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RCA stands for Radio Corporation of America FYI for the new generation. Jay when I read RCA Speakers in your title I doubted it was the RCA I’ve known, the company I worked for from 1969 to 1999. But when you showed it’s location, Camden NJ, then I knew it’s the same company established in 1919 by David Sarnoff. RCA was the most trusted name in Electronics back in the days past. It started as a telephone/telegraph company and branched to TV manufacturing, TV broadcasting (NBC), electronic component manufacturing including vacuum tubes etc. I did not know that they manufactured loudspeaker let alone the likes of Altec Lansing’s Voice of the Theater. The RCA brand is now relatively unknown. It changed ownership several times including GE, MCI, WorldCom etc. But I still see the name often in high end audio, the RCA audio cables. I bet not many audiophiles know what RCA stands for. I ❤ RCA! It shaped my career of 40 years in telecommunications.
Those are RCA versions of the Shearer Horn system developed in the 1930s at MGM by project manager John Hilliard. Hilliard was the guy who discovered time delay distortion during the famous Eleanor Powell double tap incident in which the long source distance between the lower and upper horns of a WE monitor caused single taps of tap dancing to be reproduced as double taps. Hilliard wanted a movie theater speaker that eliminated that and when WE showed no interest Doug Shearer, head of the MGM sound department, told Hilliard to develop a speaker. Involved in the project were Bob Stephens, James Lansing and Harry Olson. Hilliard went on to become the head engineer at Altec where he designed the VOTs as an improvement on the Shearer system. I see at least one JBL compression driver in the system in the video, a driver not original to RCA shearer systems. Note though that RCA used a JBL compression driver in their LC9 monitor of the 1950s.
Amazing passion! Thanks for sharing this Jay. I never knew about RCA, or Western Electric speakers, nor would I associate them with anything approaching the level of audiophile. I'm loving this kind of content; Bruno's passion for music leading him on a vision quest to create the perfect system, even going so far as to manufacture his own Amps! Great story. Do more like this!🥰
Thanks, Jay. This is so totally up my alley. Some absolutely beautiful gear. That’s the type of stuff that makes me shed a tear too. Those BRUNOCO amps look great. I’d love to hear one. I know you’re in Korea, but when I was in Japan about 10 yrs ago, I went to a “HiFi bar” with some of the most amazing gear and sound I’d ever seen and heard. Again, thank you, Jay. ✌️ 🔊😊🎶
Jay, this was one of the most amazing videos you’ve done yet! Thanks for sharing your passion and inspiration with us and introducing us to others with this amazing passion and knowledge! Would love too see more like this!
Great video. I know my system is working when it causes involuntary emotional response on some tracks. There is something in the sound that elicits a human response. Wonderful. You exposed Bruno's journey in a way that connects. Well done.
No one has come close to the RCA 1428/1443 on a conical horn (even better than these multicell), including Western Electric. Back in the day, it was well known than RCA had outdone WE with this design.
Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Completely flashed. After seeing that, you have to take a deep deep breath. So nice from you, to give us these 15 seconds to complentate and meditate at the end of this hillarious video by showing just a dark screen. I have to visit Brunos Bar in Seoul at some point during my livetime!
I heard large Western Electric speaker installations at the Munich High End Audio expo several times now. Each time I was amazed by the sound quality of these speakers made in the 20s and 30s. They easily beat anything made today. Any listening thereafter at the show was a dissapointment. The sound is huge and totally captivating. Singers and instruments stand out and have real body and tonal quality is superb. Those demos were organized and paid for by a Korean fellow who also makes his own electronics. But I don't recall his name or brand.
I’ve written this before on some other vid clip, but I’m shocked that this concept of great liquor based bar combined with awesome music using a killer stereo. In Japan this is more of a thing, but in the USA, maybe a dozen or so establishments exists. Come on USA, let’s make this happen
The Moon Represents My Heart written in the 70s It was made famous by the Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng in 1977, and recorded by many people in including by Bon Jovi, believe it or not. The Terrisa Teng version made a lot of people cry every time the song is on, one of the epitomes and probably the finest example of Chinese/Mandarin ballads of all time. th-cam.com/video/-B5gAczFJps/w-d-xo.html
Great video! Have you seen the story of Kenneth Fritz? He passed away recently (I think late 2021) but I hope his system lives on. If so, that room needs to be on your bucket list to visit. On a professional level, check out Pacifico audio’s listening room. Finally, are you familiar with Bach Dsp system that is the current hot topic?
If you ever get the opportunity to listen to a large MEH (multiple entry horn) aka synergy horn you’ll be blown away. Having a large speaker that is so coherent is a game changer in a normal sized room
I used to work for a commercial AV contractor and we often would install the Danley synergy horns and subs and I have heard them and I can confirm they will blow you away! They have SO much clarity, and pattern control, which is super important for certain environments. And yet, I think these RCAs still have something about them that would sound better. I haven't heard them yet though.
Hey, Jay. Wish we had these kind of audio bars or Japanese Kissas in the GTA! The only thing I know of that’s even close is The Little Jerry but haven’t checked it out as of yet.
I had those huge RCA speakers. Decades ago, my dad brought them home from a theater. I regret getting rid of them. Most natural mid range you will ever hear.
In HiFi WORLD, There were NO Absolute Terms, as all "Conclusions" are 200% Subjective & Very much Dependence to the Type of Music. I've using the JBL43XX for more than 30years that I found it is 90+% Tailored for Pop & Jazz, but seems a bit Shortage with Classical Music.... but Mysteriously can reproduce the Cannon (Telarc ver.) Explosion seamlessly.... my immediate rationalization is the "Special Treatment" Recording Protocols that Telarc applied.
I’d like to know more about the combination of drivers used on the multi-cell horn. The upper one appears to be a JBL, love to know the thinking behind this approach of combining different drivers. Back in the day combining two drivers was a necessary evil as power handling was rather limited. Phase cancellation was the price paid for a more powerful and robust system. Interesting I tell you what.
You should watch old movies when the studios were either using WE or RCA sound systems and their choice impacted how the voice and instruments sounded through later day systems like an Altec A2 system, it’s amazing how different the EQ was between the two US major players. Harry Olson designed some very cool stuff
That track you speak of is bad ass. This man can sing. The first time I head it with my Cornwalls, it was immersive in tonality on a different level I never heard before. I did not understand anything of what he was saying, but it presented to me an emotional feelings I never felt before either. So what you cried does not make you less of a man🤙 When my father passed away and they played taps at his funeral I cried hysterically. So I can understand this mans voice bring you to tears. If i could understand what he was saying I probably would have too.🤜🤛 Vince Gill track Go rest high on that mountain is another tune I like.✌
Move back to Vancouver . We need more sound rooms. So why do audio stores not sell music ? I used to spend every 2nd weekend with my paycheque at Adagio on Main St., back in the days when records store were a thing.
This is your best yet Jay. I have become increasingly interested in this area of audio. I’m sure you are familiar with the growing trend out of Brooklyn and Living Voice here in England. This video will prompt me to support you through Patreon. I am often speaking to your countrymen and women when I go and watch Tottenham each week. Sonny is a legend in Korea as he is in North London!! Keep it up. Brendan
Being honest I've heard a very similar system with vtl blocks and the horns were massive altec Voice of theaters. It wasn't for me at all , there was no sweet spot at all just the entire space they were in turned into a sweet spot made no sense at all (acoustically treated) I was glad to be home again and listen to my maggies (at the time) Horns are not for hifi , no horn I've heard j was impressed about so far. I wonder if the space here makes the entire setup really .massive room does seem to help. But I'll never own a horn system , they belong in pa (I know I'll get fanboys up my neck) o had the lascala myself , on a Jadis orchestra 🤢
“I tried over a hundred amplifiers and I couldn’t find one to match these speakers, so I made my own.” What a stud… Awesome video, Jay! K-bbq video coming soon? 😂
When I first saw that thumbnail I thought it resembled a pair of ElectroVoice bass horns with Altec tops. Nope, this is way cooler! However, in the 1970's ElectroVoice made a bass horn that looks just like that RCA except smaller and with two 12" woofers. The EV's were a 3 way design, with Constant Directivity horn mid and tweeters. The EV's I think were competition more for the Altec Voice of the Theaters or even Klipsch LaScalas. While I've never heard the RCA's, Altec VOTT or even Western Electric, (someday I'd like to) I think the pair of EV Sentry IV's I have in my basement can hold their own. Any of these large vintage speakers I think will sound better than most modern exotic brands too.
Hey Jay…instant sub for me. Super cool set-up from Bruno! Wow. 3:39ish. Funny, Andrew Robinson said the same thing, reviewing Klipsch La Scala. Brought him and his wife to tears…I’ve been intrigued ever since. Must be something about those big horns. Catch you on the B-side…🍻
If still in Korea, Go hear Silbatone…If you think what you heard is special…Brace yourself! I know a 100K amp made with unobtanium pieces like Silver Foil tranny, VT2 tube… hybrid Design by Morrisson and Bae…❤ These are arguably part of top 10 best audio designers alive. Using today's best knowledge applied to love of old tubes and 116db sensitivity WE speakers I found it truly magical. Time well spent in Korea! Pretty sure the channel will love you for it!! ❤ thx for all do man! 👊🏼
I was impressed that music brought tears to your eyes. It has mine even tho it's never from the music causing a sad resurfaced memory or anything related to past event(s) like lost loves or past-on close relatives etc (tho that can happen, esp' when quite young with lost loves in my case) ...but natural grief passes & that aside, 99.99999% of the time, the tear or 10 caused by hearing certain music is purely "of the moment" & shows how powerful music is on an emotional level, how it can lift us up, like it's something almost too beautiful that it can make a person cry or rather "shed a tear or a few" but not weep in desperation or sheer sadness. When music is playing, that emotional effect definitely seems related to the reproduction quality i.m.o. & I've often felt almost painfully lifted emotionally & if I try to suppress it, it would probably give me s headache. It shows how we buy hi-fi for hearing music, instead of owning a few test-worthy albums to listen to our hi-fi. Some folk always enthuse about the gear & never enthuse about the music. The last time I heard something so beautiful that I felt happy-sad but emotionally lifted & my eyes watered-up was when i was listening to Beethoven's 13'th Quartet, & the 'Cavatina Adagio Molto Expressivo' track, i'd had the L.P. for years in a bought job-lot of mostly clasical, but I'd never heard that side before but it's almost painfully that it would hurt to suppress the emotion it caused. The above is why I like good hi-fi gear & the same goes for many folk out there, I presume. Bruno ...what a great guy & very technically smart with it. Winding your own output transformers ain't no easy task with all the bifilar interleaving capacitance to consider. In the early 80's, many called it a technical lost art but valve resurgence & clever folk changed all that. Great video & boy oh boy, what a system, field coil woofers instead of permanent magnets is what very few companies do now, they are much superiour for more than a couple of reasons, & those twin loaded compression driver'd cells ...wow
I'm blessed to have assembled a system that is like a slightly downsized version of this one, with huge constant directivity midrange horns and super powerful compression drivers, midbass "W-bin" folded horns, plus a robust pro sub and pro supertweeters. I cry too. Maybe I should open a music bar.
Talking about deceiving looks. Those speakers look like they are pulled from some small community theater where they were used as a jungle gym for actor's kids in the intermission. Am I incorrect in assumption that Jay did the "can these fit in my room" calculation at 6:55?
At one point in time, I thought I would run a little cafe and I would put a vandersteen 1B driven by a simple EL84 tube amp n play some cool background music. Occasionally, I would let young people n undergrads do their 'unplugged' at the pseudo stage. Well, that was a dream from long ago😂😂😂
Great episode Jay, thank you so much, kind of you to take us along! This must be the ultimate 'man-cave'! I'm a "DIY 2A3SE man" myself (as you know;-) and i want to hear this system, so much attention and artisan love in it, it must feel like heaven!? Could you please give a sound sample, please...??
ok, i build tube amps for a living. Community Tube Audio. i have built every different tube combo i could afford. i dont charge crazy prices, i build mainly to let regular music lovers the chance to experience the tube sound. imho the practices of eliminating coupling caps, negative feedback etc makes for a bright clinical sound that i dont personally like. but to each their own. focusing on pointing out that his better amps dont have coupling caps, and his lesser amps have them. to me if one doesnt know the integral assembly and design and what it means, pointing out such details unnecessarily complicates ones decision making on what one wants.
It is popular today to say that "we want make the signal most pure possible" or "as pure as possible". Does it It mean that no technical data is available to make comaprison?
That array reminds me of systems I've seen in movie theaters all over the East Coast of the USA back in the day. Very able to maintain the panning image from multiple seating locations and able to be shaped for the venue..
This was awesome man! very refreshing and engaging video! Beautiful how everything came along naturally for Bruno ! This is true passion indeed! thx for sharing
these RCA speakers look like old school music hall speakers you'd see at a old concert hall or church. And hearing your host try over 100 amps and 2 years to repeice the speakers impressed me
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The link is no good Jay. Also, would love to do a video with you. Huge Fan.
It’s nice to see people who make amazing things for the passion of it, rather than for profit.
RCA stands for Radio Corporation of America
FYI for the new generation.
Jay when I read RCA Speakers in your title I doubted it was the RCA I’ve known, the company I worked for from 1969 to 1999. But when you showed it’s location, Camden NJ, then I knew it’s the same company established in 1919 by David Sarnoff.
RCA was the most trusted name in Electronics back in the days past. It started as a telephone/telegraph company and branched to TV manufacturing, TV broadcasting (NBC), electronic component manufacturing including vacuum tubes etc. I did not know that they manufactured loudspeaker let alone the likes of Altec Lansing’s Voice of the Theater.
The RCA brand is now relatively unknown. It changed ownership several times including GE, MCI, WorldCom etc.
But I still see the name often in high end audio, the RCA audio cables. I bet not many audiophiles know what RCA stands for. I ❤ RCA! It shaped my career of 40 years in telecommunications.
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Those are RCA versions of the Shearer Horn system developed in the 1930s at MGM by project manager John Hilliard. Hilliard was the guy who discovered time delay distortion during the famous Eleanor Powell double tap incident in which the long source distance between the lower and upper horns of a WE monitor caused single taps of tap dancing to be reproduced as double taps. Hilliard wanted a movie theater speaker that eliminated that and when WE showed no interest Doug Shearer, head of the MGM sound department, told Hilliard to develop a speaker. Involved in the project were Bob Stephens, James Lansing and Harry Olson. Hilliard went on to become the head engineer at Altec where he designed the VOTs as an improvement on the Shearer system. I see at least one JBL compression driver in the system in the video, a driver not original to RCA shearer systems. Note though that RCA used a JBL compression driver in their LC9 monitor of the 1950s.
Amazing passion! Thanks for sharing this Jay. I never knew about RCA, or Western Electric speakers, nor would I associate them with anything approaching the level of audiophile. I'm loving this kind of content; Bruno's passion for music leading him on a vision quest to create the perfect system, even going so far as to manufacture his own Amps! Great story.
Do more like this!🥰
right on man
Thanks, Jay. This is so totally up my alley. Some absolutely beautiful gear. That’s the type of stuff that makes me shed a tear too. Those BRUNOCO amps look great. I’d love to hear one. I know you’re in Korea, but when I was in Japan about 10 yrs ago, I went to a “HiFi bar” with some of the most amazing gear and sound I’d ever seen and heard. Again, thank you, Jay. ✌️ 🔊😊🎶
Great story Jay, please do more stories like this on your channel when possible. Great listening bars around the world that we need to support.
Jay, this was one of the most amazing videos you’ve done yet!
Thanks for sharing your passion and inspiration with us and introducing us to others with this amazing passion and knowledge!
Would love too see more like this!
Great video. I know my system is working when it causes involuntary emotional response on some tracks. There is something in the sound that elicits a human response. Wonderful.
You exposed Bruno's journey in a way that connects. Well done.
This is what true passion looks like! Very inspiring. I’m looking forward to seeing more videos in this series.
No one has come close to the RCA 1428/1443 on a conical horn (even better than these multicell), including Western Electric. Back in the day, it was well known than RCA had outdone WE with this design.
The RCA 1428/1443 are the best midrange ever made. If you can call their super wide (800-12000Hz) “midrange”!
Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Completely flashed. After seeing that, you have to take a deep deep breath. So nice from you, to give us these 15 seconds to complentate and meditate at the end of this hillarious video by showing just a dark screen.
I have to visit Brunos Bar in Seoul at some point during my livetime!
I heard large Western Electric speaker installations at the Munich High End Audio expo several times now. Each time I was amazed by the sound quality of these speakers made in the 20s and 30s. They easily beat anything made today. Any listening thereafter at the show was a dissapointment. The sound is huge and totally captivating. Singers and instruments stand out and have real body and tonal quality is superb. Those demos were organized and paid for by a Korean fellow who also makes his own electronics. But I don't recall his name or brand.
I’ve written this before on some other vid clip, but I’m shocked that this concept of great liquor based bar combined with awesome music using a killer stereo. In Japan this is more of a thing, but in the USA, maybe a dozen or so establishments exists. Come on USA, let’s make this happen
The Moon Represents My Heart written in the 70s It was made famous by the Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng in 1977, and recorded by many people in including by Bon Jovi, believe it or not. The Terrisa Teng version made a lot of people cry every time the song is on, one of the epitomes and probably the finest example of Chinese/Mandarin ballads of all time. th-cam.com/video/-B5gAczFJps/w-d-xo.html
This is great. I love this guys passion for vintage audio and for sharing the sound with people. Love it
What a fascinating vid Jay. Love the travel element woven in and hope you can do more if you are abroad again. Well done sir!
i also cried at Audio Excellence Canada....when i saw their prices....
hey Jay. I live in seoul and have just set up a devore orangutan system. ur welcome to my house if ur interested.
oh man, I wish I can but I am only staying for a short time and fully booked. On my next visit!
Great video! Have you seen the story of Kenneth Fritz? He passed away recently (I think late 2021) but I hope his system lives on. If so, that room needs to be on your bucket list to visit. On a professional level, check out Pacifico audio’s listening room. Finally, are you familiar with Bach Dsp system that is the current hot topic?
Ken was a true man of passion. Dearly missed.
He designed and built his own amplifiers and transformers, the man is a genius.
If you ever get the opportunity to listen to a large MEH (multiple entry horn) aka synergy horn you’ll be blown away. Having a large speaker that is so coherent is a game changer in a normal sized room
I used to work for a commercial AV contractor and we often would install the Danley synergy horns and subs and I have heard them and I can confirm they will blow you away! They have SO much clarity, and pattern control, which is super important for certain environments. And yet, I think these RCAs still have something about them that would sound better. I haven't heard them yet though.
What a beautiful system, and in a beautiful environment open to the public.
Interstage Transformer coupling by definition is not direct coupling.😂
Hey, Jay. Wish we had these kind of audio bars or Japanese Kissas in the GTA! The only thing I know of that’s even close is The Little Jerry but haven’t checked it out as of yet.
I had those huge RCA speakers. Decades ago, my dad brought them home from a theater. I regret getting rid of them. Most natural mid range you will ever hear.
Completely agree. I own a pair with conical horns
You promised to talk about tuberolling-experience. I am still waiting ☺️ AND made some personal experiments 🎶🎶🎶
Awesome Jay. Your best work yet. Loved it.
In HiFi WORLD, There were NO Absolute Terms, as all "Conclusions" are 200% Subjective & Very much Dependence to the Type of Music. I've using the JBL43XX for more than 30years that I found it is 90+% Tailored for Pop & Jazz, but seems a bit Shortage with Classical Music.... but Mysteriously can reproduce the Cannon (Telarc ver.) Explosion seamlessly.... my immediate rationalization is the "Special Treatment" Recording Protocols that Telarc applied.
very impressive, with bruno,s equiptment and design of his tube amplifier, well done gents from ct. usa .thank-you for your video and invitation !!
I’d like to know more about the combination of drivers used on the multi-cell horn. The upper one appears to be a JBL, love to know the thinking behind this approach of combining different drivers. Back in the day combining two drivers was a necessary evil as power handling was rather limited. Phase cancellation was the price paid for a more powerful and robust system. Interesting I tell you what.
Direct Translation of "What I need...." is "我所需要的", I suppose in the Poetic Expression "我需要你的爱" is totally acceptable....👍
You should watch old movies when the studios were either using WE or RCA sound systems and their choice impacted how the voice and instruments sounded through later day systems like an Altec A2 system, it’s amazing how different the EQ was between the two US major players. Harry Olson designed some very cool stuff
Look into Lary long .. designer of club sound system.. studio 54 , paradise garage the God father of Sound system design…
Jay I really hope one day you get to hear the all new Clarisys Audio Panel Loudspeakers ! I would love to be there when that happens...
That track you speak of is bad ass. This man can sing. The first time I head it with my Cornwalls, it was immersive in tonality on a different level I never heard before. I did not understand anything of what he was saying, but it presented to me an emotional feelings I never felt before either. So what you cried does not make you less of a man🤙 When my father passed away and they played taps at his funeral I cried hysterically. So I can understand this mans voice bring you to tears. If i could understand what he was saying I probably would have too.🤜🤛 Vince Gill track Go rest high on that mountain is another tune I like.✌
Indeed that track is my standard track to test the audio system , what a perfect recording of great voice singer ….
Your analysis of some deficits of horns are spot on. A true full range horn is hard to pull off....
That's what she said 🤣
Yes, you're right about the translation. It's "I love you" from "我爱你".
The old timers knew what they were doing. The next generations are just now finding it out. Speaking for the old timers. You're welcome.
Nice to see that he kept the patina on those speakers. Also, that he found a way to share his beautiful gear for the public to experience.
Move back to Vancouver . We need more sound rooms. So why do audio stores not sell music ? I used to spend every 2nd weekend with my paycheque at Adagio on Main St., back in the days when records store were a thing.
Hi! Do you know the hours? I am planning on going in a few weeks when I get to Seoul- am super excited to experience this!
RCA is a legend back then(vacuum tubes eras) ..its look so rough..Nice state of the art.
Pint of Guiness required for optimal sound quality and listening experience.
awesome video.. touched me.. one of the best on youtube., would love to go to s.korea to see this place.
Best vid you have done so far,,please do more of these J
Amazing!! I also see ATC scm 20's. This man has a exquisit taste!!
Very interesting nothing like this in USA
Play some video like us listen how good the speakers and match with the amp. .
What an amazing video! The content and production quality are out of this world. Thank you for this beautiful gem.
You finally heard a good system : )
What a beautiful person a true audio file 😊
Did they have passiv crossover or do you drive active?
Tubes with horns seems to be a sweet combo.
This is so amazing and touching! Thank you!
Thank you for being a patreon and being part of what makes all this possible :)
This is your best yet Jay. I have become increasingly interested in this area of audio. I’m sure you are familiar with the growing trend out of Brooklyn and Living Voice here in England. This video will prompt me to support you through Patreon.
I am often speaking to your countrymen and women when I go and watch Tottenham each week. Sonny is a legend in Korea as he is in North London!!
Keep it up.
Brendan
Absolutely fantastic video Jay! ❤
Being honest I've heard a very similar system with vtl blocks and the horns were massive altec Voice of theaters.
It wasn't for me at all , there was no sweet spot at all just the entire space they were in turned into a sweet spot made no sense at all (acoustically treated) I was glad to be home again and listen to my maggies (at the time)
Horns are not for hifi , no horn I've heard j was impressed about so far. I wonder if the space here makes the entire setup really .massive room does seem to help.
But I'll never own a horn system , they belong in pa (I know I'll get fanboys up my neck) o had the lascala myself , on a Jadis orchestra 🤢
Great music bar I have ever been.
Great video thank you
The Korean Steve Deckard.
Extremely Cool!
“I tried over a hundred amplifiers and I couldn’t find one to match these speakers, so I made my own.” What a stud…
Awesome video, Jay! K-bbq video coming soon? 😂
When I first saw that thumbnail I thought it resembled a pair of ElectroVoice bass horns with Altec tops. Nope, this is way cooler! However, in the 1970's ElectroVoice made a bass horn that looks just like that RCA except smaller and with two 12" woofers. The EV's were a 3 way design, with Constant Directivity horn mid and tweeters. The EV's I think were competition more for the Altec Voice of the Theaters or even Klipsch LaScalas. While I've never heard the RCA's, Altec VOTT or even Western Electric, (someday I'd like to) I think the pair of EV Sentry IV's I have in my basement can hold their own. Any of these large vintage speakers I think will sound better than most modern exotic brands too.
Hey Jay…instant sub for me. Super cool set-up from Bruno! Wow. 3:39ish. Funny, Andrew Robinson said the same thing, reviewing Klipsch La Scala. Brought him and his wife to tears…I’ve been intrigued ever since. Must be something about those big horns. Catch you on the B-side…🍻
Amazing
If still in Korea, Go hear Silbatone…If you think what you heard is special…Brace yourself!
I know a 100K amp made with unobtanium pieces like Silver Foil tranny, VT2 tube… hybrid Design by Morrisson and Bae…❤ These are arguably part of top 10 best audio designers alive.
Using today's best knowledge applied to love of old tubes and 116db sensitivity WE speakers I found it truly magical. Time well spent in Korea!
Pretty sure the channel will love you for it!! ❤ thx for all do man! 👊🏼
I was impressed that music brought tears to your eyes. It has mine even tho it's never from the music causing a sad resurfaced memory or anything related to past event(s) like lost loves or past-on close relatives etc (tho that can happen, esp' when quite young with lost loves in my case) ...but natural grief passes & that aside, 99.99999% of the time, the tear or 10 caused by hearing certain music is purely "of the moment" & shows how powerful music is on an emotional level, how it can lift us up, like it's something almost too beautiful that it can make a person cry or rather "shed a tear or a few" but not weep in desperation or sheer sadness. When music is playing, that emotional effect definitely seems related to the reproduction quality i.m.o. & I've often felt almost painfully lifted emotionally & if I try to suppress it, it would probably give me s headache. It shows how we buy hi-fi for hearing music, instead of owning a few test-worthy albums to listen to our hi-fi. Some folk always enthuse about the gear & never enthuse about the music. The last time I heard something so beautiful that I felt happy-sad but emotionally lifted & my eyes watered-up was when i was listening to Beethoven's 13'th Quartet, & the 'Cavatina Adagio Molto Expressivo' track, i'd had the L.P. for years in a bought job-lot of mostly clasical, but I'd never heard that side before but it's almost painfully that it would hurt to suppress the emotion it caused. The above is why I like good hi-fi gear & the same goes for many folk out there, I presume. Bruno ...what a great guy & very technically smart with it. Winding your own output transformers ain't no easy task with all the bifilar interleaving capacitance to consider. In the early 80's, many called it a technical lost art but valve resurgence & clever folk changed all that. Great video & boy oh boy, what a system, field coil woofers instead of permanent magnets is what very few companies do now, they are much superiour for more than a couple of reasons, & those twin loaded compression driver'd cells ...wow
Jay, Where have you been? Was hoping for Korea audio vids. I hope you’re all right. J
I'm blessed to have assembled a system that is like a slightly downsized version of this one, with huge constant directivity midrange horns and super powerful compression drivers, midbass "W-bin" folded horns, plus a robust pro sub and pro supertweeters. I cry too. Maybe I should open a music bar.
I love these? I have been planning my American Jazz Kissa for a couple of years now...
which speaker has the better sound the JBL Hartsfield or the RCA Photophone
Talking about deceiving looks. Those speakers look like they are pulled from some small community theater where they were used as a jungle gym for actor's kids in the intermission. Am I incorrect in assumption that Jay did the "can these fit in my room" calculation at 6:55?
At one point in time, I thought I would run a little cafe and I would put a vandersteen 1B driven by a simple EL84 tube amp n play some cool background music.
Occasionally, I would let young people n undergrads do their 'unplugged' at the pseudo stage.
Well, that was a dream from long ago😂😂😂
Guinness!
Great episode Jay, thank you so much, kind of you to take us along!
This must be the ultimate 'man-cave'! I'm a "DIY 2A3SE man" myself (as you know;-) and i want to hear this system, so much attention and artisan love in it, it must feel like heaven!?
Could you please give a sound sample, please...??
The videography on this channel, the insert shots, the background imaging, the lighting-- simply is superb.
ok, i build tube amps for a living. Community Tube Audio. i have built every different tube combo i could afford. i dont charge crazy prices, i build mainly to let regular music lovers the chance to experience the tube sound. imho the practices of eliminating coupling caps, negative feedback etc makes for a bright clinical sound that i dont personally like. but to each their own. focusing on pointing out that his better amps dont have coupling caps, and his lesser amps have them. to me if one doesnt know the integral assembly and design and what it means, pointing out such details unnecessarily complicates ones decision making on what one wants.
Absolutely love this! Please bring us more episodes like this! Nobody else does!
It is popular today to say that "we want make the signal most pure possible" or "as pure as possible". Does it It mean that no technical data is available to make comaprison?
I know you listened to most of the Klipsch line but have you heard the Klipschorns? How do they compare?
That array reminds me of systems I've seen in movie theaters all over the East Coast of the USA back in the day. Very able to maintain the panning image from multiple seating locations and able to be shaped for the venue..
Owens mill audio has repurposed the old horn RCA drivers in their over the top speakers. You should put the Fleetwood Devilles on your review list
Theresa Teng's Moon Represent My Heart ? It's a CLASSIC !!!
This was awesome man! very refreshing and engaging video! Beautiful how everything came along naturally for Bruno ! This is true passion indeed! thx for sharing
Time to start planning a Korea trip.
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Coming with!
@@suwatt6019 I am in
Oh man....I'd like to sit at that bar and look at all those great bottles...then start drinking a bit of ALL of them!!!
So cool i am traveling to korea this summer i will make a point of visiting bruno's bar!
Wish you can test the amp with double LS3/5A on each channel
Best video of yours I’ve seen. Congratulations.
Man..... great video. I learned a few things today, love the music at the end too.
I hope you could visit the Silbatone HQ in South Korea next..
Those speakers look so much like concert speakers or ones behind the screen at the movies.
This is kool AF!!! Love the 2a3 amp! So sophisticated!
Awesome, Jay! I’m booking a flight!
these RCA speakers look like old school music hall speakers you'd see at a old concert hall or church. And hearing your host try over 100 amps and 2 years to repeice the speakers impressed me
Smoking in a Bar! OMG! The sky is falling! 🔈🔉🔊
Wow this is just awesome. Thanks for doing this,it is so good. I could watch more of this for sure.
While most bars want better sound, this man wants a better bar for his amps and speakers.
Are the woofers 12 inch or 15 inch on the RCA cabinets
15
Thank you my friend and i wanted to know if you know the measurrments of the cabinets. I really appreciated. I love your videos.
I need a sound sample and a cold beer after watching that! Super cool.