Digital do MaiN
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Native name | デジタルドメイン株式会社 |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founder | Kazuhiko Nishi |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yasunori Mochida (Chairman) Kazuhiko Nishi (President) Tamotsu Kajiwara (CEO) |
| Products | Power and Compact Amplifiers Super Audio CD D/A Converters Loudspeakers |
| Website | www |
Digital do MaiN (Japanese: デジタルドメイン株式会社, Dezitaru do MēiN Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese audio engineering company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.[1] The company name emphasises symbiosis of analog and digital technologies (implemented, for example, in a volume control subsystem); the logo symbolizes an input pin jack (left square), output pin jack (right square) and an innovative signal processing unit in between.
Technology
[edit]Digital do MaiN's power amplifiers use V-FET technology transistors. Initially developed by Nippon Gakki Seizo K.K. in the 1970s (US Patent 4,216,038[2]), the technology was improved, and the 2SK77B transistor was released. As V-FET devices are no longer manufactured, Digital do MaiN builds them itself.[3] Original design and usage of the 2SK77B V-FET transistor give amplifiers characteristics similar to vacuum tube devices[4] and Triode class A amplifiers which feature very high quality of output sound and cancellation of most of the even distortion harmonics, and allow noise distortion to be less than 0.005%[5] and no loss of original harmonics.[6] Digital do MaiN also uses technologies and complementary products from its partners: MSB Technology's (USA) DACs,[7] Cabasse (France) loudspeakers, Denon (Japan) waveform reproduction technology.[8]
Awards
[edit]- Japanese Audio Excellence Award 2009,[9] Separate Digital Players category (D-1a D/A converter) and Main Amplifiers category (B-1a power amplifier)
References
[edit]- ^ "Company" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ Nishizawa, Jun-ichi; Mochida, Yasunori; Nonaka, Terumoto; Hotta, Tadahiko; Yamashita, Shin (1977-06-11). "US Patent 4,216,038". Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Gaisha. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ Kennedy, Jason (2009-11-03). "Digital do MaiN B-1a review". Techradar.com. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "西和彦氏創立のデジタルドメイン、SIT搭載アンプなど新製品を発表" [Digital do MaiN founder Mr. Kazuhiko Nishi introduces SIT amplifier, new products and features] (in Japanese). Phile-web. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Digital do MaiN 製品情報 DCアンプ" [Digital do MaiN product information - DC amplifier] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ Linnman (October 2008). "6moons audio reviews: Roadtour Digital do MaiN". 6moons.com. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Digital do MaiN 製品情報 DA コンバーター" [Digital do MaiN product information - DA converter] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Digital do MaiN 製品情報 SACDトランスポート" [Digital do MaiN - Super Audio CD] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "オーディオ銘機賞 2009 - Audio Excellence Award 2009". Phile-web. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
Further reading
[edit]- Pictures from 2009 Tokyo International Audio Show
- Interview with founder Mr. Kazuhiko Nishi (in Japanese)