Behind-the-Scenes Stories of High-Resolution Headphones
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Panasonic launched a new series of high-resolution headphones to meet the increase in high-res sound sources. The result was a pair of top-end, high-res models. Here we present the passion that went into creating these products.
What’s High-Resolution Audio
This refers to music data that approaches studio master quality. It expresses the atmosphere and ambience of recorded sounds, at a level exceeding CDs. The data is recorded with 96-kHz/24-bit or 192-kHz/24-bit sampling, in WAV or FLAC lossless or uncompressed format, and has approximately 3 to 6 times the data of a CD.
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Product Planner
Audio Business Unit
Accessory Product Planning
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Engineer
Audio Business Unit
Audio Product Technology
![Yamasaki Takayoshi Yamasaki Takayoshi](/content/panasonic/mea/en/consumer/home-entertainment/headphones-learn/headphones/development-stories/jcr:content/learncontent/learncontentsection_1/parsys/textimage_2/image.img.jpg/1440121508453.jpg)
Engineer
Audio Business Unit
Audio Product Technology
![Mikiyasu Ishikura Mikiyasu Ishikura](/content/panasonic/mea/en/consumer/home-entertainment/headphones-learn/headphones/development-stories/jcr:content/learncontent/learncontentsection_1/parsys/textimage_3/image.img.jpg/1440121518344.jpg)
Designer
Design Center
Entered Panasonic in 1997. Worked in projector optics, then on a variety of accessory-related items, including headphones.
Entered Panasonic in 1985. Designed and produced mechanisms for camcorders, SLR cameras and plasma TVs, then headphones.
Entered Panasonic in 1978. Designed radios, CD radio-cassette recorders, portable audio and bath TVs, then headphones.
Entered Panasonic in 2007. Designed headphones, camcorders, and shavers.