PPPS. Jun Komiyama, Sony Corporation, Creative Center Producer o padach do Z1000 i konstrukcji.
"Monoform design, fitting for straight-ahead sound production
Komiyama: I contributed to the design of the MDR-Z1000. Closed-back headphone of this kind must offer good sound isolation, keeping music perfectly isolated from the outside world. Toward this end, the first thing I focused on was the ear pads. One problem that can compromise the seal is when your hair comes between your ear and the ear pad. The effects of this are minimal, but on the MDR-Z1000-the top F1 racer of headphones-it would be unforgivable. To avoid this problem, it\'s useful to target the narrow area where no hair grows. That\'s why the ear pads are more vertically elongated and slightly more tight-fitting laterally than those of other current Sony headphones.
At the same time, we introduced a new pad structure. Even if we make the pads vertically elongated to help keep hair out, they won\'t form a good seal unless they follow the contours of your head. There was no way to do it but to use pads that are circumaural and flush against the head, rather than supra-aural. We kept the ear pad opening small while ensuring ample space inside, to avoid pressure against the ear. That\'s why MDR-Z1000 pads are slanted, tapering from the outside in-carefully designed to rest on the narrow area where no hair grows. This required special pad construction and stitching. We also sought a perfect fit by shaping the base surface of the pads so that they curve to match head contours.
Now that we had ensured a good seal, how could we reflect this in the overall styling? I thought monoform design would be a fitting way to convey a sense of solidity. Headphones to date have been full of surfaces, protrusions, and indentations from the sheer number of parts. This lack of continuity gives an unsettling impression, as if sound will leak from the seams.
In contrast, the arms of the MDR-Z1000 are plain almost to an extreme, but this enhances structural strength and rigidity. These headphones are used by professionals, which calls for elements that represent durability and reliability. We have also concealed the "structural necessities"-the joints or shafts that are often visible in moving parts used to adjust the length or angle of headphones. But in appearance, the way the sinuous shafts hold the pads and the sliders merge with the band seems somewhat abrupt, as if we had simply fused these rather substantial parts together. From many angles, we took monoform design to the limit for a perfect seal, to keep music in and outside noise out."
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