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a few notes from @brileigh and I's visit to the Ojas listening room in NYC * Ojas and Devon Turnbull before founding Ojas, Devon Turnbull studied at Parsons and adopted the tag "Ojas" for mixtapes, graffiti, flyers, etc. in 2003 he founded the streetwear label Nom de Guerre with some friends and over the next few years travelled frequently to Japan as he developed an interest in high-efficiency drivers, horns, and tube amplifiers. in his spare time, he built Altec-inspired horn speakers for himself and friends which later became DIY flat-pack kits sold through Virgil Abloh's Canary Yellow platform. Nom de Guerre closed in 2013 and Turnbull turned his attention to Ojas full-time as an audio practice. by 2018 his custom systems found their way into stores like Supreme, venues like Public Records, and producer Mark Ronson's studio. in 2022 he produced Hi-Fi Listening Room Dream No. 1, an immersive installation that was first presented in Lisson Gallery (NYC, London) before touring to many other institutions.
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* Broke, woke, bespoke Ojas components are bespoke and built-to-order so there's no official catalogue with model numbers. here is my best guess at identifying what we listened to in this particular system: - stand-mounted speaker (far left/right) this appears to be the Petit Ojas W which is a scaled-down homage to the well-known Onken W cabinet. it uses two 12-inch woofers (Altec/GPA 414), an Ojas 1505 multi-cell horn (based on Altec 1505B), a GPA 288 compression driver, and side-mounted Pioneer PT-R9 beryllium ribbon super-tweeters. the enclosure is baltic birch ply. - floor-standing speaking (inner left/right) this appears to be the Ojas MBH1/519B which consists of a GPA 416 15-inch woofer, an Ojas 529B bi-radial horn (based on Altec 329A), and a 1" compression driver. the enclosure is baltic birch ply with a front port, see the slot near the bottom.
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