Klipsch joins forces with Ojas for the kO-R1 speaker

Klipsch has partnered with Ojas, a boutique New York Metropolis model based by Devon Turnbull, a former streetwear designer who has carved out a fame for his uncompromising strategy to audio methods. The collaboration’s first product is the limited-edition kO-R1 horn-loaded loudspeaker, a giant, boxy speaker that is available in Spiral Purple Oak or Pewter Gray finishes and sells for $8,498 per pair.

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Turnbull’s profession as a speaker designer and builder started as a interest whereas he was rising his Nom De Guerre streetwear model in the course of the first twenty years of the millennium. It will definitely advanced into full-fledged enterprise beneath the title Ojas, a Sanskrit time period that loosely interprets to “life vitality,” in response to a profile on Turnbull by GQ Journal. Ojas’ audio system at the moment are wanted by retail manufacturers like Supreme and have even made their approach into star producer and musician Mark Ronson’s house.

The kO-R1 bear Ojas’ unmistakable design cues, described by some as brutalist. It’s a plain-looking field fabricated from Baltic birch plywood with an enormous 12-inch woofer. It’s topped with an equally large, adjustable sandcast aluminum multi-cell horn that homes a high-frequency driver. The horn is absolutely uncovered, proper down the wiring that feeds it from a five-step attenuator, which is used for fine-tuning the sound.

Across the again are a set of five-way anodized aluminum binding posts, and the underside of the cupboard options anti-vibration rubber ft. The facet of the speaker is graced with a laser-engraved steel ID plate, simply in case anybody questions its provinence.

Every speaker is hand-crafted at Klipsch’s Hope, Arkansas, amenities and comes with its personal Klipsch stand.

Roy Delgado and Devon Turnbull.
Roy Delgado (left) and Devon Turnbull. Dave Gans / Premium Audio Firm

To create the kO-R1, Turnbull labored immediately with Roy Delgado, who discovered the artwork and science of excessive effectivity horn design from Klipsch’s founder, Paul W. Klipsch. That made Klipsch the proper accomplice for Turnbull, who has been experimenting with horn-loaded designs for years.

“My strict adhesion to the horn speaker design philosophy implies that Klipsch is among the few manufacturers that has 100% conceptual cohesion with my very own imaginative and prescient,” Turnbull stated in a press launch. “Each our manufacturers prioritize premium audio packaged with traditional design. There are few visionaries extra vital within the historical past of horn audio system than Paul W. Klipsch and I’m proud to contribute to that legacy.”






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