Gravity, which was originally scheduled to ship in December, bounced, and this stereo is almost the only product currently left outside Meizu Labs. Exactly how this speaker achieves suspension, and what effect is the suspension display, let us look at the following.
This is a digression, but it is related to the product we want to talk about today. Gravity is a wireless speaker that Meizu launched in the United States in mid-May this year. It started with crowdfunding and priced at $ 169.
In this way, it seems to float in the air
Because there was a transparent prism, Gravity was called the outside world as a "suspended speaker" at the time of its release. The design in the renderings was stunning and impressive.
But ... Gravity, which was originally scheduled to ship in December, bounced back. The one obtained by Sina Digital is almost the only product currently left outside Meizu Labs. Therefore, before this article starts, we still need to emphasize that it is a beta version with a completion rate of 70-80%. This is called "evaluation" and it is slightly reluctant. It may not fully reflect the future appearance of Gravity after it is officially listed.
About suspension design and prismFrom a distance, Gravity is a black cuboid. Above the speaker is an acrylic prism that runs through the speaker. The music information is reflected by the prism to the outer glass surface and then reaches the user's eyes. At the same time, this piece of transparent acrylic glass penetrates the black box to provide support, as if the sound is floating in the air.
Crystal clear and responsible for support
This exterior design is the most outstanding part of Gravity itself. The Japanese designer Hiroshi Tsui has built an oriental Zen aesthetic for it: the heavens and earth and everything are extremely beautiful, without the need for deliberate carving and modification. Reflected in the product, it is "empty":
The rustic appearance without any modification, a crystal prism is both still and the beginning of many changes. Unexpectedly, this is the beginning of the hardship of the structural team.
You see, he is not only transparent, but also shows the colors of the surrounding environment
It was not that no one had made transparent speakers before, and SoundSTIcks of Harman Kardon was one of them. However, the traces and speakers presented in the transparent shell are refined industrial styles; and SoundSTIcks are just speakers, and there is no screen part to consider It ’s just transparency. The etherealness that Pingjing wants is another style:
The implementation principle is like this
The Gravity designer and product team must refract the image in the transparent prism and make the electronic product invisible to the wire. This is undoubtedly a huge problem in industrial design-the reason why this machine in our hands is the beta version is an important The reason is that if you look close to the prism, you can still see a black cable about 2 mm in the part where the prism is combined with the black box.
The internal staff of the Gravity R & D team told me that in order to make this black line disappear, they used almost all the imaginable methods; but either affect the transparency of this crystal or make it less intense. There is always a bit to let the design The division or the product team cannot accept it. This is the main reason for the delay of the product to the present day.
The final ideal display effect is like this
I haven't seen this black line completely disappear, but according to a teenager from the Gravity team, the official version will solve the black line problem.
Interaction is a scienceGravity itself is a WiFi speaker. The well-known representative of this type of product is SONOS. Gravity adds Bluetooth, DLNA (also supports Apple AirPlay), and 3.5 mm wired direct connection. This is Meizu, and I will give you everything you can. But when this machine arrived at Sina, the built-in version was still a very early version of ROM. Only after several upgrades, did we understand the operation of this product.
Suspension effect
Before the upgrade, when playing songs, the title of the prism showed a thin line (progress bar), like the Sony X5 many years ago, which is very suitable for the cold temperament of Gravity. I thought it was good enough, but after several upgrades, the pattern reflected on the transparent prism was added with an album cover, and the progress bar became color. When using it to sing before going to bed, these pictures appeared in the darkness along with the singing voice. When the song ended, the sound also changed when the picture changed, and it appeared in the darkness. That was the most shining moment of Gravity.
As the angle changes, this perspective will also change
The visual is extreme, but the operation is not the same. There are only four buttons on the body of Gravity: "Song Switching and Volume Increase and Decrease" (It is said that Pingjing has been entangled for a long time because of the button font), but when you actually use it to play music, the most convenient is wireless control of the mobile phone. . It can be said that these four buttons are hidden on the back of the fuselage, enough to create the overall beauty of Gravity, but the operation is a bit anti-human.
The position of the button is almost untouchable
WiFi connection is the most preferred for the current Gravity, this sentence is not only for key operation, but also includes sound and UI display. At present, only the songs are played through WiFi, and the album cover we mentioned above is only on the prism. Only a single-color symbol is displayed in DLNA or Bluetooth. In addition, the sound quality of the wired output is not perfect, and a wire will also destroy Gravity's empty inspiration. As for the specific sound quality, let's move to the next paragraph.
The appearance of these threads on the fuselage will indeed affect the vision
The appearance of these threads on the fuselage will indeed affect the vision
After all, we still have to talk about sound qualityThe original intention of the Gravity design is not a portable speaker. Its ideal use scenario should be to quietly put music on the desk or bedside table, instead of carrying the rap songs that are moved second and last, which is too incompatible with the temperament of Gravity. There is sometimes a contradiction between ingenuity and sound or ingenuity and function; for example, there is no battery in Gravity, but a pair of 2 * 1.25-inch full-range speakers are placed. Come to the next definition, the sound quality is good, we continue to say.
Sounding unit structure
Speaking of sound from a compatibility perspective, Gravity is sensitive to front-end devices. The Data Cable is slightly thicker than the mid-band connected to the Mac. The tri-band on Xplay6 will become more balanced, and occasionally there will be noise floor. Because it has its own power amplifier, the cable is replaced by a WiFi wireless connection, in fact, the sound effect is the best; in this state, Gravity is not as thick as most mid-range products, the high-frequency analysis is weak, and the low-frequency is a quality problem.
Real shot
The Gravity tri-band equalization of WiFi connection, the female voice is still a bit sweet. In the original version of "if i ain't got you", Alicia Keys's voice and high frequency in the instrument are clear and natural. Liangrun is neither hypocritical nor arrogant. The bass drum and the snare drum are recognizable with accuracy. Some rebounds are clean and neat, and some are full of overtones. To say insufficient, low frequency dive and thickness are really limited by volume. Overall, the performance at this price point is amazing.
Listen to the combination with Mac
Let's talk about the cable mode. In this state, Gravity is obviously not in the full score state. Taking the MacBook Pro as a benchmark, the mid-range is a bit thick and sticky when you listen to it with one ear. There is no clean contraction when you tap it, and even the high-frequency part is not so good.
Specifically, when you listen to Mariah Carey, it seems that there is a slight gap between the layers of yarn, and Li Zhi ’s voice will be older than it is now; sometimes, the lowest two strings of the guitar are tossed and the drums may be mixed; randomly cut to Lin Xiaopei ’s "Troubled", the obvious scene of stacking before and after the first drum is a bit confusing. This state is quite good compared to a lot of Bluetooth headphones with a price of a thousand yuan, but there is a clear distance from the WiFi connection.
Write the final summary:
Real shot
Wang Di:
"Good products" are always within a defined range. For example, Gravity is the "best product with sound and shape" at this price and volume. But to put it another way, at a price of $ 169, you can buy a few hundred better sound quality, slightly larger, but another elegant and aesthetic audio equipment.
Or to put it bluntly, people who have contacted Gravity around me will more or less say "may be a bit larger and will be more perfect."
Real shot
Guo Xiaoguang:
If Gravity is just a common Bluetooth speaker (Meizu has made such products before), perhaps Pingjing is willing to compromise a bit, and now we should release a review of the official version of the product that has been listed.
Those who have not entered the factory will not understand how far the product is from the picture to the hand. As we said before, the design of the prism doubles the difficulty of manufacturing Gravity. Its manufacturing team also did not seem to expect a transparent structure that meets the ideal results to be so tortuous. This is the background of crowdfunding.
I think these hardships are worth it. If the whole world is the kind of speaker with a small LED screen, it is much more boring.
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