LA FILOSOFIA DI KIYOAKY IMAI
The product of my beginning is an audio accessory. They are speaker cable, made by carbon, and lead wire for head shell. Furthermore, since, I had been doing development of an ultimate transformer for vacuum tube amplifier.
And I made the stereo main amplifier of 6AS7G A1 PP. The amplifier is very popular, there is not even malfunction and be an active service yet. Then, I knew the importance of a preamplifier and did development of a preamplifier immediately. I made TP-8201 in 1982.
I thought that the amplifier of the right sound had to be PP. The character of a vacuum tube and a transformer requires it. I think that there are many people who have mixed up the hobby and the favorite thing. I think that I have many things that people want to consider as a favorite thing.
However, I think that there are few persons who are intent on a favorite case. It expresses it in the following manner, if the person without the hobby looks at the person of the hobby.
That guy is intent on Audio and seen like foolishness. As a conclusion, there are not many persons who are hobbies to listen to music.
In short, if to judge about one hobby, there are not many people who have the hobby. Consequently, in order to listen to music, there are few people who buy audio equipments. Therefore, if to think only the success of business is considered, sale of audio equipments do not become to the business.
I say that Audio Tekne is established, because I wanted to modify worse audio market, than the success of business is hoped and be not an exaggeration.
Since I wanted to correct wrong audio market rather than I desire a success of business, I am not an overstatement to say that I established Audio Tekne.
The Japanese feature is weak in fashion, a brand, and a price (if expensive, it is judged as good one). In short, almost all Japanese are that there is no capability of the value judgment of a product. The audio market in Japan began from 1960 age. As for in that time the console type stereo was a mainstream.
It began that the amplifier of the stereo makes it with the transistor from about 1964. And, the stereo device has come to be called audio system without knowing it.