It wasnt until Cantopop star Joey Yung uploaded a video (see above) of herself singing karaoke with the K068 to YouTube in August that the mic became a hit.Featured These are some of our most ambitious editorial projects.
Enjoy Emails Our emails are made to shine in your inbox, with something fresh every morning, afternoon, and weekend. Become a member ALL BY MYSELF A Chinese revolution in karaoke is making it much better for introverts Nir EliasReuters Belting it out. From our Obsession Chinas Transition By Vivienne Chow Contributor May 8, 2017 This article is more than 2 years old. Faye Wong Sing And Play Rar Portable Karaoke MicrophoneA portable karaoke microphone invented by a former primary school teacher has become a must-have toy for sing-along fans in Hong Kong and mainland China. Now its creator hopes to see the gadget spread across the globe. Developed by a Shenzhen-based company called Tosing, the karaoke magic machine is a seemingly simple combination of microphone and loudspeaker. When connected via bluetooth to a computer or a smartphone, its possible to both play music via the wireless mic and sing along with help from its echo functionanywhere. The enormous popularity of this karaoke mic across mainland China as well as Hong Kongsome three million units have been sold since 2015didnt just rescue its creator You Guangguo from 8 million yuan (1.2 million) in debt. It also made his dream come true. The worse you sing, the more you want to sing without pressure, but you are too embarrassed to sing at karaoke in front of your friends, the 41-year-old You told Quartz. Then I had a thought: Can I have a mic that allows me to sing wherever I want How can I achieve that These questions stemmed in my head for a long time. The birth of the magic mic Born into a family of farmers, You became a primary school teacher in his hometown Wenzhou, in southeastern Chinas Zhejiang province, earning a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan (576). After 15 years of teaching, You decided to make a career change and went to Shenzhen to become a businessman. Eight years on, he had failed to establish a new life and racked up a mountain of debt. In the middle of the 2000s, when MP3 players had become popular and mobile phones began to be able to store MP3 files, he saw an opportunity. I started talking to engineers to see if it is possible to add karaoke function to mobile phones or MP3 players. But engineers told him that karaoke on mobile phones was not technologically viable despite repeated trials. It wasnt until 2009 that Yous engineers finally found a way to make it work. The very first version of the portable karaoke mic was born in 2010. The small mic could be attached to an MP3 player, but you could only hear your singing amplified and accompanied by music with earphones on. It was a very small mic and it did not have a loudspeaker attached, said You. Then You and his engineers began to develop a microphone with a speaker attached. The result was the K068, the model that became a hit in China after its launch in 2015.
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