Digital do MaiN explained

Digital do MaiN
Native Name:デジタルドメイン株式会社
Type:Private
Founder:Kazuhiko Nishi
Location:Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area Served:Worldwide
Key People:Yasunori Mochida (Chairman)
Kazuhiko Nishi (President)
Tamotsu Kajiwara (CEO)
Industry:Audio electronics
Products:Power and Compact Amplifiers
Super Audio CD
D/A Converters
Loudspeakers
Homepage: (in Japanese)

is a Japanese audio engineering company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.[1] The company name emphasises symbiosis of analog and digital technologies (implemented, for example, in a volume control subsystem); the logo symbolizes an input pin jack (left square), output pin jack (right square) and an innovative signal processing unit in between.

Technology

Digital do MaiN's power amplifiers use V-FET technology transistors. Initially developed by Nippon Gakki Seizo K.K. in the 1970s (US Patent 4,216,038[2]), the technology was improved, and the 2SK77B transistor was released. As V-FET devices are no longer manufactured, Digital do MaiN builds them itself.[3] Original design and usage of the 2SK77B V-FET transistor give amplifiers characteristics similar to vacuum tube devices[4] and Triode class A amplifiers which feature very high quality of output sound and cancellation of most of the even distortion harmonics, and allow noise distortion to be less than 0.005%[5] and no loss of original harmonics.[6] Digital do MaiN also uses technologies and complementary products from its partners: MSB Technology's (USA) DACs,[7] Cabasse (France) loudspeakers, Denon (Japan) waveform reproduction technology.[8]

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company. ja. 2019-01-14.
  2. Web site: US Patent 4,216,038. Nishizawa, Jun-ichi. Junichi Nishizawa. Mochida, Yasunori. Nonaka, Terumoto. Hotta, Tadahiko. Yamashita, Shin. Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Gaisha. 1977-06-11. 2019-01-14.
  3. Web site: Digital do MaiN B-1a review. Kennedy, Jason. Techradar.com. 2009-11-03. 2019-01-14.
  4. News: 西和彦氏創立のデジタルドメイン、SIT搭載アンプなど新製品を発表. Digital do MaiN founder Mr. Kazuhiko Nishi introduces SIT amplifier, new products and features. ja. Phile-web. 2008-02-22. 2019-01-14.
  5. Web site: Digital do MaiN 製品情報 DCアンプ. ja. Digital do MaiN product information - DC amplifier. 2019-01-14.
  6. Web site: 6moons audio reviews: Roadtour Digital do MaiN. Linnman. 6moons.com. October 2008. 2019-01-14.
  7. Web site: Digital do MaiN 製品情報 DA コンバーター. ja. Digital do MaiN product information - DA converter. 2019-01-14.
  8. Web site: Digital do MaiN 製品情報 SACDトランスポート. ja. Digital do MaiN - Super Audio CD. 2019-01-14.
  9. Web site: オーディオ銘機賞 2009 - Audio Excellence Award 2009. Phile-web. 2019-01-14.