SOUND OFF

摘要

Jonathan Weiss, founder and CEO of audio-equipment maker Oswalds Mill Audio (OMA), takes cues from history to pair high-quality sound with display-worthy design. Inspired by the professional audio equipment used in 20th-century theaters, his two-way speaker systems feature cone-shaped horns to direct and amplify audio for a refined, full-bodied output. "Horns have very high efficiency, and that translates into effortless, natural sound with real dynamics," Weiss says. The studio's newest design, Monarch, pairs a 15-inch woofer and midrange horn whose reverberations are unified by solid-wood baffles that flank the speaker like a pair of butterfly wings. The speakers are crafted in OMA's eastern Pennsylvania workshop from local materials, including black walnut, cherry, and ash wood.