In May 2019, “Analog Audio Fair 2019” was held in Japan. In this event, we introduced our new product with the wood cantilever! This wood is called “KUROGAKI” (black persimmon), very rare wood. We listen to various types of music with it and compared it with cantilevers of other materials. And we asked the audience […]
We interviewed our craftsman! NAME : M.M LENGTH OF SERVICE : 13 years CHARGE : Assembling – When do you feel rewarding? When the styli I assembled are shipped. – What is the difficult task? Assembling the styli which rarely ordered. Some models are ordered only a times in a year.
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 […]