If it improves your hearing, you've got more dollars than cents (sic) and flaunting turns you on, then why not?
If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear
This even without hearing it. The pieces are so beautiful I don’t see how they could not sound fabulous. The Sp10s look like they are built like a tank. I’d even buy their equipment racks. Maybe someday or maybe I’ll purchase something from their sister company Fleetwood sound.
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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. |
The more I read the more I like. The prototypes platter looks nicer to me with the greenish lights rather than what appears to be orange dots on the finished plinth. The caged style Tone arm almost has to be built like that to favor the plinth! How else could it be built to match the plinth? What a work of engineering how the direct drive is built. I'm on your side chalkster |
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