AIAIAI TMA-1 HEADPHONE

Design firm KiBisSi and music production company Mannhandle (producer of the Raveonettes) defined a set of requirements for the TMA-1 months ago. They had strong ideas and high standards specifications regarding the device’s size, handling, flexibility, durability and… sound. When they started the project, AIAIAI founders had two reference headphones in mind: the Beats by Dr Dre and the Sennheiser HD25.

KiBiSi design concept was to “strip the product from all unnecessary details” to give the device a sleek and minimalist look, additionally, the AIAIAI logo is hidden inside the headband to fulfill the DJs’ desire not to display free advertising while they spin. The swirl cable on both sides allows users to adjust the headphones to their head, and the choice of this particular shape is reminiscent of the old sound cables. The unique feature is the removable cushions that offer various listening conditions: the leather cushions are more suitable for spinning in a club due to better ambient noise isolation than the foam ones. The device has been designed to be highly flexible making it very comfortable to wear over a long period of time and the durability has been increased by having most of the parts easily replaceable for reasonable prices.

Technical Specifications:

* Driver Unit Size: 40 mm

* Impedance: 32 Ohm at 1 KHz

* Operating Power: (Nom/Max) 0.02 / 0.05

* Total Harmonic Distortion: 1KHz / Nom. Power Max 0.8%

* Buzz and Rattles: 1.1V at 100~2KHz Sine wave

* Sensitivity: (0dB=20uPa) At 1 KHz 1mW IEC318 Coupler 115+- 3dB

* Weight:140 gram

What’s in the box:

* Headphones

* 1 extra set foam ear pads

* Carrying pouch

* Booklet

* 1.7 meter cable

* 6.3 mm stereo plug converter

Testers:

The list of DJs who tested the product is as follow:

Madlib, Tiga , James Murphy (LCD), Hot Chip, DJ Koze , Philip Jung (M.A.N.D.Y), Booka Shade, Erol Alkan, Claude Von Stroke, A-Trak, 2 MANYDJS, Prins Thomas, Ellen Allien, MSTRKRFT, Trentemoller, Matthew Dear, Seth Troxler, RJD2, Brodinski, Pilooski, Hudson Mohawks, Flying Lotus, Kode9, Michael Mayer, Superpitcher, Luciano.