Zhang Haixing is the founder of Crazybaby, typically used to be called Allen, once in TCL to do two years of time, also created brand headphones. Designer by background, his understanding of fashion and pop has its own, likes to wear Vans, Y-3, Hua Sheng Kee, although Allen would like to be a "geek", but does he still have a trait.
Not Crazy enough to cool
CrazyBaby before, Allen had an ultra-thin speaker. Very thin, only 18mm, now on the market was not so thin.
Allen is an industrial designer, always felt the aesthetic of this thing really depends on the talent, can make something beautiful shape technology, product owners is needed to check. He admitted Crazybaby is a design-driven companies and hardware, "cool" is also a Mars one of the inherent attributes of the speakers, they want to do is a cool sound and a good speaker, not a sound in the shape design of infinite compromises.
Allen said: "I feel that China has had great things in many fields, but the speaker has not a good product." YSL iPhone 5 Case
Design of Mars does he want that? If there is no compromise, that's certainly not true. In the original design, Allen wants the base size is the same as suspension. But now you can see the base a whole lap. Was difficult to perfect sound quality and design.
Technology is an important part of the design, Mars stamping process for the power supply Board there are behind the drum shell, often appeared uncut and looks a little bumpy. There are design averse for Allen, this flaw is unacceptable (could it be a Virgo? ), And aluminum plant a few conversations and increase costs to do the second time stamping the edges sanded off.
HIV, Germany, studied
Mars Logo and on the back of the power supply Panel
Design industrial design comes from Allen, and those who prefer different Logo to be printed on the most visible (except for the Bling Bling luxury), Mars is no Logo on the front, you'll probably think Japanese muji. Hara Kenya and Naoto fukasawa MUJI into Japanese simple representative of the quality of life. But Allen said the design of Mars more than Germany and Scandinavian design.
And "days of small fresh sex" different, Germany and Northern Europe the frigidity of the favorite off a deep aesthetic of industrial semi-finished products, white and grey and smooth, simple lines are the North European-style features.
Mars surface using three colors, white and black were inspired in the automobile surface texture, and only the gray is Matt. To make the color more consistent, they take paint samples to find expensive German cars like BMW to compare, and even a couple of times have been labelled thieves.
Choosy is not without reward, the exquisite design of the Mars was also critical of even Carver sees, now at Lane Crawford went on sale in the shop. To be recognized by Crawford, Allen also feel very lucky. Li Yu Quan and tide also found people together to create groups, are both musicians, and certification.
Automatic lifting less mysterious
Mars from the biggest attractions in the Maglev technology, this technology is Allen's team made a special trip to find Martin Simon, a Professor of physics at the University of California research and development, by Professor Martin Simon Gravitron technique. Allen not only had a lot of royalties, paid delegate Professor Simon developed the magnetic module.
Magnetic module development began in October last year, has been basically completed only in March this year. And the maximum limits of magnetic levitation technology is its load-bearing capacity, but 300g is very unstable, even easier to fall down. Suspension (flying saucer) is designed in accordance with 250g standards to design, but in the end did Allen find weight a little Super, close to 320g. In order to allow the suspension to stable fly and adjusting circuit increases the power of suspension module.
Allen explained that "it was suspended by a uniform weight distribution object is different".
Suspension stability of weight is another question. Because the Interior is not even, Centre and centre of gravity on the suspension was clearly not in the same point. User-how can you this? They just want a stable suspended in the middle of the speaker. In order to allow the suspension to smooth fly, Allen's team cut the battery into three parts. Used to adjust the center of gravity.
Magnetization effect is also in the process of research and development problems, haven't developed magnetic suspension type of speakers, too little experience results in Bluetooth chip module to be magnetized and does not work. Finally, they can only adjust the circuit board, moved next to the Bluetooth chip to 6 mm, avoid the magnetic field is the strongest part.
Other magnetic speakers are no automatic lifting function
Auto lift is Allen team themselves finished, this feature wasn't so iffy. Is actually the base of the Interior has an elevator-like physical lifting mechanism, by improving physical magnetic module height suspension lift. Reflect with him but some of the early test users say can be heard clearly in the process of automatically lifting gear sound, just like a mixer, affects the overall listening experience.
Because lift structure has a gear accuracy does not meet requirements, searched the South, Allen also could make the gears of the factory was not found. He had been to Taiwan, but have failed, the last until Japan to find gear to meet customized requirements. Apart from the replacement of high precision gear, the team added the sound effects during the lifting process, almost completely inaudible sound gear.
Magnetic sound useful?
Magnetic speakers and many in the market now, most magnetic speakers are equipped with a small magnetic base.
On the acoustic structure, Allen thinks it's not Mars to be the hard part, not acoustic part, but factories already have sophisticated acoustic design. Crazybaby factory is full of electronics. If the speakers are more familiar with, knew the factory speakers are built above the product. YSL iPhone 5 Case
Then maybe someone will ask the magnetic levitation to sound helpful. Allen can definitely say, little effect.
By product on the market as you can see, all sound really good products, are often larger in size. And the key part is acoustic design and sound production unit of size, both require a certain volume to reach a certain height. And magnetic functions for which there is no help.
The chances of "micro" where is it?
According to Allen's understanding, almost all the time in the world in a tiny vibration among oak every day countless times people cannot perceive earthquake, this will move the tiny vibration of objects. Sound is caused by vibration, may have some slight effect between the two. If the vocal body suspended in the air, the vibrations can be completely avoided, but for the human ear can detect this subtle change, said Allen did not know the truth.
Now magnetic speakers on the market and there are actually magnetic speaker Herman last year attracted a lot of attention. Spherical suspended there, flying saucer suspended there, around 500 dollars will be able to buy one. But there is no base, no bass, no lifting functions. Also unable to guarantee the stability of magnetic suspension. Mars will remain tilted 45 ° do not fall, and most of the magnetic speakers should not do that.
Although magnetic sound basically has no effect, but the sounds of Mars is not cheap. When used with base, UFO and Mars base using a crossover design, respectively in charge of high frequency and low frequency. 300Hz voice all done by the base. When the UFO section when used alone, can also become a complete Portable Bluetooth speaker. In order to enhance the low frequency, the UFO section is also equipped with passive radiators.
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Indiegogo to raise to $ 810,000, completed targets with 6 times. Allen finally feel like the hard work has paid off. Mars now has begun to smooth delivery. Allen said that Mars this amp makes you preoccupied with it, a good design is not afraid to look.
This year marks 90 years of the Bang and Olufsen, which is famous for its industrial design Denmark brand should be regarded as examples to Crazybaby. When I asked Mars can use long time, Allen says they are as standard can use twenty or thirty years to do, he wants to do, time is an important criterion of testing products. And he wants Crazybaby still exist after 20 years, can continue to produce good design.
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The world's first really Mars the Maglev Hi-Fi wireless speaker system. Mars UFO shape of Mars Craft ™ 360 ° surround sound and Mars Base ™ subwoofer base composition, equipped with CSRaptX ™ decoder, is a flying saucer lifting suspension of automatic control of lossless audio.
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