Happy Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 Just now, andrewp said: Cant comment on value with the OMA products but have a 401 bolted into one of their 100mm double slate plinths which I purchased built up. The workmanship is very smart indeed but for 6500usd plus delivery it should be! Beauty in the eye of beholder etc but I found their plinth probably least aesthetically pleasing among their products. Does it look awesome in person?
andrewp Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 Turntable complete is just under 40 kg. The dam things is so heavy the cabinet door under it now wont shut properly! 1
Guest gnnett Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 On 11/05/2017 at 11:20 PM, JohnL said: The level of the education at Wilson Audio also appears to............"plumb new depths"!!!!!!!!! How ridiculously amateurish....................especially considering the price level. I think the sp was "plump" rather than "plumb", just like the price.
acg Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 20 hours ago, Stump said: How a $300,000 Speaker is Made That sh%t is right up my alley. Don't wanna buy it but I do wanna build something like it myself that puts up the middle finger to "smaller and lighter and cheaper and mass produced". If there was more actual artisan production of luxury goods like this I think the world would actually be a better place in many ways. Good stuff. Small minds not only whinge about the price of this sort of gear but also denigrate both buyers and producers of truly unique luxury items. 3 1
dcathro Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 19 hours ago, Ooogh said: That video should be titled " how to market $5,000 worth of materials for the cost of a four bedroom home". Everything that is abhorrent in audio wrapped in a thin veneer of pseudo science and false grandeur. Slate, powder coating, metal and woodwork are functional tasks performed in thousands of factories daily at minimal cost. We built a powder coating furnace and an application technique from the most rudimentary materials to coat the interior of hot water pressure vessels for less than this joker spends on hair care products. I built my picnic table out of the same wood they use to frame houses but it doesn't mean I can live under it. How on earth does building a horn from the same wood they use to make Martin guitar bodies result in a great speaker? Would it be better if they used the wood they make Grand Pianos from? I do understand your sentiment, but the cost of making those speakers would be a lot higher than $5K. For a start, these guys are dealing with field coil speakers, along with Tungar power supplies. The slate metal and solid timber wood are all expensive. I know that I built my own 3 way field coil speakers, and the parts and materials cost me about $15K. My cabinets were made from plain ply (no slate metal or hardwood) I did have some slate stands made for a pair of small monitors made about 10 years ago, which cost $1500. I know that the high end mark up is typically 10x build cost, so I expect that you are looking at about $20K as their cost of parts.
Peter_F Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 4 hours ago, andrewp said: Cant comment on value with the OMA products but have a 401 bolted into one of their 100mm double slate plinths which I purchased built up. The workmanship is very smart indeed but for 6500usd plus delivery it should be! Is that a $1000 turntable mounted to $6500USD plinth?
k-k-k-kenny Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 It's not the prices as such that are objectionable: it's the bold-faced hyperbole and bullsh*t that accompanies them. It may well be that these are very fine products. But trying to crawl onto the back of the Martin guitar company (which may make the best acoustic guitars in the world as claimed, but Santa Cruz and others would beg to disagree) is meaningless crap. Then there is the bogus claim that these people are the only ones in the world making speakers using traditional woodworking methods: I've a pair of Ocellia Calliope that says different. The modesty of Earle Weston and the excellence of his work, for example, stands in marked contrast with this self-pimping grandiose nonsense. 2
andrewp Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Mr Weiss is very fond of his own products thats for sure! 1
acg Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Unfortunately, OMA are not unique with the BS factor. Just look at the BS used to market everyday items to us...Ponds Institute anyone? Either we are far too gullible in general or the marketing companies are somehow able to justify the BS to save their own existence...unfortunately I think it is the former rather than the latter. Anyway, back to some spectacular speakers... Way to fill a (huge) loft. Not sure how you get to the check the bias of the valve amps near the top of that equipment rack, perhaps there is a mezzanine floor around the back.
Happy Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Scenes like that make me feel good about the oversized horns in my roomSent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Gruffnutz Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 I bet that lot images like; well not at all really... More an obsession than a hobby at that level.
SPR08Y Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 More speakers that, I believe, fit into the 'Spectacular Speaker' category come from the German company Blumenhofer Acoustics. http://www.blumenhofer-acoustics.com/Distributors/Distributors/Distributors.php?lang=EN Again, as a woodwork teacher, I fancy the exotic veneers that have been applied to some of their cabinets. I may may be interpreting 'Spectacular Speakers' incorrectly, but in my mind, they must be visually arresting/pleasing etc. and I would hope they sound as good as they look! Make up your own mind, do they fit in this thread? (The pair above = my favs!) Kind regards, Michael 9 2
jamiebosco Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IMHO those speakers most definitely fit this thread! 2
michaelw Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 On 9/27/2017 at 2:48 PM, mello yello said: iPhone not included according to appleboy fanbois, that setup actually works well.
michaelw Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, SPR08Y said: More speakers that, I believe, fit into the 'Spectacular Speaker' category come from the German company Blumenhofer Acoustics. i like the name Edited September 29, 2017 by michaelw
SPR08Y Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 Must admit, I fancy these too! Especially with the silver eucalyptus veneer! The original M30.1 in rosewood look stunning, but these knock their grills (socks) off me thinks! Of course the M40.2 would be insane, definitely 'Spectacular', but considering the real world rooms we have, possibly the M30.2s (M30.1s) are more appropriate for most of us! Even modestly 'spectacular'! http://www.harbeth.co.uk/special-editions/monitor-30-2.php Regards, Michael 2 2
Mushroom01 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 AUDIOVISUAL SPEAKER "FUSION" Just WOW! At 1200kg per speaker, you won't be moving them around to often me thinks Amps are a nice kicker! 280kg set... Technical data Principle: Enclosed housing - 5-way active chassis and driver per channel. 1 x 0.8 inch tweeter with diamond diaphragm 2 x 2 inch high midrange with diamond diaphragm 2 x 7 inch midrange woofer with ceramic diaphragm 4 x 11 inch woofer with aluminum honeycomb membrane Dimensions: width 600 mm, depth 800 mm, height 2020 mm Weight: 1200 Kg each "Intellect" DSP pre / power amplifier with power supply. Dimensions: Width 450 mm, Depth 400 mm, Height 800 mm Weight: 280 Kg Click https://audiovisualart.com/unique-extraordinary/fusion/
Mushroom01 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 AUDIOVISUAL SPEAKER "FUSION" Just WOW! At 1200kg per speaker, you won't be moving them around to often me thinks Amps are a nice kicker! 280kg set... Technical data Principle: Enclosed housing - 5-way active chassis and driver per channel. 1 x 0.8 inch tweeter with diamond diaphragm 2 x 2 inch high midrange with diamond diaphragm 2 x 7 inch midrange woofer with ceramic diaphragm 4 x 11 inch woofer with aluminum honeycomb membrane Dimensions: width 600 mm, depth 800 mm, height 2020 mm Weight: 1200 Kg each "Intellect" DSP pre / power amplifier with power supply. Dimensions: Width 450 mm, Depth 400 mm, Height 800 mm Weight: 280 Kg Click https://audiovisualart.com/unique-extraordinary/fusion/
metal beat Posted April 23, 2019 Author Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) Saw these traded in Apogee Grand's today - US 85K in 1991. one of only 7 or 25 pairs ever made apparently. They were in perfect condition. already sold . they are HUGE. US $ 85k in 1991. the guy who owned them was driving with 2 pairs of Krell KAS monoblocks, but he is getting old, so he traded them in on a pair of Wilsons and kept one pair of the KAS. http://www.reality-audio.com/the_grand.html Edited April 24, 2019 by metal beat 4 1
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