How a $300,000 Speaker is Made

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Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers from wood like ash, cherry, and walnut-plus slate and special cast iron. The sound quality is as good as the materials.
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  • @LucasPereiradaSilva
    @LucasPereiradaSilva5 жыл бұрын

    Spent 300 grand in the sound system Plays .mp3 64kbps.

  • @daviddavidsonn3578

    @daviddavidsonn3578

    5 жыл бұрын

    in mono ! please !

  • @iawindowss4061

    @iawindowss4061

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha I swear people are actually like that though.

  • @NemorisInferioris

    @NemorisInferioris

    3 жыл бұрын

    You could've stopped at .mp3

  • @theseriousaccount

    @theseriousaccount

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or vinyl for that matter. People who actually cares about “sound reproduction” moved on from that as soon as newer tech came out lol

  • @rafaelmarques1314

    @rafaelmarques1314

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also known as the sound of gravel

  • @pedrosantos6183
    @pedrosantos61833 жыл бұрын

    "we have a foundry, where the metal is put solid and then It becames molten" Yes that's How foundries work.

  • @Rafabasu

    @Rafabasu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beskar

  • @LTV746

    @LTV746

    3 жыл бұрын

    We use planted trees which start from seeds and end up as hardwoods

  • @Atelierul29

    @Atelierul29

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LTV746 no one in the world does that! :))

  • @Winters506

    @Winters506

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LTV746 😂😂😂 I’m dying laughing. This is the best comment. 😂😂😂

  • @thepandadan

    @thepandadan

    Жыл бұрын

    Just like Terminator

  • @BonsonPylon
    @BonsonPylon3 жыл бұрын

    "We're the only company in the world that does this" yeah man, I wonder if there's a reason for that

  • @keithmarlowe5569

    @keithmarlowe5569

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just saw a clip from "Ford VS Ferrari" movie. Someone talked about how Enzo Ferrari had sought and achieved perfection, but went broke doing it.

  • @SoylentGamer

    @SoylentGamer

    3 жыл бұрын

    It hurts my head.

  • @ctr289

    @ctr289

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are a lot of better ones. The "aerospace technology" says it all, it's just marketing garbage. They work with primitive methods and materials compared with other expensive manufacturers.

  • @Johnnybananass-_

    @Johnnybananass-_

    2 жыл бұрын

    he says they use solid wood and thew video shows a laminate cylinder hahahaha classic self hype ..

  • @corners3755

    @corners3755

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ctr289 Exactly. They are just finding a way to mark up already expensive materials

  • @LillyPadPwnz
    @LillyPadPwnz Жыл бұрын

    9 Things I learned from Jonathan Weiss, owner and embellisher of Oswald Mill Audio: 1. Oswald's research found soft slate is 10,000x tonally accurate than hard slate 2. Oswald's foundries have furnaces that literally make solid metal into liquid 3. Oswald Audio discovered the process of powder coating, utilizing it's hardness over paint 4. Martin guitars stole Oswald Audio idea for using their hardwoods, 100% because Jonathan Weiss knows that they're tonally great woods 5. Oswald Audio was forced to create the meticulous dovetail joint due to wood expanding and contracting in your home 6. Oswald Audio is literally the only company, in HISTORY, that creates solid wood joinery due to the difficulty, time constraints, and expense 7. Oswald Audio equipment is big because it has to be big because soundwaves can't be small because physics 8. Oswald Audio uses aerospace level stuff 9. Beware of experiencing fright after realizing audio recordings from someone that's been dead a long time can still be heard

  • @Unkraut

    @Unkraut

    Жыл бұрын

    strung together in a nice list like that it sounds even funnier

  • @AO-bl7cc

    @AO-bl7cc

    Жыл бұрын

    Also this: 1. Oswald Audio is the only company that mills wood and stone to flatness, no other company flattens wood and stone cause it would be "too costly." 2. Soft slate is perfect cause its soft and not hard, that means its desirable for speakers, much more so than hard wood, cause hard wood is harder than soft slate which is softer. 3. Oswald Audio is the only company that makes loud speakers shaped like cones.

  • @Offsecwrkr

    @Offsecwrkr

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually no for your #4 it is wrong oswald had learned that the hardwood was great because martin guitars was using the same hardwood.

  • @Gdgaiennie

    @Gdgaiennie

    6 ай бұрын

    That was so funny bro. I laughed the entire time reading your comment. Yea, I think that about sums it up!

  • @C-man553

    @C-man553

    6 ай бұрын

    Nauseating

  • @Jack-ny7kn
    @Jack-ny7kn5 жыл бұрын

    I love how he talks about powder coating like it's some kind of lost artform or something. LMAO

  • @neykodimov2786

    @neykodimov2786

    4 жыл бұрын

    And also how they use a diamond blade to cut the stone slab... haha what other blade would you use other than a diamond bladejajaja.

  • @TheArtificiallyIntelligent

    @TheArtificiallyIntelligent

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even the joinery work. Maybe there aren't other people out there doing that with speakers, but people use dovetail joinery all the time.

  • @Robo-xk4jm

    @Robo-xk4jm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially with melting metal and pouring it into a mold

  • @bolttracks

    @bolttracks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea a lot of their techniques and materials have been put in speakers way less expensive yet equally amazing.

  • @holyravioli5795

    @holyravioli5795

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@neykodimov2786 If you want a really clean cut you kind of have to use diamond blades.

  • @Siile_
    @Siile_5 жыл бұрын

    You could literally build a professional mixing studio for this price, including an insane pair of speakers like ATC's and a wall of analog gear. Crazy.

  • @wizedo

    @wizedo

    3 жыл бұрын

    and that would be really "hi fi", in the literal sense of high fidelity. Fidelity to the recorded, mixed, processed material. Especially if using ATC's

  • @vfavereau

    @vfavereau

    2 жыл бұрын

    But that would require skills right ? I mean anything beyond a purchase transaction

  • @amazin7006

    @amazin7006

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vfavereau Well no, you could hire a team to do it for you.

  • @coop3014

    @coop3014

    Жыл бұрын

    This guy 😂. I’m sure the speakers sound great and I’m sure they depreciate around 90% within the first 24 hours.

  • @TheAlexhotz

    @TheAlexhotz

    Жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @steveracer1985
    @steveracer19853 жыл бұрын

    "we use aerospace grade stuff" shows PCB with AMETEK and Ohmite components, not to say the 10$ Sprague Atom Caps, yeah right.... :D Aerospace grade, really high level cheap components :)

  • @winstonzeb2842

    @winstonzeb2842

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's used to saying all this BS to his rich clients, not KZread people who have knowledge of these kind of things and can call him out 😂

  • @cactuscoolest4564

    @cactuscoolest4564

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@winstonzeb2842 exactly! I can tell you know what’s up

  • @T00DEEPBLUE

    @T00DEEPBLUE

    Жыл бұрын

    The even better joke is calling TUBE AMPLIFIERS, "aerospace grade". Was this video digitised footage from the 19th century? 😂😂😂

  • @SushilKumar-dw1hf

    @SushilKumar-dw1hf

    Жыл бұрын

    That's how you make business in USA 😂

  • @michaellampson7085
    @michaellampson70853 жыл бұрын

    I like how he talks about everything like it isn’t industry standards for halfway decent speakers

  • @djstr0b3
    @djstr0b35 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting vacuum tubes to amplify sound, but instead found cheap circuits soldered together by hand. $300 - Electronic parts $1500 - Wood, stone, etc $298200 - For this utter bullshit story abut bringing back Elvis

  • @danedewaard8215

    @danedewaard8215

    3 жыл бұрын

    Poor Elvis, he would have rolled over a few times if he'd known his name was used to promote this stuff!!!!

  • @lbochtler

    @lbochtler

    3 жыл бұрын

    highest quality components my arse. I use some of the absolute best components money can by on a regular basis, including custom made parts, and those parts are mid tier at best. the wiring is also a joke. Welp, time to build a pair of speakers to blow those shown here out of the water, running off one of the most powerful tube amps every created, just because i feel like it.

  • @michaelrhodes9178

    @michaelrhodes9178

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @MAGGOT_VOMIT

    @MAGGOT_VOMIT

    3 жыл бұрын

    I rather reinforce my floor joists and find a 1.25 ton Genesis system and connect it into my cheap HK AVR-7200. xD It's about time to heft that 70lb beast out of the cabinet and give it it's once a year or 2 cleaning.

  • @frydac

    @frydac

    3 жыл бұрын

    the trick is to find ppl with money that fall for it, you only have to find a few with that kind of margin.

  • @MrRay3801
    @MrRay38015 жыл бұрын

    Even the wood glue was made from an almost extinct truffle growing only in one far fetched corner of the world. It is then ground up by the Budweiser clydesdales to start the glue making process. Gives the glue a very regal sound.

  • @jdeshetlerII

    @jdeshetlerII

    Жыл бұрын

    The glue IS the Budweiser Clydesdales.

  • @lewgoogle5530

    @lewgoogle5530

    6 ай бұрын

    @jdeshetlerII You get the best one-liner in KZread history award. Congrats.

  • @pawelm5165

    @pawelm5165

    5 ай бұрын

    "Gives the glue a very regal sound." yeah sure buddy, trying to justify the 300k$ with 99% markup LOL

  • @seb250cr
    @seb250cr3 жыл бұрын

    "we make everything, so we have total control on the bullshitery " 😂

  • @stevezzzful

    @stevezzzful

    3 жыл бұрын

    My IKEA wood chair contracts and expands in my home, so it's a living object.

  • @rhvc2734

    @rhvc2734

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stevezzzful Its cursed

  • @osl5686

    @osl5686

    3 жыл бұрын

    It plays but stops when you turn your head...It. is. Sentient.

  • @stephenr80

    @stephenr80

    3 жыл бұрын

    jajajaja

  • @raphohai7423

    @raphohai7423

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jimmy Dean it's not even a word

  • @___Ian____
    @___Ian____4 жыл бұрын

    5:51 just saw a $1 chinese power switch.

  • @frazler

    @frazler

    4 жыл бұрын

    i got one from radio shack :-)

  • @kevinmorrice

    @kevinmorrice

    3 жыл бұрын

    the company will claim its hand beaten pure silver from the mines on mars. there a sucker company, you have to be a sucker to pay that much for all the bullshit there hosing out

  • @kenam4285

    @kenam4285

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinmorrice Lmaooooo I'm dying

  • @UberAlphaSirus

    @UberAlphaSirus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope, made in house, solid platinuim.

  • @CorentinLeman

    @CorentinLeman

    3 жыл бұрын

    And it's scratched...

  • @ImNotADeeJay
    @ImNotADeeJay6 жыл бұрын

    for 300 grand, I could dig up Elvis and make him sing to me

  • @TheLuismaBeaTle

    @TheLuismaBeaTle

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hal nicely put, Patrón

  • @29namnori

    @29namnori

    6 жыл бұрын

    😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cardboardboification

    @cardboardboification

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hal you can fly to Vegas for $150 and see Elvis live

  • @ImNotADeeJay

    @ImNotADeeJay

    6 жыл бұрын

    hill billy I live in Spain, so I'm afraid the fare will be a bit more expensive ;)

  • @BIGGELATO

    @BIGGELATO

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @abyde
    @abyde7 жыл бұрын

    But are they gluten free?

  • @TreeBeardNero

    @TreeBeardNero

    7 жыл бұрын

    Perfect.

  • @edgeofsins

    @edgeofsins

    7 жыл бұрын

    They are free-range. No GMO's

  • @MariosPlumberFriend

    @MariosPlumberFriend

    7 жыл бұрын

    Rain forest alliance certified non conflict fair trade slate.

  • @distantcreation

    @distantcreation

    7 жыл бұрын

    abyde 100% vegan now with 20g's of Protein.

  • @NealPageNPPHOTO

    @NealPageNPPHOTO

    7 жыл бұрын

    Looking at his minimum wage, "overly excited" employee shutting the oven door, I would say.. full of gluten an other unwanted toxins.

  • @jillianangell2570
    @jillianangell25703 жыл бұрын

    Him: "Soundwaves can't be miniaturized" Me listening on headphones:

  • @RS-po7ne

    @RS-po7ne

    Жыл бұрын

    That`s a false claim, sound is "miniaturized" by reducing the dynamics

  • @charleshadden2937

    @charleshadden2937

    10 ай бұрын

    It is all about relativity. These folks seem to like Horns and it all starts at the APEX. So is it really miniaturized? Yes and No. A short distance away from the apex, as in headphones the size of the cone is small but the listening distance is also small. Looking at newer higher end headphones thy have gotten larger and larger drivers to better and more faithfully reproduce a particular note. Looking at the speakers in this video they are just farther from the Apex and the listening sweet spot is further away. In theory it is all the same horn, only taken to it's ultimate end. Now comes a problem. The small headphone driver can't move the same volume of air, so it will be weak and useless as a speaker at distance. These guys are all alike, they ignore facts or just toss out words like they know what they mean, to make a sales point.

  • @nickparkin8527
    @nickparkin85273 жыл бұрын

    “Martin guitar uses the same wood we do” No, YOU use the same wood Martin guitars does.

  • @tbmuse

    @tbmuse

    3 жыл бұрын

    and why would you want the wood to put it's sonic qualities into a tone ... you want the recorded music to do that, not the part that is supposed to be inert.

  • @elonmust7470

    @elonmust7470

    3 жыл бұрын

    This guy weiss is a toolbag.

  • @theodorepaul2610

    @theodorepaul2610

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tbmuse Love this. Do you know if any double-blind sound tests or laboratory type tests have been done to determine the best kind of wood to use? If these tests don't exists than it sounds like this company is simply trading on the "Martin" brand recognition to assure folks that their systems will produce awesome sound.

  • @theodorepaul2610

    @theodorepaul2610

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@elonmust7470 No joke... are you right or left handed?

  • @tbmuse

    @tbmuse

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theodorepaul2610 I don't know of any tests offhand, but I've worked with a high end speaker manufacturer (and others) and the upper end designs use hard wood plywood. I've used MDF and solid woods for a few of my own designs, and so far I like Maple Plywood, the more layers the better. JMHO

  • @CameronCrosby2468
    @CameronCrosby24685 жыл бұрын

    Those solder joints are absolutely horrific, a cold iron was used, not enough flux, and the board was not cleaned after soldering. Look at all that residue! "Like aerospace level stuff" Lmao please!

  • @wolfi1078

    @wolfi1078

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cameron Crosby Wow! I had to look twice, but you are right! The soldering at the PCB is really poor. It looks like they soldered from the upper side?! Anyway, people spending 300k for an audio system will probably never open the case. Who cares?

  • @CameronCrosby2468

    @CameronCrosby2468

    5 жыл бұрын

    @50flamingbottles You imbecile. Anyone with an average knowledge in hobby electronics can agree on that pathetic soldering job!

  • @wisdomdigital

    @wisdomdigital

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had to look twice too, but you're right. What a shoddy soldering job.

  • @joe6096

    @joe6096

    5 жыл бұрын

    And the hard wiring from the board to the pots and switches is amateur hour. I've seen the hard wiring in equipment costing half has much made in Japan that is done cleaner and more neatly organized.

  • @bixy9347

    @bixy9347

    5 жыл бұрын

    I took a screenshot and zoomed in. They must be joking, honestly it’s absolutely terrible. What a fricken disgrace 🤨

  • @MouthVisuals
    @MouthVisuals5 жыл бұрын

    "Aerospace level stuff!" Hilarious.

  • @danedewaard8215

    @danedewaard8215

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he meant Aerosmith!!!!!

  • @Wordsalad69420

    @Wordsalad69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    I know, right? If NASA was doing the same solder jobs as this guy, heads would be rolling.

  • @davidperry4013

    @davidperry4013

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aerospace technology would be the Devialet Phantom speakers which are a far better value.

  • @stmsaiya

    @stmsaiya

    3 жыл бұрын

    Apollo microchips maybe?

  • @astorothcr

    @astorothcr

    3 жыл бұрын

    "The same capacitors they used on challenger II, micro chips with 32k memories and all that.""

  • @Automobiliana
    @Automobiliana3 жыл бұрын

    I got to stop reading the comments here in the middle of the night or risk waking up the entire family, so much comedy gold!

  • @Tethysmeer
    @Tethysmeer3 жыл бұрын

    Molten iron! I didn't know that anyone on earth masters this difficult process. That steel joint alone is worth 50k. I'm ordering now.

  • @LocoFaux
    @LocoFaux7 жыл бұрын

    I did electrical engineering in my studies and I can say that soldering job is quite shitty. My practical lab teacher would not have been amused.

  • @CapApollo

    @CapApollo

    6 жыл бұрын

    aerospace technology from the 20s. "Quality can't be miniaturized" cuz they cant solder a giant resistor well.

  • @TheMightyKinkle

    @TheMightyKinkle

    6 жыл бұрын

    Spagg Trait Lead free is slightly more difficult to solder I admit. I use the stuff everyday and I can do a much better job than that. It's pretty bad. That is a class 1 or class 2 IPC standard level. It should be a 3

  • @brentwalker3300

    @brentwalker3300

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing in this video shows the quality of soldering in OMA amplifiers. You can only see a guy soldering using point to point wiring, a method still widely employed today.

  • @teddymills1

    @teddymills1

    Жыл бұрын

    I 100% agree. For 300K USD that speaker needs to be world class. And it most definitely is not. Your better off getting a $200 speaker at Walmart.

  • @huyphamuc6372

    @huyphamuc6372

    Жыл бұрын

    5:25 It's not perfectly done, like a mess from a freshman

  • @lachezarkrastev7123
    @lachezarkrastev71237 жыл бұрын

    poor soldering ...

  • @davidjereb

    @davidjereb

    7 жыл бұрын

    The first thing that popped into my head when I saw the close up shots of the circuit board.

  • @RussellGilder

    @RussellGilder

    7 жыл бұрын

    Seriously though. That was bad. I was curious if anybody else noticed how crap that was.

  • @rhadoob

    @rhadoob

    7 жыл бұрын

    Aerospace soldering bro.

  • @cbrazy2263

    @cbrazy2263

    7 жыл бұрын

    i cried a little bit when I saw it

  • @MaxskiSynths

    @MaxskiSynths

    7 жыл бұрын

    They solder it badly so it breaks and you have to spend another $300,000

  • @magicmulder
    @magicmulder3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve had three major acoustic revelations in my life: 1. When my dad’s four-way Dynaudio speakers made Whitney Houston stand right inside the room with “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”. 2. When I first heard the Stax Lambda Signature in 1991 with a Benny Goodman recording and felt like sitting within the orchestra. 3. When I finally bought my first own Lambda and could hear Anthony Kiedis in “Under The Bridge” with the full resonance of his chest, not just his voice. All super expensive speakers have left me unimpressed though.

  • @jonathandavis9507

    @jonathandavis9507

    Жыл бұрын

    There have been no major advancements in audio since the CD. Most ‘advancements’ today are in the direction of smaller and cheaper.

  • @bryanbassett2110

    @bryanbassett2110

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@jonathandavis9507that's not true lol

  • @gclip9883

    @gclip9883

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jonathandavis9507 As a consumer who has a certain budget, there very much is still a lot of innovation. Today, you can get far better speakers at any price point than 20 years ago. Many manufacturers are experimenting with driver design, cabinets, crossovers and room correction. Modern hifi speakers are so much more than a box with some driver units in it.

  • @theseriousaccount
    @theseriousaccount3 жыл бұрын

    This is why audiophiles are one of the oldest and most enduring memes.

  • @Johnnybananass-_

    @Johnnybananass-_

    2 жыл бұрын

    as they say - a fool and his money are easily parted.

  • @gfrizzleshizzlemanizzle

    @gfrizzleshizzlemanizzle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Johnnybananass-_ I certainly am a shining example of this.

  • @brentwalker3300

    @brentwalker3300

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you've ever attended a high end audio show or listened to gear of this quality. I agree that this video is filled with PR and hype. But most people have never experienced great audio systems so can't make any judgments on sound quality.

  • @theseriousaccount

    @theseriousaccount

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brentwalker3300 i have and it have made me realize that 99% of audiophile products are fraudulent

  • @brentwalker3300

    @brentwalker3300

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theseriousaccount That "99%" figure is quite the bold statement and extremely difficult to quantify. It's really hard to define "audiophile products". And "fraudulent"? Wow, you should really start suing manufacturers if there is 99% of these products are fraudulent. Have at it Hoss.

  • @gerdemannfpv5113
    @gerdemannfpv51135 жыл бұрын

    How a $300,000 Speaker is Made : 1. Make a random speaker. 2. sell it for $300,000

  • @Deathrape2001

    @Deathrape2001

    Жыл бұрын

    HAHA @ pretending N E 1 buys them =)) They R a '$how piece' 2 $ell much lower priced, but equally bad trash =))

  • @uuulaalaa
    @uuulaalaa7 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could listen to that sound quality in person to judge for my self

  • @TheArfdog

    @TheArfdog

    7 жыл бұрын

    Agree. Then one can place a value on it. Hell, with a $5000 system, I expect to jump out of my skin for that money. Every day.

  • @jettechristensen4014

    @jettechristensen4014

    7 жыл бұрын

    probably won't, diminishing return is strong in the audio world

  • @torguy5763

    @torguy5763

    7 жыл бұрын

    sharemymood It's more so about the hand made and work that goes into as opposed to just sound, it's one of those collectors rich people like to keep as master peice

  • @Oneness100

    @Oneness100

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure they sound great. They are using a very efficient speaker design and amp designs so you don't need lots of power to drive them. Some people prefer horn based speakers some don't. Some prefer tube electronics some don't. Some prefer to deal with listening to vinyl vs digital. It's all about convenience, personal preference and then exclusivity.

  • @douwee.855

    @douwee.855

    7 жыл бұрын

    sharemymood You're paying for the design.

  • @Ermelious
    @Ermelious3 жыл бұрын

    I'll believe him if he had said: "we're the only company that marks up the price of our speakers by 300 times of what it actually costs."

  • @greggb681

    @greggb681

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the price of the compression drivers they have to buy for their products?

  • @JAFO.

    @JAFO.

    3 ай бұрын

    You shouldn't exaggerate - actually, only about 4-5 times. Labor ain't cheap.

  • @kurtkaster5666
    @kurtkaster56663 жыл бұрын

    That guy is an amazing salesman. Period. Who else could sell someone $30,000 worth of hardware and labor for $300,000!

  • @Spsz6000

    @Spsz6000

    Жыл бұрын

    I noticed that too, while the quality is unmatched, the price is also unmatched. That is the earnings from each product, almost a 10x investment.

  • @starofcctv94

    @starofcctv94

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Spsz6000 there are a surprising number of speaker brands that sell in the 250k+ price bracket

  • @MrTruth111
    @MrTruth1115 жыл бұрын

    ''we melt steel in fire, just like in the Termintaro movie' HAHAHAHAHAHA omg humans have done that for about 6000 years bro...

  • @amosbackstrom5366

    @amosbackstrom5366

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not steel buddy. Steel's pretty hard to melt

  • @aes30006

    @aes30006

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stop saying Bro, makes you look dumb.

  • @MrTruth111

    @MrTruth111

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aes30006 ok bro

  • @kwando472

    @kwando472

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aes30006 You not a bro?

  • @aes30006

    @aes30006

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kwando472 not your bro

  • @the135joker3
    @the135joker35 жыл бұрын

    "Like elvis is really there" But the soundwaves being read are still only recorded on standard quality vinyl from 50 years ago. An expensive speaker and record player cant drastically enhance the sound if the sound being read is still on a regular old disc.

  • @Stewi1014

    @Stewi1014

    5 жыл бұрын

    I believe that's the point - 50 years ago they would have been doing everything in analogue. It feels silly to say analogue as if it's a magical word that means perfect audio quality, but it's simply the case that an analogue signal is a far more simple and accurate way to produce sound. It just isn't at all convenient, and is more susceptible to interference. There is lossless digital audio out there, but once it's gone through a ADC and a DAC on the other end, you do lose quality. Just ask any electrical engineer about it. The specifics of ADCs and DACs are pretty interesting.

  • @monetize_this8330

    @monetize_this8330

    4 жыл бұрын

    coming to you live and direct.. "Help, get me out of this box!"

  • @djosearth3618

    @djosearth3618

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right! That's just common sense, also Transcoding 101 from the Introductory Internet Pirating Manual ;]

  • @danedewaard8215

    @danedewaard8215

    3 жыл бұрын

    I seem to recall "His Masters Voice" was RCA's dog, NOT ELVIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Margarinetaylorgrease

    @Margarinetaylorgrease

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Stewi1014 Agree, listing to 192khz compared to44.1khz and even 94khz (to me) is night and day on some old recordings

  • @SignatureDrum
    @SignatureDrum3 жыл бұрын

    6:06 I could be wrong but that seriously looks like a B&C Woofer. BTW as someone who works in audio engineering/studio environments, this video seriously cracks me up.

  • @HarshdeepMusic

    @HarshdeepMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    i thought the same mannnnn

  • @phononerd6947

    @phononerd6947

    3 ай бұрын

    You're correct, they use pro sound components. One of their systems (i think the museum speaker) uses a coaxial compression driver. These are only made by B&C or BMS, so it's apparent they source from those manufacturers. Even though this might sound a bit weird, those companies actually make stellar motors (much of which is better than a lot of hifi transducers) and eventually it's all about how they're implemented. Budget transducers in a properly designed cabinet can sound better than high end components in a badly designed one.

  • @thehoarsewhisperer1929
    @thehoarsewhisperer19296 ай бұрын

    Something tells me the story and theatre behind the build is more impressive than how they actually sound

  • @jeroenverbeeck7925
    @jeroenverbeeck79257 жыл бұрын

    for $300.000 i'd expect better soldering and cable management

  • @MadMax-yq9ix

    @MadMax-yq9ix

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jeroen Verbeeck You did 300$ with a extra 0 in the cents, $300,000.00 is what you were going for.

  • @jeroenverbeeck7925

    @jeroenverbeeck7925

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well if we're going to be a smartass; the dollar sign should be before the number. Also, in my country we actually do write it like I did.. What are we even talking about.. The fact still is that this absurdly overpriced speaker has some awful soldering. Even I did better soldering my first time

  • @Johnnycyan

    @Johnnycyan

    7 жыл бұрын

    I always find the ignorance of a lot of Americans to other countries. Like I live in America and I know a lot of countries use periods and not commas for thousands places.

  • @rudymeow

    @rudymeow

    7 жыл бұрын

    I guess he is intended to imply "come on we don't even accepts that if it is $300"

  • @patstaysuckafreeboss8006

    @patstaysuckafreeboss8006

    7 жыл бұрын

    Eddi Kimball Oh wow you are dumb.

  • @rickhalverson2014
    @rickhalverson20145 жыл бұрын

    Wow, he could sell ice to an Eskimo.

  • @outsiderfive9584

    @outsiderfive9584

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol! Only an Eskimo prick would buy his stuff. 🤪

  • @tadeojavier473

    @tadeojavier473

    3 жыл бұрын

    And he could sell sand to Arabs in the desert 🤣🤣

  • @deegeeooh

    @deegeeooh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only to eskimos with a self image issue looking to buy ridiculously overpriced regular ice with the hope others lift their ego up in admiration

  • @taxicamel

    @taxicamel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Judging by the majority of the responses, you might be insulting most of the Eskimos. I don't believe an Eskimo could be conned by this guy ....none of the responses have been conned.

  • @jaxnean2663

    @jaxnean2663

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally!

  • @chunkymilk1288
    @chunkymilk12883 жыл бұрын

    The dialogue is literally flavor text on the back of a "Signature" bag of chips

  • @deano72
    @deano724 жыл бұрын

    I made some tall speakers from used car speakers and they sound incredible when played in my music shed where elvis truly lives.

  • @Michael-fi5rd
    @Michael-fi5rd7 жыл бұрын

    I know enough about high quality audio design and manufacturing processes to tell you that there's no way the stuff he's building costs more than $10k to produce. And that's probably on the high end. He's really good at blowing smoke. Notice how he makes powder coat (paint) sound like some revolutionary process. And "aerospace level" components? No, more like expensive boutique components. Aerospace wouldn't use tube amps because they distort the signal. They distort it in a pleasing way to your ears, but still distorted nonetheless. But he's not selling these speakers to people who know anything about speakers, he's selling them to very rich people who associate a high price tag with high quality, which it is high quality. edit: truth be told, I'm jealous of this guy. I'd like to do exactly what he's doing someday. If he can sell enough to stay profitable, good for him. These speakers are art.

  • @Oneness100

    @Oneness100

    7 жыл бұрын

    Michael, he was referring to the cables they use. They use cables from a company called Analysis Plus and their customers include NASA and Boeing, so that's what he was referring to. plus, they are using Mundorf Caps which can cost as high as $750 for one cap. There are certain applications that still use tubes. But yes, audio is the most prolific. But do you know how much a high quality Field Coil driver costs? Lowther charges $6K for one. Some of these drivers they are using a VERY rare, very expensive. I think you are more misleading that the owner of OMA. He's at least been in business for 10 years, so he must be doing something right. I'm sure they sell a respectible amount of product and their customers probably love their products, which is what it's all about. and yes, if they can make a profit in doing so, even better. But these small boutique audio companies aren't profit first quality second. They are quality first, profit second. Go ahead and really find out what they are doing before spouting bullshit that they only cost $10K to make a pair. That's probably more bullshit than anything the guy in the video is saying.

  • @BigDonkMongo

    @BigDonkMongo

    7 жыл бұрын

    You really have bought one, havn't you? hahahaha

  • @solortus

    @solortus

    7 жыл бұрын

    My guess is people buy his speakers for the same reason why people buy sportscars, iPhones, and starbuckls coffee, it makes them look rich and cool.

  • @SpineShank7

    @SpineShank7

    7 жыл бұрын

    You don't have to be honest to be in business for a long time... It's very obvious that the markup on items like this is astronomical. There is a customer base of people that just want the most expensive things they can get. He takes minutes to explain things as plebeian as powder coating and metal casting. If that doesn't make things clear enough, look at the internal build quality. At $300,000 for a set of speakers, he can't even match the build quality of a $150 Corsair PSU... Buy into it if you want, but Michael isn't wrong by any means.

  • @MrDmoney622

    @MrDmoney622

    7 жыл бұрын

    Reason people buy sports cars because of their performance. Of course, you know that you will be gaining attention and look rich with an expensive sports car. But if you are a car person, you are buying it for your enjoymeny

  • @danopo
    @danopo5 жыл бұрын

    Listening to this on a cheap bluetooth speaker. Sounds great.

  • @greghowdy5501
    @greghowdy55014 жыл бұрын

    Looks like the idea is more about buying artwork than a high quality speaker

  • @crackflush

    @crackflush

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m not impressed by the artwork

  • @grantbrown7594
    @grantbrown75943 жыл бұрын

    "aerospace-grade circuitry" lol

  • @andrewkoontz01
    @andrewkoontz015 жыл бұрын

    Making a huge deal out of powder coating made me laugh

  • @williamminyard8508

    @williamminyard8508

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shity but hurt people.. Knowing they ...can't afford. Great Success!!!

  • @michelbesedin7081

    @michelbesedin7081

    5 жыл бұрын

    and the same about all other process in this video. 300k? this man is mad.

  • @Eggnog1001

    @Eggnog1001

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, when you add up powder coating (super cheap), slate tiles between 20 and 40mm thick, some high end speakers + amplifier and some expensive hardwood your still 295,000 short of the price tag. What nonsense.

  • @Camz316

    @Camz316

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can buy everything you need to powder coat from harbor freight!

  • @peterpan9516

    @peterpan9516

    4 жыл бұрын

    don't forget the trees that need to grow up in Pennsylvania.

  • @Trentstone121
    @Trentstone1214 жыл бұрын

    "We make everything, so we have total control of the sound". You don't make your own tubes....do you?

  • @Clobercow1
    @Clobercow13 жыл бұрын

    $300,000 speaker and plays vinyl that has half the dynamic range of anything digital.

  • @eben9233

    @eben9233

    3 жыл бұрын

    vinyl does sound better though

  • @GeorgeCarlin88

    @GeorgeCarlin88

    3 жыл бұрын

    vinyl sound much much better and accurate digital sound. it's simple. because its analogue.

  • @GeorgeCarlin88

    @GeorgeCarlin88

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zerotickpulse i hate ignorant people like you.

  • @StCreed

    @StCreed

    2 жыл бұрын

    Horrible filtering on vinyl. But it changes the sound, and some people like it better.

  • @bathynomusgiganteus2916

    @bathynomusgiganteus2916

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vinyl fans are such idiots. Even lossy digital formats have surpassed it in every conceivable way. The only way vinyl sounds better is with the odd vinyl-only master or excessive amounts of placebo.

  • @allydea
    @allydea3 жыл бұрын

    There are not a lot of idiots with $300,000 lying around, but for those few, there is OMA! Thank you for the video!

  • @doctorfuzzzdirtbox
    @doctorfuzzzdirtbox5 жыл бұрын

    "Nobody else makes loudspeakers using solid wood joinery construction. Not today. Not that I know ever." He REALLY didn't look very hard.

  • @TempoDrift1480

    @TempoDrift1480

    5 жыл бұрын

    Joseph Keys I make speakers out of solid wood and joinery... In my driveway. Cat doesn't know what he's talking about.

  • @arilschultzen3017

    @arilschultzen3017

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm also having a hard time understanding their decision to use solid wood in the first place. MDF is not just cheaper, it's also superior in this application. Martin uses hardwood in their guitars BECAUSE they want the tone of it, in speakers you don't.

  • @monetize_this8330

    @monetize_this8330

    4 жыл бұрын

    Concrete would be preferable to solid wood. At least then, you can be sure that cabinet resonance isn't a factor.

  • @justingriffin2546

    @justingriffin2546

    4 жыл бұрын

    he meant in the room he was sitting

  • @ct5006360

    @ct5006360

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arilschultzen3017 the best speakers are made of plywood Tannoy .

  • @SoapinTrucker
    @SoapinTrucker6 жыл бұрын

    I am terrifcally inspired! I'm starting my own company immediately, PlaceboSonic! ;)

  • @suzesiviter6083

    @suzesiviter6083

    6 жыл бұрын

    Can you hire me, I can produce silver loaded quantum tunneling low dielectric mains cable and low-order harmonic high-Q super bandpass mains filters ).

  • @friedmule5403

    @friedmule5403

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh oh and hire me, I can develop cabinets of special hydroponic grown, bidirectional biodynamic wood that only sounds perfect when the growths rings are aligned with the gamma rays from the full moon. Suzy Siviter: Remember to design those cables so that there are left side and right side cables. :-)

  • @liamkenny100

    @liamkenny100

    6 жыл бұрын

    and i will clone your product with the name slaceboponic :o

  • @maycrydevil9374

    @maycrydevil9374

    6 жыл бұрын

    and hire me too , i can do nothing

  • @friedmule5403

    @friedmule5403

    6 жыл бұрын

    Maycry Devil then you have to get on of the leading posts. :-)

  • @TheSakzzz
    @TheSakzzz3 жыл бұрын

    "Sound waves can't be miniaturised.. it's physics." .. Hahahah

  • @relicboxing

    @relicboxing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its even funnier Because right after he says this they show an amp enclosure that is barely filled with components & can literally be 30% of the size if the designers felt like not wasting tons of space.

  • @twistieman1078

    @twistieman1078

    3 жыл бұрын

    Extremely low frequency sound waves can be 30m long, way larger than the length of a room in a house with the speaker system in it. You can still hear the sound though, because since sound travels 343m/s, it wouldn't be a problem to hear the fast moving longer waves.

  • @passerby4507

    @passerby4507

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@twistieman1078 Your understanding of physics is as appalling as the guy in the video.

  • @jrchicago9216
    @jrchicago92164 жыл бұрын

    Wood give a richness and greater appreciated intensity to sound. I use to go to dance bars. The ones with even wood floors were physically responsive especially around the bass. The places with cement or tile floors were garbage - all highs and crappy hollow lows. Just like the sound board on a grand piano, the wood density and shape is a critical component. Touch wood around the room when playing music and you will feel the thumping. Once you feel it for yourself, you can start to appreciate it’s vital rich delivery. Wood is warmth to music.

  • @TheCao2289
    @TheCao22896 жыл бұрын

    Are those speakers so expensive because the people who are making them really move that slow as depicted in the video?

  • @blueissocool

    @blueissocool

    6 жыл бұрын

    Geshtal302 It's the american way. Juice the clock.

  • @mwlnyc

    @mwlnyc

    6 жыл бұрын

    well its powder coated. like my washer. and has slate, like my backyard. wow how amazing!

  • @AzoXoza

    @AzoXoza

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is the best comment i have read in a long time XD

  • @indonesiaamerica7050

    @indonesiaamerica7050

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's a "boutique halo product" marketing strategy. Honestly, the designs are not that impressive to me. It's for wealthy hippies that buy things like Alembic guitars once used by the Grateful Dead or whatever. It's not that these speakers are crap but they spend way too much money on things that don't affect performance and then even make some design compromises. The ideal speakers can be used for any kind of sound reproduction controlled by the electronics. These speakers are designed to have "character" and "panache" that people get excited over, and yet they 're introducing dispersion flaws that limit the ultimate performance of the speaker systems. I'm guessing there are some peaks and valleys in the frequency response any time you move the test mic from their idealized position. They also treat the speakers like instruments (with their own organic character), as if all of these design elements help it reproduce the sound of natural instruments and that just is not how it works. Putting a speaker in a mahogany and ebony cabinet is totally different than stretching strings across the same lumber. I mean totally different. But even if their ideas did work in reality that would mean you need special speaker cabinets every time you change the programming from whatever signal you're feeding the speaker. The speakers must be neutral and transparent as a platform for the signal to reproduce the programming faithfully. Almost everything from the narrators of this video is bullshit.

  • @nukemanmd

    @nukemanmd

    6 жыл бұрын

    Really, wealthy hippies? An oxymoron if ever I heard one. No, I suspect that this equipment is for those who value style over functionality. Perhaps some trust fund babies, or corporate execs who have too much money and too little sense of perspective. If Apple made high end audio equipment - this would be it.

  • @yoshyoka
    @yoshyoka7 жыл бұрын

    Very extraordinary claims, with all the evidence speaking to the contrary. "We use the very best components, aerospace stuff..." To my knowledge the aerospace industry moved away from vacuum tubes and vinyl in favor of way better systems decades ago. "Solid wood joinery, no body does it!". A simple Google search will happily give you a few dozen companies that do just that. "Everything is big because it has to be". While that might be true for the speaker membrane and cabinets, this is idiocy when applied to electronics. "We give the absolute best sound" by using valves and vinyl, which are measurably worse and introduce all sorts of aberrations? By using cabinets that are shaped for optimal visual effect without the slightest consideration for acoustics? I really don't think so. I am quite confident that with $2000 in electronics speakers, about $1000 in materials and about 40h of workshop time you could easily match their $300000 system. You could than spend the $297000 you saved in creating the most acoustically perfect room money could buy.

  • @karlwarner7438

    @karlwarner7438

    7 жыл бұрын

    not better stuff, lighter stuff. but i hear ya man

  • @wrndlabs

    @wrndlabs

    7 жыл бұрын

    I agree, the guy in the video used "energy", just like Elvis, to create sound waves and on my $1 speakers that energy was recreated realistically to produce the purest notes of "I am a salesman" - he did a good rendition tho.

  • @yoshyoka

    @yoshyoka

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheWoldIsFullofSheep EducateYourselfDontBeOne you should listen to your user name.

  • @yoshyoka

    @yoshyoka

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheWoldIsFullofSheep EducateYourselfDontBeOne Sure!

  • @Photoandcargeek

    @Photoandcargeek

    7 жыл бұрын

    yoshyoka yes and MDF is actually better for speakers than wood as it is an homogenous material which is really good at absorbing vibrations.

  • @jazz-agora
    @jazz-agora2 жыл бұрын

    In my humble opinion, OSSWALD MILL AUDIO is not the only reference. For several decades, GERMAN PHYSIKS from Frankfurt/Main (Germany, Europe) has been producing extremely high-quality omnidirectinal loudspeakers, equipped with their exclusivly developed 3 gr "heavy" and 0,15mmm "thick" carbon WAVE BENDING CONVERTER driver(s), who is extremly fast in all acoustic pitches. GP proposes this high performing driver element in loudspeaker of different sizes, from living room loudspeakers to the masterpieces GAUDI MKIII, which goes soon into series production and costs an estimated plus 300k€. German Physiks also builds suitable high-end amplifier stages. Not a matter of course either.

  • @robgardner1951
    @robgardner19512 жыл бұрын

    Sound can’t be shrunk down. Love this

  • @leochen4891
    @leochen48917 жыл бұрын

    $1000 for the speakers, and $299000 for the hand making process.

  • @johnbaptist5622

    @johnbaptist5622

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lei Chen: Hahahaha. All about the manual labor. Why are HyperCars so expensive? Not because of material "carbon fiber maybe". Not because of the speed. But because of the manual labor. If I wanted a fast car I'd get a Tesla.

  • @P1xel_bandit

    @P1xel_bandit

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Baptist the only fast thing about a tesla is the 0-60 anything else and its slow

  • @Sevendogtags

    @Sevendogtags

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not even a thousand I bet.

  • @suzesiviter6083

    @suzesiviter6083

    6 жыл бұрын

    Some people will pay anything for an hand job.

  • @tankusfred

    @tankusfred

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually, let's say it takes 2 weeks to produce with all the materials bought, you're looking at maybe $8k. Up that number by 30% to make a profit, and you're looking at $10k speakers. Still $290k to go.

  • @CrypticCheetah
    @CrypticCheetah7 жыл бұрын

    There is virtually nothing special about it. The way he describes unremarkable processes like powder coating speaks volumes as to what kind of product this is. "...where it literally is baked and cured, like into this super hard, durable finish. Much better than paint. All of our loudspeakers have steel stands or infrastructure, and all of those elements are powder coated." Extrapolate his descriptions and look over them a few times, and it's not hard to see the upselling that's going on. Choosing words carefully and describing the process using elegant language is a technique that's used all the time. The more complicated the process sounds, the more implied value it has to the untrained eye. Assigning value to handcrafted labor is difficult as well, and the natural inclination is to overappreciate it. Just slapping the word "handcrafted" on a product could probably persuade someone to pay double or more of what it's actually worth. Look, I'm not saying these speakers are worthless junk. I bet they sound pretty good. But there are so many things about it that just make me squirm. I could never back it, even if I had the money. There exists a rift in consumer electronics, that separates well-built quality products (Sennheiser, Bose, etc.) from ones that tout themselves as "industry-breaking" and "insert arbitrary buzzword here". Once you stray beyond that rift, it becomes very hard to discern whether a product is worth what it says it is. Eventually, a point is reached where the tech that drives the product can no longer be refined without spending an arbitrary amount of money to do so. In this case, much of the perceived value comes from extraneous things such as housing material, manual labor, etc. Those things may be somewhat relevant, but there is no appropriate reason to assign a $300,000 pricetag to a piece of consumer tech. Gives me those shady Kickstarter snake oil salesman vibes all day long.

  • @thefalsh

    @thefalsh

    6 жыл бұрын

    i agree "molten metal like the terminator" was cheesy as fuck.

  • @forrest225

    @forrest225

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Trying to upsell casting is hilarious. Made of molten metal, like the terminator, or the water pump in your car. Whichever.

  • @FingerinUrDaughter

    @FingerinUrDaughter

    6 жыл бұрын

    as an audio engineer for over 15 years, ill say these speakers sound like absolute fucking shit. they use a STONE speaker box. go pour some cement into the form of a box, pop a speaker in, and it will sound the exact same as this or any similar material. it wont have any bass, mids will be muddy at best, highs likely wont be effected due to most tweeters being an enclosed system. either way, slate costs next to nothing, steel costs next to nothing, and wood costs next to nothing. these are 50$ speakers at the very most.

  • @mrhoffame

    @mrhoffame

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tell us how you really feel lol.

  • @Draxi_1

    @Draxi_1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Didn't read it, but still liked it. I guess...

  • @ThaFinn
    @ThaFinn3 жыл бұрын

    "Sound waves can't be miniaturized. It's physics." Tell that to my ear buds right now!

  • @Monsux
    @Monsux3 жыл бұрын

    For this kind of listening space, I would like to hear all the best speakers in the world in the same space and then make a decision if 300k speakers are really a better choice.

  • @RickyLee53
    @RickyLee535 жыл бұрын

    80% of your 300k, goes into R & D, in this case, a fat guy, sat in a red chair, in some elaborately decorated over priced mill, listening to Elvis.

  • @Kyle17206

    @Kyle17206

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ricky Lee probably more like 95%

  • @ct5006360

    @ct5006360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where is his RD lab ? I'm guessing there are no spc sheets also.

  • @Pynenberg3

    @Pynenberg3

    3 жыл бұрын

    puff puff

  • @danedewaard8215

    @danedewaard8215

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yachts and gold toilets, that's where it goes!

  • @michaelrhodes9178

    @michaelrhodes9178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow😂

  • @Hue_Nery
    @Hue_Nery5 жыл бұрын

    The speakers that were used to record, mix and master the music we listen to probably don't amount to $40,000 combined. A pair of Bowers & Wilkins can be had for around $20,000. Common to many mastering studios. The cost of these is ludicrous.

  • @wolfyklip

    @wolfyklip

    4 жыл бұрын

    So are B&W speaker!!!! A sucker born every second....

  • @davidperry4013

    @davidperry4013

    4 жыл бұрын

    B&W speakers is the most expensive you can get without be a sucker.

  • @SoulArtSound

    @SoulArtSound

    3 жыл бұрын

    For 2000-3000e u can buy Dynaudio studio monitors, top class...

  • @Wordsalad69420

    @Wordsalad69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep. Somehow these retards buying this stuff think they can magically make it sound better than the components it was recorded on. I guarantee that Elvis's voice was recorded on some POS microphone from the 50s.

  • @Juan-jw5tf

    @Juan-jw5tf

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SoulArtSound You can buy a Genelec that are a much better.

  • @DavidHartley88
    @DavidHartley883 жыл бұрын

    Just prior to watching this I was listening to Speak No Evil on my iPhone. No headphones...just out of the speaker. The presence of Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock was deep in my heart . OMG,despite the lack of OMA.

  • @GB-go6gp
    @GB-go6gp3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful art. I want to get my hands on that red barbershop chair

  • @fredfungalspore
    @fredfungalspore5 жыл бұрын

    This is a very special slate made personally by Fred and Barney Rubble...😀

  • @vindicari

    @vindicari

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @ammomug5843

    @ammomug5843

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget Joe Rockhead ... LMAO !!!

  • @jareds8729
    @jareds87295 жыл бұрын

    no info on the actual speaker? i was curious about magnet size and other specs, not the box

  • @AdlaiNewson

    @AdlaiNewson

    4 жыл бұрын

    same... whole lot of talk about powdercoating, nothing about the driver

  • @avairal5936

    @avairal5936

    Ай бұрын

    thats aerospace level stuff, its probably classified according to the owner

  • @towmky
    @towmky2 жыл бұрын

    5:33 "The components we use are simply the highest grade" While displaying corroding thin stamped steel speaker baskets.

  • @Deathrape2001

    @Deathrape2001

    Жыл бұрын

    His joy is in seeing how far he can push the envelope of lies = the cutting edge of absolute $cam =))

  • @laurits285
    @laurits2853 жыл бұрын

    I have my Grado SR60e and they sound great just plugged into my pc. It is not just how much it cost every time, but how it is made regardless og cost.

  • @DJaquithFL
    @DJaquithFL6 жыл бұрын

    I'm an audiophile and $30,000 would be a ripoff for those $300K speakers. The cost of materials .. slate is a very cheap material so is wrought iron, aluminum, wood, welding again all common and cheap. These are sculptures at best and for wealthy people with more money than good sense.

  • @fatalpotatoe4741

    @fatalpotatoe4741

    6 жыл бұрын

    If I had 300k, I would probably go for a pair of cheap aiwa SX-MS7 speakers over these

  • @CliveRaynor

    @CliveRaynor

    6 жыл бұрын

    D Jaquith Yes, absolutely. Well said. I made some comments below.

  • @trillrifaxegrindor4411

    @trillrifaxegrindor4411

    5 жыл бұрын

    saying you are an audiophile isn't giving you any credibility or points,its comparable to being an insane dumb-ass that hears things that arent there and thinks oxygen content in speaker wires is something you can hear in a recording.

  • @mogshade66

    @mogshade66

    5 жыл бұрын

    D Jaquith I would buy a house 👍

  • @MuhammadAhmedMuddie

    @MuhammadAhmedMuddie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Form300k I wouldn’t buy this at all... why not a super car ?

  • @rubenacevedo2484
    @rubenacevedo24845 жыл бұрын

    More expensive than the equipment in which the music was recorded in the first place.

  • @jeffoakley100

    @jeffoakley100

    5 жыл бұрын

    great point

  • @ts4gv

    @ts4gv

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jeff Oakley agreed

  • @coreyfellows9420

    @coreyfellows9420

    5 жыл бұрын

    THATS WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND

  • @paulf1071

    @paulf1071

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who knows, maybe sound reproduction is more complicated than the raw recording???

  • @vdochev

    @vdochev

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@paulf1071 It's really not.

  • @theseptimel
    @theseptimel4 жыл бұрын

    I love how he emphasizes basic production technologies as if it was something special, sandform is simply the cheapest for their production rate, a simple coating can also be cheaper than paintjob and work just as well, but in which terms would it be better, I honestly don't know...

  • @vinyl1Earthlink
    @vinyl1Earthlink3 жыл бұрын

    I'll bet none of the commenters have ever heard an Oswald Mill system. Let's just say, it's an acquired taste. The owner of this company goes all-out to get the particular sound qualities that he favors, without regard to the taste of the general run of audiophiles. Some people probably like it, but it's not for everyone.

  • @fragment7
    @fragment77 жыл бұрын

    the only amazing about this is that when hearing music through these speakers, and after knowing the fact that it's 300k $, your brain tricks you into thinking that it is awesome. this can be reproduce with good cheap equipment and a good acoustic environment.. in the near future, people will begin to grow money for eyes...

  • @Oneness100

    @Oneness100

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if that's true. If you have a good acoustic environment, it just makes whatever you have sound great. But a superior system in a great sounding room will sound better than a cheap system. Plus, there's a degree of subjectivity as to what one prefers. I don't know what good/cheap equipment you are referencing to so your statement hasn't been validated, nor is possible to validate which is why you wrote it the way you wrote the statement. It's basically a bullshit statement to act superior because you are a very immature person trying to feel superior. You obviously automatically think that expensive speakers aren't any better than cheap stereos, so you have tricked yourself into thinking that there isn't any difference because your ass can't afford them. See, your stupid statement can be twisted around to show you how stupid your initial statement was. Interesting how that happens.

  • @fragment7

    @fragment7

    7 жыл бұрын

    ofc expensive ones will always be "better" than the "cheapest" ones they were designed for that purpose. but the gap between them aren't that much to spend 300k dollars... one cheap guitar has been proven to make some of the great music out there, but that's not the point right isn't it. after all everything we listen to as music has been tampered and modified at the mixing stage so whatever you put after them be it an expensive speakers or a cheap one is subjective, all for the purpose of entertainment. but 300k for that? i'd rather help people who are in need in order to survive...if we only stopped making "cheap" and "best" and only strive for what is essential.

  • @ezralimm

    @ezralimm

    7 жыл бұрын

    agree. need blind test vs industry standard reference speakers used by studios.

  • @Oneness100

    @Oneness100

    7 жыл бұрын

    there is no such thing as an industry standard reference speaker. Also, blind fold tests tend to not be the best way to do things as it takes a long time to do a proper evaluation of an audio product. These companies sometimes give the reviewers many weeks or even months to use a product for a review and over time, you really get used to the product and whether you like it or not, and to also make any other adjustments to the system or the room. BTW, top mastering studios use any of the following: Eggleston Ivy, Wilson Audio, B&W 800 Series, Duntech Sovereign seem to be the most popular. Mastering is where they produce the final version, so that's what we end up listening to. The recording studios that track and mix use different speakers and they can range from low end NS-10's, to upper end speakers like any of the ones mentioned or they might use Ocean Way's custom speakers, Adam, Dynaudio, ATC, Genelec, JBL, Urie, Westlake Custom speakers, TAD, or some other brand. So, there really is no "industry standard". The BBC tried to establish an industry standard many years ago, but that was more for broadcast audio and they developed what companies like Harbeth, Sterling, and others have. BTW, those are great speakers for people with small rooms and they have some of the best midrange on the market. Very accurate speakers. That's about the only "standard" that's been created for professional studio usage. But you have to remember that Studios have different room acoustics. They typically have rooms that have dead end/live end where they have absorption behind the speakers and diffusion behind the listener and in the studio, they tend to do more analytic listening rather than listening to enjoy and to be engrossed in the recording. Also there is no real standard other than the RIAA eq curve for vinyl, as far as making albums. Some recordings are created for the "audiophile' where they are well recorded "typically" acoustic instruments and voices that have no processing or alteration of the signal in a really great sounding room and they pay close attention to capturing as closely to the original sound quality. Most Pop music is not recorded where they want to capture things accurately, whereas they want to "create" a sound that the artist or producers wants to "create". That's where they use lots of EQ, Compression, Limiting, expanders, gates, reverb, delays, flangers, harmonizers, phase shifters, close miking, putting things like a towel on a drum head to create a different sound, etc. etc. So, those recordings are the best to use. What is boils down to is what the listener likes because we all hear differently and we all have different tastes and our tastes change as we get older. What we like when we are young definitely changes as we get older. The other factor is time. You might like the sound of a system in your room, but you might not like it 6 months later. Some speakers do better with reproducing certain recordings and some don't because the master might have been created to sound good on a cheap pair of speakers, but that doesn't mean it's going to sound great on a top end pair of speakers. Why? Top end systems tend to reveal things more accurately and what happens is you hear how badly someone mixed the recording because instead of using top end speakers, they used crappy low end NS-10s or some other lousy speaker used in Studios to represent low end speakers and car stereos, which is what the average person listens to.

  • @hn___2293

    @hn___2293

    7 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @92kosta
    @92kosta7 жыл бұрын

    McLaren 720S sounds more reasonable to splurge $300,000 on. (pun intended)

  • @WarfareHD1

    @WarfareHD1

    7 жыл бұрын

    Has a good sound system too lol

  • @frtard

    @frtard

    7 жыл бұрын

    searching for pun

  • @rodjos5463

    @rodjos5463

    7 жыл бұрын

    "sounds".

  • @forgotn42

    @forgotn42

    7 жыл бұрын

    Depends on what you want in life. I personally would choose the sound system over the car as I am a life long music collector and would get vastly more use out of it.

  • @samiraperi467

    @samiraperi467

    7 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't pay 300k for any sound system, because there's no way it'll be worth it. You can achieve close enough perfection for less than 10k (I have a certain speaker in mind but they haven't been made since early 90s). After that you're just fooling yourself (or compensating one impurity with another). Hell, I could buy a great hifi system and a supercar for 300k.

  • @galvaconsultant
    @galvaconsultant3 жыл бұрын

    Gigentic industry with brilliant detailed sourcing and architecturial working. Amazing. Thank youuuuuuuuu

  • @andrewbalan8144
    @andrewbalan8144 Жыл бұрын

    In my day, back in Berlin, there was a company doing something like this...Burmester something...their audio products were out of this world!

  • @competetodefeat4610
    @competetodefeat46106 жыл бұрын

    "How somebody rips off audiophiles because so many of them are morons who will overspend on anything as long as you hype it well enough" would be more accurate. We're talking about the types that will spend a thousand dollars on speaker wire and wouldn't even be able to tell the difference in an ABX test... but they'll sure swear they can hear a difference.

  • @Deathrape2001

    @Deathrape2001

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL nobody buys this $hit. It's 2 help promote their lower end trash.

  • @juanbaclavab

    @juanbaclavab

    7 ай бұрын

    You took the words out of my mind! I have a 1500$ sound system and won't spend a penny more. It's perfect for me as it is

  • @socksumi
    @socksumi6 жыл бұрын

    This company has literally gone back to 1920s and 30s technology. Single ended tube amps, 1928 style horns and wood cabinets. Surprised they don't make a cylinder player.

  • @frankyfranke5085

    @frankyfranke5085

    6 жыл бұрын

    U should here their Morse code players!!!

  • @stevenbiars6212

    @stevenbiars6212

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's $214,000.

  • @TribeWars1

    @TribeWars1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Horn speakers are fine, the whole vinyl thing and outdated distorting tube amp business is just retarded.

  • @gonzadiazsola

    @gonzadiazsola

    5 жыл бұрын

    TribeWars1 fck off tube amps sound great

  • @mogshade66

    @mogshade66

    5 жыл бұрын

    socksumi Is there anything you have to wind up? 😊

  • @DrGrafenberg
    @DrGrafenberg3 жыл бұрын

    Get some acoustic ceiling tiles and some exciters all for under £100...job done

  • @raydanieliv3195
    @raydanieliv3195 Жыл бұрын

    Truly beautiful and one of a kind.

  • @yanooo2007
    @yanooo20077 жыл бұрын

    listen to a fart with that $300.000 sound system must be fantastic. it will bring it back to life.

  • @iamnewhYbrid

    @iamnewhYbrid

    6 жыл бұрын

    You can even smell it

  • @ScramTek

    @ScramTek

    6 жыл бұрын

    It only smellz.

  • @AhmadFauzi-pd2tb

    @AhmadFauzi-pd2tb

    6 жыл бұрын

    yeah , the fart sound will become crispier and warmth than ever.. XDD

  • @michaelknepp5640

    @michaelknepp5640

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yan Campos I better be able to smell the fart coming from those speakers !!!

  • @kamranahmad4592

    @kamranahmad4592

    6 жыл бұрын

    "It's very eerie... It's like a dead person is farting right there. What? Oh, there is a dead person right there... explains the smell"

  • @45asunder1
    @45asunder15 жыл бұрын

    The pretentious meter is off the charts on this video!

  • @ericjohnson4091

    @ericjohnson4091

    5 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly. Snake oil salesman for sure

  • @RobertBartlettBaron

    @RobertBartlettBaron

    5 жыл бұрын

    sold to hipsters.

  • @jelletje8

    @jelletje8

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TruthTortoise81 i wouldnt

  • @daviddavidsonn3578

    @daviddavidsonn3578

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd rather buy a new ferrari

  • @georgetraver3672

    @georgetraver3672

    5 жыл бұрын

    "aerospace grade stuff" He had me on this one

  • @AudioTekAdventures-ph9ke
    @AudioTekAdventures-ph9ke4 ай бұрын

    really loved seeing the process. I hope you are able to do more like this Thanks for all your hard work😀

  • @gervaiscurrie6675
    @gervaiscurrie6675 Жыл бұрын

    audiophile goes to a concert: - his review: "it was almost like being there".

  • @DalisYn
    @DalisYn6 жыл бұрын

    does it even have an aux port

  • @CallumCarmicheal

    @CallumCarmicheal

    6 жыл бұрын

    No sorry, at this pricepoint we have moved on from mere means such as AUX and evolved to telepathically auditorial eXperience (TAX).

  • @asganawayaway

    @asganawayaway

    6 жыл бұрын

    Best comment i've ever read

  • @suzesiviter6083

    @suzesiviter6083

    6 жыл бұрын

    Our company can supply an Aux port for just $5K, the port is hand turned out of finest Indian birch grown on sacred burial grounds connected to the main board via wires using African Gold collected by albino miners.

  • @MrBronsonNY

    @MrBronsonNY

    6 жыл бұрын

    Suzy Siviter Lmfao!

  • @nkosinathimlenzane3044

    @nkosinathimlenzane3044

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha.

  • @godu1111
    @godu11115 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Solid hardwood. Such an amazing and rare material...

  • @diebackmischung503

    @diebackmischung503

    Жыл бұрын

    they look nice tho

  • @dr_gus2111

    @dr_gus2111

    8 ай бұрын

    Solid wood is not a smart choice for loudspeakers cabinet...

  • @Arctic_silverstreak
    @Arctic_silverstreak3 жыл бұрын

    I am surprised someone somewhere in this world or universe for that matter is willing to buy this

  • @iceho6460

    @iceho6460

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Emperor's New Clothes

  • @salvadormp1938
    @salvadormp19384 жыл бұрын

    That is absolutely bananas 🍌, even if I had the money, I wouldn’t buy them. Is a slap on the face. I am an audio engineer, and out there one can find better equipment for a whole lot of less money. You sir can keep yours.

  • @baba00eddy
    @baba00eddy5 жыл бұрын

    I'm studying electrical engineering. That electrical work looks jank.

  • @sz42781

    @sz42781

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @younggunz4081

    @younggunz4081

    5 жыл бұрын

    Johan Fouche what .... this is about management of sound waves. Electricity is binary where as sound waves oscillate at varying degrees of taste. It not just the equipment that’s at play it’s also the room where the equipment is being used that will affect sound waves.

  • @younggunz4081

    @younggunz4081

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Johan Fouche Who's the one pretending to be smart now.

  • @TeranGGG

    @TeranGGG

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@younggunz4081 lol electricity is binary. You maybe dont even know converting one lossless source to another lossless type can be debatable in term of audio quality (for example source dsd to pcm lossless). There's a lot to determine, from the source, dac, preamplifier, amplifier, frequency response, transducer, environment, etc. If we talk technical, there's pretty much to talk, but with the price like that is overprice... a well known brand like polk, sennheiser, stax etc highest tier product are not that much expensive.

  • @glennbeck9496

    @glennbeck9496

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Young Gunz "Electricity is binary where as sound waves oscillate ." WRONG. I Guess you don't realize that a 120v AC wall outlet oscillates at around 60hz. If you plug a speaker directly into the wall it will make noise, which means that it isn't binary and that it oscillates.

  • @phuang3
    @phuang35 жыл бұрын

    Full of marketing hypes. The quality of sound will not solely depend on materials.

  • @CanadianWoodworks
    @CanadianWoodworks4 жыл бұрын

    Love the chairs

  • @coolkid9422
    @coolkid94223 жыл бұрын

    Well with all of these speakers u could make the ultimate home theater!

  • @SpikeShroom
    @SpikeShroom6 жыл бұрын

    Yes because the aerospace industry only uses the highest quality sounds systems imaginable.

  • @TheEpinema

    @TheEpinema

    5 жыл бұрын

    And through-hole components.

  • @MetatronsCube23

    @MetatronsCube23

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think that's how he is playing up using mil spec grade components.

  • @sorenfox

    @sorenfox

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love me some modern, aerospace-grade... vacuum tubes.

  • @theodorewinston7625
    @theodorewinston76256 жыл бұрын

    For that much money you could just go to all the concerts

  • @darealestwon

    @darealestwon

    5 жыл бұрын

    im tellin ya!

  • @CustodioLugo

    @CustodioLugo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @arijit9

    @arijit9

    5 жыл бұрын

    the concert should have these speakers thou :P

  • @pearl571

    @pearl571

    5 жыл бұрын

    BECAUSE COLTRANE IS STILL PLAYING...... some are dead dipshit. its about perfect reproduction of the music...

  • @tietoliikenne

    @tietoliikenne

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did you know these people are trying to achieve how it hears in a real concert in their home. Using the money to go to concerts with a comfortable seating is probably actually what they should be doing.

  • @EduardoGarcia-st1kc
    @EduardoGarcia-st1kc4 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is a masterpiece

  • @cactuscoolest4564
    @cactuscoolest45642 жыл бұрын

    These are so awesome, and pretty affordable :) from an acoustic standpoint, these slate speakers are an awesome investment if you wanna cleave off sheets of main fabrication point where a huge fiakind saw are used to cleave off pieces of slate :) so it doesn’t chip we use cast metal in a lot of different products and if becomes molten MOLTEN! Powder-coated listening space new and old together, New tech nologies size, CONVENIENCE cost ever made made made made made made made

  • @maximeb6662
    @maximeb66625 жыл бұрын

    Is it surprising that my next recommended video is about fraud?

  • @GaIvatr0n

    @GaIvatr0n

    5 жыл бұрын

    looooooooool

  • @CyberdyneSystemsSkynet

    @CyberdyneSystemsSkynet

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mine is about somali pirates.

  • @coreyfellows9420

    @coreyfellows9420

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mine is ..Bear Grills breaks down (some movie scene)

  • @shaunlagassa234

    @shaunlagassa234

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @jamescollins6085

    @jamescollins6085

    4 жыл бұрын

    My recommendation is DIY speakers under $300 lmao

  • @0AlphaAndOmega0
    @0AlphaAndOmega05 жыл бұрын

    For 300k I can hire the Foo Fighters!

  • @hernandezariel8622
    @hernandezariel86224 жыл бұрын

    Saludos desde Argentina!!!! Impresionante!!!

  • @firecatfly
    @firecatfly3 жыл бұрын

    I would give anything to experience this sort of sound perfection.

  • @LaGataNegra3073

    @LaGataNegra3073

    3 жыл бұрын

    You could give 300,000 dollars.

  • @programagor
    @programagor7 жыл бұрын

    5:24 That's some shitty soldering...

  • @creativeresearch8203

    @creativeresearch8203

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jiří Bednář first thing I noticed what the hackjob soldering. what the fuck

  • @voidofspaceandtime4684

    @voidofspaceandtime4684

    7 жыл бұрын

    3 0 0 k

  • @DevilDead13820

    @DevilDead13820

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's because it's old school, you obviously wouldn't know that a bad soldering job is to keep a more "pure" sound

  • @oliverstreet7704

    @oliverstreet7704

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how you formed a relevant opinion based on the few seconds of video at close range that showed what looked like an engineering prototype PWB. The areas that hadn't been reworked looked good. That the rework was done by a frustrated engineer trying to solve a design problem is obvious, I recognize the style. My guess is the response curve of the tube amplifier but whether it was for accommodating tube supply variations or for output matching transformer experiments or for the integrated response with a particular set of speakers (etc.) isn't obvious.

  • @programagor

    @programagor

    7 жыл бұрын

    You don't pay 300k for a prototype.

  • @rwlnd1542
    @rwlnd15426 жыл бұрын

    so what about the speakers, how are they made.

  • @PATISHAH

    @PATISHAH

    6 жыл бұрын

    ahahaha...

  • @kalumprasannaHW

    @kalumprasannaHW

    6 жыл бұрын

    yes how the speakers are made!!!

  • @starbacks

    @starbacks

    6 жыл бұрын

    imported from china :)

  • @SP-df1nm

    @SP-df1nm

    6 жыл бұрын

    cashmere alloy

  • @orkhepaj

    @orkhepaj

    6 жыл бұрын

    they order one from china and stich a label on it , and voila done

  • @mstarcast
    @mstarcast2 жыл бұрын

    5:10 I like the Potomac Instruments AG-51 Audio Generator / AA-51 Audio Analyzer, the old Simpson multimeter and the Tektronix Oscilloscope.

  • @audioalto3287
    @audioalto32874 жыл бұрын

    Great story. Enjoy, Oswalds Mill Audio. Thx Bloomberg.

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