Imai San ( Audio Tekne ) home

[gian60]

Even if i have nothing of AudioTekne,i am very fond to Imai San,that i consider my teacher in 90 tears together with yammer,and i learnt a lot of things thanks to them.
I have many photo and video that i cannot put,so i put some photos took from video i have.

This is the home of AudioTekne,outside and inside

 

[gian60]

The laboratory is behind the red curtain behind the speaker
His wife is in charge to do cable

 

[gian60]

And his son Hironobu help his father

A great and nice family

 

[ddk]

How old are these pictures Gian?

david

 

[gian60]

i think around 193/1999

 

[djsina2]

Cool pictures. Yes, they are very nice people. I've recently placed a couple orders from AT and the boxes came packed with Japanese snacks.

 

[bonzo75]

Cool pictures. Yes, they are very nice people. I've recently placed a couple orders from AT and the boxes came packed with Japanese snacks.

Nice. What is your system with the AT?

 

[gian60]

He produce only 3 speaker that can see in the pictures.

One single driver in wood with Diatone driver,named 2116
One single driver in Carbon Block box of 3.5 cm,that is little different than graphite with same Diatone driver and with ALE tweeter or the cheapest 1710 or 1750 DE or DEP,depend on your budget,with magnet covered all by carbon block

4 way horn speaker with bass box in Carbon Block and woofer Ale 4000
midbass ALE 4550
mid ALE 7550
tweeter ALE 1750
Serie DE or DEP,depend on your budget,in his home has DE serie
Cut at 200,3.000 and 10.000 hz

 

[djsina2]

Nice. What is your system with the AT?

Audio Tekne TFM-1430, TEA-2000, MC-6310, and all their cables
TechDAS AF5 with Thales Simplicity II
Viking Acoustics Berlin 1887

 

[gian60]

This is the bass box of Main Speaker,all made in Carbon block
and crossover

 

[djsina2]

He produce only 3 speaker that can see in the pictures.

One single driver in wood with Diatone driver,named 2116
One single driver in Carbon Block box of 3.5 cm,that is little different than graphite with same Diatone driver and with ALE tweeter or the cheapest 1710 or 1750 DE or DEP,depend on your budget,with magnet covered all by carbon block

4 way horn speaker with bass box in Carbon Block and woofer Ale 4000
midbass ALE 4550
mid ALE 7550
tweeter ALE 1750
Serie DE or DEP,depend on your budget,in his home has DE serie
Cut at 200,3.000 and 10.000 hz

I spoke with Imai a couple weeks ago about the single driver speakers. The SP-2116 and SP-8716 use different versions of the Diatone P610 driver. The SP-2116 is 8 ohm and the SP-8176 is 16 ohm. Also, ALE is apparently out of business and he can no longer get the ALE tweeter.

 

[gian60]

Woofer ALE for Main Speaker

 

[gian60]

He has problems some years ago because mr Endo,Ale owner is old and near stop to produce

 

[Audiophile Bill]

Audio Tekne TFM-1430, TEA-2000, MC-6310, and all their cables
TechDAS AF5 with Thales Simplicity II
Viking Acoustics Berlin 1887

Nice - please share piccies!

 

[Audiophile Bill]

This is the bass box of Main Speaker,all made in Carbon block
and crossover

Is this carbon block a nice sounding material or chosen for its purported inertness?

 

[gian60]

For cancel vibration

 

[djsina2]

Is this carbon block a nice sounding material or chosen for its purported inertness?

It’s an interesting material. He uses it for the footers of the amps and preamps also. It’ll leave black marks on your hands if you touch it. I read somewhere that he invented the compound and sold it to one of the big Japanese corporations. Apparently it is used for parts of the bullet trains but they allow him to still use it in small batches for his audio business.

 

[djsina2]

Nice - please share piccies!

I’ll take some pictures when it’s all complete. Waiting on an arm board for the TechDAS and new speakers are in construction now.

 

[Audiophile Bill]

I’ll take some pictures when it’s all complete. Waiting on an arm board for the TechDAS and new speakers are in construction now.

Never heard your speakers but really like the looks and philosophy.

 

[djsina2]

I noticed that somehow the cantilever of my MC-6310 was suddenly not straight. I got the cartridge to Imai and he fixed it for me, at no charge! He also turned it around in just a few days. Imai always responds to emails within 24hrs. Audio Tekne service is second to none. Has anyone ever seen the documentation you get with their electronics? Extremely detailed blueprints with measurements taken at all points. It's like nothing I have seen before from a manufacturer.