We interviewed our craftsman! NAME : M.T LENGTH OF SERVICE : 23 years CHARGE : Sound Inspection – When do you feel rewarding? The moment I got some appreciative words from customers. – What is the difficult task? Judging subtle difference of chatter noises caused by some special tips (Elliptical. Hyper-Elliptical, Shibata) and movable range […]
A record stylus is an entrance of sound reproduction. What is it made out of? The answer is diamond. Sapphire is also used, but JICO uses diamond mainly. The earliest stage of record culture, the styli were made of bamboo or iron which was used for phonograph styli. After that, diamond styli spread as records […]
– Unique technology born in remote area – The Headquarter/Factory is in the coastal town of Japan Sea, about 500 km apart from Tokyo. At the time of founding, people had to get over some mountains to reach the town, especially in winter, heavy snow made the town isolated. However, predecessors took advantage of this […]