FRANKFURT, Germany – RCF spa unveiled its first foray into the headphone market with the launch of ‘Iconica by RCF’ at the Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt.
More details from RCF (www.rcf-usa.com):
Drawing on seven decades of experience in engineering high-grade transducers and hi-fi quality sound, key features of these over-ear, supra-aural headphones include extended LF response and impressive noise cancellation. They have been designed to deliver an extremely linear frequency response, including extended bass, but without compromising on accuracy.
‘Iconica by RCF’ has been designed both for accurate DJ monitoring at the highest level of electronic dance music (EDM), as well as a lifestyle product, making it ideal for use with smartphones, media players, laptop and TV.
And being Italian, RCF has entered the world of lifestyle accessories with the confidence that Iconica also sets a high design watermark that befits a product conceived in the crucible of chic!
To produce Iconica, RCF has combined an audio engineering heritage that stretches back nearly seven decades, with one of the world’s leading DJ/producers, Benny Benassi, who hails from RCF’s home town of Reggio Emilia. He knows better than ever how a successful electro DJ wants to hear music through his cans, and provided valuable design input.
“When I started my DJ career in local nightclubs in the ‘80s, RCF provided me with powerful and reliable sound, and the bass added a real emotional dimension,” he says. “I am reminded of that today as I listen to the incredible sounds coming through the Iconica headphones during long tours.”
Available in a choice of either Pepper Black or Angel White, with its sumptuously-cushioned ear cups it is designed to deliver the listener the ride of their lives, and maximum comfort in the saddle.
States product manager, Sandro Chinellato, “RCF has built its reputation on producing cutting edge systems for theatres, stadiums and high level touring, and so our mission was to condense the full fat sound of a major concert or DJ mix into the microcosm of a headset, while maintaining distortion free, hi-fi transparency. In other words it is designed to deliver the sound of the stage right to your ear.
“We set out clear design criteria as to how we could deliver high grade/high volume DJ reference monitoring, with precise low frequencies. It included defining the correct audio response, as pressing the loudspeaker close to the ears creates a micro ambient, and noise cancellation. It also had to reach a sensitive price point.”
The headband is extendable, to guarantee a snug fit, and features a double plastic and leather material. The carefully designed cushion-fit clamp force of the ear cups eliminates air escape and creates impressive passive noise cancellation, while the 16-ohm impedance maximises the sound from the purpose-engineered transducer and enables the music to be reproduced not only accurately, but also L-O-U-D!
Iconica is marked by other design features. The black model is trimmed with titanium coloured metal on the powerful cup swivel joint, enabling each can to pivot on and off the ear, while the white version replaces the titanium finish with silver.
Both models come in a plastic carry pack with internal pouch to hold a choice of coiled cable and smart phone with volume control setting, terminated with 3.5mm mini jack while a 6.3mm jack is also provided.
Shipping in April, RCF Iconica is a product for anyone wishing to receive superior quality from a wide range of sources, including CD, MP3, streamed channels such as Spotify — as well as the hottest EDM remix.
ICONICA PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
- Over Ear (Supra-aural) Headphones
- Earpiece type: closed
- Dynamic driver
- Neodymium Φ25mm magnet
- Transducer diameter： Φ40mm
- Voice coil Φ20mm winding in copper coated aluminium
- Frequency response： 20Hz-20KHz
- Impedance: 16Ω
- Sensitivity： 102dB /1mW
- Connector： Φ3.5mm with Φ6.3mm adapter (gold plated）
- Rotatable main joint
- 40mm handmade drivers
