If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear

Lewm, I prefer to post links, people can read, Mr. Richard Krebs has been mentioned in OMA press release for K3 turntable on OMA website (see my previous posts):

“The design of K3’s mechanicals is the work of a team led by Richard Krebs in New Zealand, the worlds foremost authority on direct drive turntable technology... ”


I’m sure Mr. Krebs could chime in and tell us more about this project. It would be nice. He’s an a’gon member for a long time.

If Jonathan can invite many professionals in different fields (speakers, amps, turntables, tonearms… ) to create something new and/or unique then he’s a good businessman, but he’s an audiophile and collector of vintage analog gear.

All those people like Mr.Krebs , Herr Schröder and others must be happy and proud of the final product under OMA brand. This is amazing and I’m glad it’s not a one man show, but a collective of experts, I’m sure it’s a lot of work and experts are not cheap (their time cost money).

I haven’t heard any of their gear. It may sound great, but its being marketed like a lifestyle product. Kind of like Bose for the nostalgic, wealthy, or aspirational audiophile.  Harkening back to a golden glowing, transistorless, horn-filled past (50s?, 30s?) that probably didn’t sound as great as we might imagine.

If it improves your hearing, you've got more dollars than cents (sic) and flaunting turns you on, then why not?

Harkening back to a golden glowing, transistorless, horn-filled past (50s?, 30s?) that probably didn’t sound as great as we might imagine.

I think you have no idea what you are talking about.

At the moment I have RCA 45 globe tubes from 1930s in my modern Yamamoto triode amp and it’s pure magic! Next to it I got modern JFET amp from Nelson Pass, so I can compare tubes vs. solid state.

I’m not a horn guy, but I can dig why people are still using an old Western Electric, Altec full range speakers (upgraded with modern parts) with vintage tube gear. Those are amazing! I love my Tannoy.

How can you compare Bose to OMA? The concept is completely different and they explained many times in the interviews like this. You’d better made an appointment if you are in NYC to visit OMA showroom and to listen what they got. They are also on various audioshows with smaller $10k speaker (Fleetwood Sound) and if you can’t visit you can find videos on youtube. OMA small speakers demo here.

I would like to hear their stuff.  If it sounds good, then the price is something each prospective customer has to decide whether or not to pay and it is not for others to decide whether it is ridiculous.  Small production products of proprietary design are necessarily costly. The designs are old school.  I’ve heard a number of modern builds using old designs and vintage parts and they can be terrific sounding.

A friend heard OMA speaker and did not like them.  But, I still would like to hear them myself.