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Mr. Hanzawa assessed the newly-added point source speaker category: “Inter BEE has widened in scope as an event. There are still many people that need point source speakers.” Small to medium speakers like point source speakers have a high operating rate over a year compared to large speak-ers. Live stage venues use point source speakers together with large speakers. Also, point source speakers are mainly used at non-music related small event venues such as theaters and public spaces. They are used frequently and demand for these speakers is high even now. Mr. Hanzawa says, “Point source-type speakers are compact and easy-to-use. Recently, their performance has improved further and, these days, a fixed level of noise is guaranteed what-ever the product. Therefore, I think that the introduction of point source speakers will continue to meet profes-sionals’ needs and spread to the con-sumer segment as well.”29Talking about the “X- Headphone” and “X-Microphone” events newly held at Inter BEE 2016, Mr. Hanzawa says, “It’s a valuable place for professionals to try out new products, but it’s also important for amateurs and young people studying music and video production to experience these products firsthand.” Expressing his hopes for the exhibition, “By encoun-tering good sound and good products, hopefully it will lead to many people deciding to take it up professionally.”From amateurs to professionals that love musicMr. Hanzawa talks about future INTER BEE EXPERIENCE as follows.“This event has produced great value as a place to test the latest equipment that cannot normally be experienced. In addition to that, I hope that the event will consider idea-proposing proj-ects in the future. Something like - wouldn’t it be good if sound production was like this in five years’ time? I think that it would be even more interesting if the event functioned as an opportu-nity to try out and experience com-pletely new ideas.”Mr. Hanzawa says that Inter BEE proposes ideas for the near future, and if the participants hit on a good idea after experiencing these ideas, then that would really embody the ideals of Inter BEE. He goes on to say, “because sound is not something that can be seen, being able to nurture countless images for the listener is attractive.” Such nurtured images enrich the mind and the future seen by Mr. Hanzawa may be realized someday soon.Hopes for ideas anticipating future sound creationThe exhibition’s profile has risen due to its long history, and the mix of visitors has changed. The number of women has increased and, in addition to the core age group of 30 to 40 year-olds currently active in the field, a large number of 50 to 60 year old partici-pants also visited. Mr. Hanzawa says, “Perhaps you are imaging how you would use such equip-ment at your places of work. You, ladies and gentlemen, are the ones producing sound at work, so you surprisingly don’t have much time to hear this sound objectively from the standpoint of the audience.”The flow of Inter BEE 2016 was said to be the easiest to understand to date. Mr. Hanzawa says, “I felt that the event was a lot tighter. The overall flow of the event over the three days was smoother and its concepts a lot clearer. It was designed in a way that clearly shows visitors what the exhibition is trying to do even if the visitor is experi-encing it for the first time.”Point source speakers – high rate of operation and wide range of usersIncreased number of female visitors and wider range of age groups