all the factors that affect sound quality.
Even the masters of Shirakawa Electric who debug vinyl record players "know a little" about this.
And the reason why I didn't make headphones is because the vinyl record player can't be used at all.
Now that Flashman has fewer headphones, coupled with Shirakawa Kaede's explicit, everyone's minds are also active.
Shirakawa Kaede glanced at everyone, "Since that's the case, then let's do it ourselves."
To make Shirakawa's own headphones, even products like flashman, we can make them, and headphones are not a problem for you. ”
"Hay!" Everyone agreed in unison.
After the exercise of the Walkman project, I am now facing a field that I have not been exposed to.
Everyone is no longer as nervous as they were at the beginning, on the contrary, everyone is full of confidence, after all, headphones do sound much simpler.
And Hasegawa, who knew Shirakawa's habit of being resolute and resolute, got up and went outside to get a few common headphones on the market without saying a word.
As the person in charge of the marketing department, he collects the peripherals of related products.
"President Shirakawa, please see, these are a few common ear designs." Hasegawa placed the three headphones in front of Kaede Shirakawa one by one.
And Yasuda is directly incarnated as a technical commentator, "The design of headphones can be roughly divided into three categories in principle, dynamic type, moving iron type, and electrostatic type. ”
While talking about Yasuda, he picked up a common headphone, which is the matching headphone of the Sony Walkman.
"Dynamic headphones are the most common on the market, and they are very simple in terms of structure and driver.
The principle of headphones is the least technically difficult and the most widely used. ”
Saying that, Yasuda picked up another headset that was much smaller, "The moving iron headphones have a relatively simple structure, using the magnetic field to make sounds."
The advantage is that the structure is small, and the disadvantage is that the cost is higher than that of the moving coil type. ”
"As for the last electrostatic headphones," Yasuda picked up the last headphone, which was obviously much thicker, "the technical requirements are the highest, but the sound quality is also the most impeccable." ”
"But," Yasuda put down the heavy electrostatic headphones, "but it's very expensive to build, and the cheapest electrostatic headphones at STAX are at least 150,000 yen or more." ”
Neon's STAX was the first manufacturer to release commercial electrostatic headphones, and its electrostatic headphone quality is recognized as world-class.
"And electrostatic headphones are generally only used by professionals, such as recording studios, musicians..."
Yasuda's meaning is very obvious, first of all, to eliminate electrostatic headphones. Its current positioning is not intended for the average consumer.
150,000 yen, which is almost the sum of the price of 5 Walkmans.
Hasegawa and Yasuda: Their focus is on the cost and technology of headphones.
But after listening to it for a long time, Shirakawa Kaede asked strangely, "Are they all headphones, no earbuds?" ”
"Huh?" Yasuda and Hasegawa looked at each other, and finally looked at Shirakawa Kaede in unison, "President Shirakawa, what are earbuds?" ”
Shirakawa Kaede's body shook, and he suddenly raised his head, his eyes blazing.
"So... Are all headphones head-mounted these days? ”
The well-informed Hasegawa was stunned, he had indeed only seen headphones.
But what happened to President Shirakawa's expectant eyes?
"President Shirakawa, if you look at what I know. It's true that there are only headphones on the market at the moment. ”
Hasegawa glanced at Yasuda and them after speaking, and the latter also nodded, agreeing with Hasegawa's statement.
"That's so... All right. An excited Shirakawa Kaede got up directly and began to walk around the house excitedly.
"Huh?" At this time, not only Yasuda and them, but even Assistant Komatsu wondered if his president was stimulated by something.
"We in Shirakawa Electric want to make our own earphones, and they are also unique earbuds!" Shirakawa Kaede stopped and looked at Yasuda and they cut through the railway.
"Earbuds?"
"That's right!" Shirakawa Kaede waved his hand, "Komatsu, get a pen and paper!" ”
"Hay!" At the sound of the order, Assistant Komatsu stood up and strutted to find a pen and paper.
It's a pity that the capital is not as strong as Kobayashi's classmates. It's mediocre~
But the speed is still very fast, but in two minutes, the pen and ink are already waiting in front of you.
Shirakawa Kaede picked up the pen and began to write and draw on it.
In his previous life, he also learned to draw, and there was no problem in drawing simple schematic diagrams.
"Well, let's see, is there any difficulty in the production of such a headphone shape."
After that, Shirakawa Kaede handed the drawings in front of him to Yasuda and them, and after taking Shirakawa Kaede's drawings, everyone rushed up.
They were curious about what kind of earbuds were the ones that made Shirakawa Kaede value so much.
"Huh?!"
Seeing the unique earphones with the size of a little finger on the picture, everyone subconsciously exclaimed.
Can headphones look like this?
Hasegawa was excited, Yasuda and Yamazaki Hui were thoughtful, and Kazuo Yamaguchi stopped talking.
"President Shirakawa, this... Will the public really accept special headphones? Finally, Kazuo Yamaguchi couldn't hold back and expressed his worries.
Shirakawa Kaede sighed lightly in his heart, "Everyone! He looked at everyone seriously, "Let go of your imagination and keep progressing!" ”
"Hay!"
Shirakawa Electric's business purpose is the best answer to Shirakawa Kaede.
Without the spirit of pioneering and enterprising, the enterprise will not achieve its own breakthrough.
Kazuo Yamaguchi's thinking is typical of conservatives, as is the case with the Walkman project, and now with headphones.
His ideas are actually the embodiment of the current social environment, especially the middle-aged and older people, who are conservative and stubborn.
However, he is the head of the manufacturing department, so he does not need to be involved in planning and R&D.
He just needs to be honest as the head of the manufacturing department and manage the production well.
As for the earbuds, Shirakawa Kaede looked at the drawings in front of him, it was really wonderful.
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