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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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* Pewter grey and single-ended triodes if there is a spectrum between traditional hi-fi companies and lifestyle brands, Ojas is firmly on the latter extreme. drawing inspiration from DIY culture and 1960s Altec build manuals, Ojas' speakers are simple and plain with baltic birch panels, visible screw heads, and pewter grey paint with sprayed grain. this peppered grey, as though the speakers were hewn from a dusty boulder, has become Ojas' signature that they apply to all of their products. although Ojas designs their own horns, they are modelled after Altec 1505/329 multi-cell horns which were very popular in the 60s and 70s. many listeners prefer this type of compression driver + horn topology vs. traditional metal/silk tweeters because they are so efficient and have a certain immediacy as a result. they demand less power from the partnering amplifier which opens the door to low-power tube amplification rather than beefy solid-state designs. the rest of the design is quite simple with paper cone woofers.
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