Jecklin Float
The Jecklin Float are electrostatic headphones from 1971, which are mainly used in sound engineering .
history
The Float was developed by the Swiss sound engineer Jürg Jecklin . It is used to improve the listening situation and thus to be able to assess sound recordings immediately in the mobile studio in order to avoid serious corrections later in the sound studio . The headphones, which were only intended as a one-off production, looked very similar to a helmet. They were later optimized and after a few development stages looked similar to very large classic headphones. Due to high demand from experts and hi-fi enthusiasts, around 10,000 pieces were produced. Because of its unusual design, it was included in the industrial design collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York .
concept
The name is based on a very large, electrostatic membrane that floats freely in front of the ear. This creates a large sound field that corresponds to natural hearing. This is why the float is also referred to as a head loudspeaker because, like a loudspeaker, it reproduces the sound signal away from the head without it being falsified by a headphone cup.
variants
Jecklin Float Model One
Jecklin Float Electrostatic
There are electrostatic used transducers. They require a special ballast to provide the required high voltage. Over time, both the design of the headphones themselves and the ballast were varied.
Jecklin Float Model Two
Float QA
Revised versions are currently being offered by QUAD as Float QA. The rigid, wide metal bracket was replaced by narrow brackets and headbands. There are several models that differ in terms of the converter principle. One is an electrostatic headphone. Another model uses dynamic transducers.
Precide Ergo
The Ergo has adopted all the essential structural features from the Float, but is made of different housing materials. The carrier of the Float is made of metal, while the Ergo is made of plastic. The converters of the Ergo are also height adjustable.
- Model I (dynamic)
- Model 2 (dynamic)
- Model AMT ( Air Motion Transformer )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürg Jecklin on the website of the University of Music and Performing Arts , accessed on October 10, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.quad-musik.de/index.php/de/produkte/jecklin-float-qa/float-qa
- ↑ https://www.precide.ch/de/ergo/dergo.htm