Ask five full wireless handset manufacturers: "what about competitor products?" ": welcome to the gadget manufacturer!

Is the commitment point of each manufacturer all the way!

Following the previous "Gadget Maker!"We had you gathered!

There are many traditional styles of audio equipment, but the story is completely different for complete wireless earphones.Many technologies are in the small housing.

That's why I'm worried.We too.Also, other companies' manufacturers who witnessed their motivation.

That starts.Now!

The people gathered were Bang & Orfsen, Jabra, Zenheiser, JBL, Sony.

This time, the following five companies brought the Giz Mode Editorial Department with a complete wireless earphone.

バング＆オルフセン（Bang & Olufsen）

Danish audio brand.Not only audio technology, but also the industrial design of audio products is highly valued, and some products have been selected as permanent collections of MOMA (New York Museum).

Jabra

A brand under the GN group in Denmark.Originally born as a telegraph company, the world share NO in the 2000s.It is now known as a headset maker.We are focusing on the audio field by making use of that technology.

Sennheiser

German sound equipment manufacturer.He works on headphones and microphone products used in music and movie production sites, especially professional users.

JBL

An American International Audio brand, AKG (Arman/Kardon) is under the umbrella brand.Popular with a wide range of users with headphones, earphones and speakers for consumers.

Sony (SONY)

"Walkman" is too famous for portable audio.He has been working on consumers to luxury audio, and has recently shown his presence in noise canceling technology.

As expected, we only ask each manufacturer, "Please bring the best wireless earphones!"The order of the presentation was decided using the world's most fair order tool "Janken".

Now, what kind of roundtable discussion will be?

バング＆オルフセン｢BEOPLAY E8 2.0 ": Making and design pursuing quality of life

Gizmodo Japan Editorial Department (hereinafter Gizu): This project is the second time, but I'm very nervous.It's like opening a door that doesn't really open (laughs).First of all, please give a presentation from Bang & Orfsen's Komine.

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): "BeoPlaye8 2.I will introduce "0." Black, limited color pink, indigo blue, natural, and lime stone, black and indigo are selling, but natural and lime stones are also very popular because of their expectations.world.

Tsukamoto (JBL): Surprising!

Giz: Oh, everyone is surprised.Certainly, earphones are the impression that many black models sell a lot.

Komine -san (Bang & Orfsen): It's a hard color other.

There are three points as hardware.

First, sound quality.Bang & Orfsen has a professional with a sound Meister in the company, and we are studying sounds every day.The characteristics of the sound we are aiming for are the original sound regeneration.As an example, the sound of the classic heard in the concert hall is tuned so that it can faithfully reproduce it.

Next design.In addition to Jacob Yensen, who has designed furniture, tableware, and architecture and cars in various fields, as well as interesting industrial designers in that era, they have been designed freely.

BEOPLAY E8 2.0 is the design of Jacob Wagner.When you talk to you, do you hear it well?Can you operate without stress while using it?After pursuing such utility, he aimed to pursue the fun of functional beauty and design that appears there.

最後にクラフツマンシップ。BEOPLAY E8 2.In the case of 0, please pay attention to the case.The case is carried around every day, touches, and in a sense, the closest thing.In order to use it in everyday life without stress, we use leather that is used in high -end bags, processed, aluminum processing aluminum in invisible places.increase.

Giz: Is there a way of thinking about the core as your own brand, or a way of thinking about design?

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): The most important thing about Bang & Orfsen is the quality of life.We focus on the design for sound, but if it is a headphone, there are naturally fashion parts, and if it is a loud speaker, the interior element is indispensable.It is characteristic that design is incorporated into life.

By welcoming external designers, we have been using the essence of the design of that era into acoustic equipment for 90 years.

ギズ：完全ワイヤレスイヤホンって自由な動きができるとか解放感が売りだと思うのですが、そうなってくるとやっぱり接続安定性の部分が大事かなと。BEOPLAY E8 2.What is the point of 0?

Mr. Komine (Bang & Orfsen): The first E8 was released in 2017, but the most functional problem was that the connection between the earpieces was falling.So the sound Meister told me, "Isn't it better not to make it if the sound is crushed?"

From there, the realization of highly stable wireless technologies became the challenge for engineers.When I looked at the medical field, there was an NFMI (short -range electromagnetic induction) technology that transmitted information by electromagnetic wave.If this was used with a complete wireless earphone, it would not interfere in the city, and there was no cutting between the earpieces, so I adopted it.

Gizu: A simple answer from the engineer side will increase the trust.

ギズ：では答えにくい部分も出てくるかなと思うんですが、バング＆オルフセンさんのBEOPLAY E8 2.I would like to ask about how other manufacturers are watching about 0.

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): What is the design a little?...。I don't know if Zenheiser can say it myself, but I've been a little stubborn for a long time because it's a German brand.There are so many customers who say that it is good.Even if the audio file (luxury audio enthusiast) product is good, it would be nice that Bang & Orfsen focuses on the design so far in General Audio.It is made exactly at 360 degrees and I want it.

Mr. Oba (Sony): In my personal story, I love Bang & Orfsen, and I use BEOSOUND 9000 and BEOLAB 5 at home (laughs).And I used the previous model E8.

All: Oh.

Giz: This is good (laughs)

Oba -san (Sony): When I hear the sound, it sounds like a bang & orfsen, and as I was told, it was faithful to the original sound.It sounds good if it's good.It's a very obedient sound.

I think it's a solid brand philosophy that it blends into your life and does not get in the way, and in a sense, the sound that can be heard like BGM in a sense.I think it's amazing that you can do that even with a complete wireless earphone.

34,886 yen

Jabbra "Elite 65T" "Elite Active 65T": Flat sound & customization for ten people.

Giz: Next, please introduce the product from Jabra.

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): This time, I brought the elite series "Elite 65T" and "Elite Active 65T".

Jabra is the same Denmark manufacturer as Bang & Orfsen, and I feel that while growing up in the same climate, it is a different direction as a brand.

JABRA is located in the GN Group's company, but it is actually a company based on a submarine cable for communication, or basically a communication -based company.In the past, there is a background that handles Morse signals and telephones, focusing on how to support people and people.

Until now, in the field of hearing aids and headsets, we have been developing products and technologies, as they can distinguish their voices in noisy places and how they can hear more unpleasant sounds.It is a unique feature of JABRA, which was not originally an audio category of how to enjoy the technology and how to enjoy calling.

Giz: Jabra has a different angle compared to other audio manufacturers.How do you think about audio as a so -called music?

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): The complete wireless earphone is well built.The sound of music is not just human voices, so it is not that it is specialized in conversation, unlike business headsets.

先日本社に行ってR&Dの施設などを見てきたんですけど、いろんなラボがあってそれぞれの部屋で特化したものの開発を進めているので、すべての要素に対してベストなものを作ろうという方向性になっています。

In that sense, I think that the sound of the sound is flat and the commitment of our researchers is the commitment.On top of that, the user can customize the sound of the favorite sound, and it is quite versatile.

Gizu: There was a story that Bang & Orfsen was born the same but different personality, but what is the point where Jabra feels the biggest difference from others?

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): I think we are paying attention to how much stress used to use.The design fits the ears of many people, has a solid driver, and the call is comfortable.I think it's a Jabbra -like place that balances it with no gaps.

Giz: From the perspective of Bang & Orfsen, how do you feel Jabra like?

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): I think there is a difference in a very good way.We feel like a beautiful university, and Jabra feels like a science.Bang & Orfsen originally starts with the trend of Bauhaus in Scandinavia, so in everyday life, it is an interior, fashion, and such a design and art.In contrast, JABRA has a medical approach such as hearing aids.

Giz: How about other manufacturers?Try picking up the product.

Tsukamoto -san (JBL): Something very compact.

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): The lightness has been ended up.The coating that I touched is quite comfortable.It feels like you can play with your hand.This is the same for the earphone itself, leading to the calmness of the ears.

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): It's very light for usability, including various technologies.I feel like a sense of speed to incorporate new things.I think it's enviable.

Oba -san (Sony): I think it's very sharp at this price range and this size, and that's a 4 -microphone beam forming.I feel that communication is important as well as music.

20,047 yen

Zenheiser "Momentum True Wireless": Same world view as a high -end machine, the same historical tone

Giz: Then, please, Zenheiser, please.

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): I brought "Momentum True Wireless" that came out for the first time last December.

Zenheiser doesn't look at the market very carefully in both good and bad sense.There is an engineer first that creates what we want to make.A high product for audio files is fine, but this kind of general audio can not say so.

Therefore, we use all that is easy to use, such as a touch panel.So, what is different from other products is the sound?

Everyone who listened to Momentum True Wireless, said, "Oh, it's the sound of Zenheiser."If you've heard of Zenheiser products, you'll know, but there are clear characteristics of sounds that are consistent through products.However, it is a company called Zenheiser that does not use it for selling complaints.

Zenheiser makes both microphones and high -end headphones, and understands that musicians and engineers want to make the sound that musicians and engineers want to make.I think that "the sound of Zenheiser" can be realized.

The waterproof performance of Momentum True Wireless is IPX4, but if you give any more waterproof performance, it will not be the sound of the Zenheiser.The same is true for noise canceling.Because the texture of the voice and the musical instrument gives a sense of incongruity, it is a product that applies the cost to sound quality.

Giz: I wrote a review that the US gis mode reviewer was like a Zenheiser headphone is the best headphones.After that, when the same person wrote a review of Momentum True Wireless, he started reviewing this one that he would not be completely wireless.Then I betrayed my expectations, and it was a very highly evaluated review that was the best sound.

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): How much can you make with these general products?Even if there is a lot of functions, there are also facts that there are few color variations, and that each company has put it out a lot later.

It's a good place to be stubborn in the sound and protect it.However, there is a nice voice from Zenheiser fans saying "I have been waiting", but I think that it is an important part of Zenheiser to get the general public to know Zenheiser.

Giz: How did you feel about "Momentum True Wireless"?

Oba -san (Sony): It's a sound that tells you that you want to tell you here when you hear the classical music.This is a sound that other companies do not have.I've been told about the 6 million yen headphone "Sennheiser HE-1", but it's already this sound.

If you hear the story now, it looks a bit like BMW.I've always been protecting it with FR, but recently it's a trend and do you want to make FF?The feeling of such a German is again.But I made it, but what we want to value is here, I thought it was nice.

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): After all, it is a straight -ball game, straight, tremendous straight.I felt that the sound of the song was made to imagine a space that would bring the air in a place where the sound of the song was created.

Gizu: It may be a bit mean, but don't you want more sales copy and catch phrase information?

Kobayashi (Zenheiser): I was talking in the company today, yesterday, yesterday, and last week.

Giz: What should I talk about?Like?

Kobayashi (Zenheiser): That's right.Zenheiser is like this, oh, oh.But Zenheiser doesn't say the details of chips.It's a personal opinion, but I think high products are still good.However, I want a little more information about such a general audio (laughs).

33,746 yen

JBL "TUNE 120": Reasonable price that you want to choose as "first complete wireless earphone"

Giz: Next, JBL, please.

Tsukamoto (JBL): I brought a new series called "Tune 120".There is a series called Everest on the high -end line of JBL products, but this TUNE is an entry series and the price is about 10,000 yen.There is a wish to choose it as the first complete wireless earphone.This TUNE series wants all generations to use men and women.

The color variations are black, white, pink and green.Actually, pink sells well.The lower the price range, the younger the younger one is bought, and the family comes to the shop and the child in it often buys it.

Giz: Is there something like a commitment point?

Mr. Tsukamoto (JBL): When I released the first completely wireless earphone "Free" in 2017, the connection was quite difficult.If you look at the radio waves of various countries, Tokyo is the most 2.The 4GHz band radio is flying around.So the next thing to put out is that you will definitely do a field test in Tokyo.

As a result, the “Free X”, which is now being released, has been tested by Japanese employees, such as Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Akihabara, etc., and has been selling OK, and has finally received some evaluation.。

He said that this Tune 120 will not be sold in Japan unless it has the same stability as Free X.Actually, it was released a little earlier, but it took some time to bring it to that level.I am confident in the connection.

Mr. Tsukamoto (JBL): And JBL is an American manufacturer, but the development is done in the deep Sen.China has a lot of need to talk with earphones, so the clearing of hands -free calls is quite impressive.

Giz: As I mentioned a little earlier, it's an inevitable problem that connecting to a complete wireless earphone is inevitable.Are there quite a few opportunities for other manufacturers like field testing products that have not yet appeared in the world?How about Bang & Orfsen.

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): Yes.As JBL mentioned, Tokyo is the most radio wave.In a market that is hard to do in other countries in other countries, Tokyo has told engineers in their home country that such a unique environment.

Giz: How do you feel JBL from Sony?I think Sony is a product system for a wide range of users.

Mr. Oba (Sony): JBL divides AKG and HARMAN brands.For that reason, JBL is an active feeling, like users bring their products to the sea or use by those who are skating.I think that Sony is a bit more business or smartly used in the city, and I think that the user is visible to users so that the target age group is a little different.I do.

Giz: How about Zenheiser?

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): From their generation, JBL was an image of Gorigori's audio.It feels like it has changed in various ways with a sense of speed after the Bluetooth speaker.For a long time, people who like audio already know JBL, and conversely, I'm worried about how JBL is reflected in the younger generation.

Tsukamoto (JBL): As you said, that's the issue.After all, many people in their forties and 50s are those who know.When I investigate the brand awareness, I think that JBL is not known to those in her 20s at all, and that it would be nice to spread it in the Tune series.

Mr. Kobayashi (Zenheiser): We are the same.Isn't that a sense of speed?It feels very nice.

9,603 yen

Sony "WF-1000XM3": Noise canceling machine with unparalleled potential

Giz: Finally, Sony, please.

Oba (Sony): I had a model called "WF-1000XM3".In terms of differentiation points with other companies, it has the industry's highest class noise canceling function.Compared to the conventional model WF-1000X and WF-SP700N, the accuracy of noise canceling has been improved.

The liver is the high-quality noise canceling processor mounted on the headphone type called WH-1000XM3.Equipped with QN1E, which optimizes this core technology for completely wireless earphones, has realized a power -saving, space -saving and high -quality noise canceling.

Giz: How about sound quality?

Oba -san (Sony): We are also pursuing sound quality.The current computer music can produce ultra -bass, for example, 10Hz or less.There is a philosophy in Sony that you have to follow the changes in the "music creator".From the earphones of the 1,000 yen range to the headphones of 300,000 yen.

However, complete wireless earphones are difficult because the size of the driver that can be used is small.Also, noise canceling has to be erased in a powerful low -frequency reverse phase, so I actually use the bass band.

So there are good DACs and powerful amplifiers in the QN1e.The clear, good -looking sound, and the noise canceling sounds that do not make you feel like a unique white noise are actually boasting.

It is interesting that you can really do a movie -like experience in everyday life, such as when you commute or when you see a little more, you can hear music while you can't hear anything around you.I think that Sony wants to do music in various places, what Sony wanted to do with Walkman has been sublimated again and realized.

Giz: I think there are many points to push for multifunctional models, but are there any points to be noted other than noise canceling?

Mr. Oba (Sony): Developed with consciousness of connection stability and latency.Earphones are for listening to music, so the music experience disappears the moment the sound is interrupted.After all it is important.Therefore, this time, a new Bluetooth chipset, which was newly developed with vendors, was installed to achieve left and right simultaneous communication.

Regarding latency, recently, we often hear the sound shift when watching videos and content.Since the number of users who use earphones when looking at tiktok and YouTube is increasing, a new chipset and simultaneous communication on the left and right as a way to solve the sound shift.

Then, the need for hands -free calls has increased, so you can use the left and right earphones alone.

Probably, I don't think there are many manufacturers that will develop newly developed from these platforms.However, there is a Sony's strength, there is a smartphone, there are digital cameras, and there are various sensors and antenna technology, so there is a culture of doing what I can do because it is Sony.

Giz: Do you receive noise canceling and receive it from the user?How about Jabra?

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): The Elite series uses a very strong blockbuster, called passive noise canceling.The evaluation so that you can't hear the surrounding sound at the stage you wear is very high.

Giz: Yes, you're thinking about noise cut from such a high sound insulation.What did Bang & Orfsen think of this product?

Komine -san (Bang & Orfsen): It's amazing that noise canceling technology was realized in such a compact size.The performance of canceling is also wonderful.I take off my hat to the high degree of perfection like Sony.

25,409 yen

Smartphone app that has been devised to keep using it comfortably

Giz: Complete wireless earphones are mainly listened to on smartphones.I think that some manufacturers are particular about the connection and setting apps.

Oba (Sony): Jabra's app is very interesting.

Giz: Oh, Jabra, what kind of app is it?

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): Mode can be set, such as when commuting, in the office, and sports.If you turn on the setting of "Hear -through (extraction)" when you are on the train, you can hear music, but you can also know the announcement in the car.When you go to the office, you can completely block the sound, for example, hear the sound of the rain, hear the sound of the waves, and sound the SE with a relaxation effect.It also contains pink noise and white noise that can be used for break -in (aging).

After that, it is a step counter, that is, a function of a pedometer, a function that can be searched when the earphone is lost, such as "Find My Jabra", or updating the firmware with the app.

Giz: This is an app that makes a mess of Jabra's standing position.It's not just about listening to music.

Mr. Fujita (JABRA): There are various usability, such as those who use it only when meeting or Skype in the office instead of using music playback.So, all operating manuals can be referenced from the app.After that, I can access the EC site from the application to buy additional earpieces or lose the charging case.

Mr. Oba (Sony): The application was the most surprised using the ELITE series.

Giz: How about other manufacturers apps?

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): The app works not only with earphones but also with speakers, so when you return home, you'll sound a song you've been listening to with a completely wireless earphone with your home bang & orfsen speaker.You can operate.The opposite is also possible.Rather than adjusting the high and low frequencies, the equalizer can be intuitively adjusted like "crisp sound" and "heavy sound".

Kobayashi -san (Zenheiser): As a Zenheiser, I'm shaking it in a practical part.The outer sound import function can be operated from the touch panel of the earphone, but it is turned off so that it does not work.After that, if you remove the earphones, you can turn on and off functions such as pause, and if you wear it, you can reopen the regeneration.The equalizer is operated with a finger, but as you get used to it, you can make delicate adjustments.

Mr. Oba (Sony): You can switch to a mode that captures the surrounding sound while listening to the music called the outer sound import mode.Another thing that other companies do not have adaptive sound control.There is also a function that automatically controls the degree of noise canceling while walking or traveling using a smartphone acceleration sensor.

Giz: Well, even if you look at the app alone, each company is completely different.

Is Japan a completely wireless country?

Gizu: Gizmodes are making articles every day, and completely wireless earphones are categories that have a very great response from readers.If you deliver a hands -on or review article, readers will comment very well.If you simply want to be cool or want to be cool, it's the sound quality, fit, and codecs.There are many points to evaluate as things, and some of the editorial departments say that it is the most interesting gadget right now.That's why I did this project.

Mr. Tsukamoto (JBL): When we talk about the Japanese market, in the category of headphones, the completely wireless share is about 20%, but the amount is over 40%.According to our recognition, only Japan is doing this.I think that the knowledge of our customers is progressing.

Komine (Bang & Orfsen): There was a little interesting story.When a person at the Denmark headquarters came to Japan, I went to a consumer electronics retailer in Tokyo, but I was surprised at the specification comparison table on the earphone corner.Isn't it too maniac for consumers?What?It is only Japan that consumers have so much knowledge of specifications all over the world.After all, everyone is surprised and returns home.

On the other hand, I think that the specifications are not all.I think that it is a sound due to the aspects of acoustic psychology, so I always feel that it is difficult to balance.

Giz: In a sense, it may be because it is Japan that such a project is established.

Tsukamoto (JBL): I really think so.

Sound quality, technology, philosophy, everything is full of wireless earphones

Completely wireless earphone, or audio equipment.That's why.At first I thought that the story of sound quality would be the center.

However, if you open the lid, the models pushed by each company have completely different functions and personality, each with different charms, "Everyone is different" (by Kaneko Misuzu).Well, what a wonderful thing?

It was the same when I was a camera maker, but I really love audio.Isn't it easy to choose a model that matches your lifestyle, given the evaluation of each other's manufacturers?I feel this round -table discussion is a good buyers guide.

By the way, what kind of gadget manufacturer will be gathered next time?If you have a wish, "I want to hear the voice of the manufacturer of this genre!", Please let me know!

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