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Made without compromise OMA products have a unique design philosophy which might be called 'Back to the Future'.

In a world defined by mass production and marketing, OMA audio equipment stands out as clearly being from another, parallel universe. There was a time, in the early part of the Twentieth Century, when the creation of horn loaded loudspeakers, field coil and full range speakers, tube amplifiers, and analog reproduction represented the highest technical challenge and achievement. As time went on, every new innovation in sound, from solid state to digital to file sharing, turned out to bring the overall quality of sound in our lives to a lower level. People not only forgot what great sound reproduction sounded like, but at this point, most have never even heard it. OMA can't change the world, but we do make the world's best audio equipment. Not by using the technology that guides the space shuttle, but by going back to the technology that worked so well and was never surpassed. It was, however, nearly forgotten. No one has ever improved upon the violin makers of Cremona over 300 years ago, and the same can be said for the professional audio equipment made for cinemas and studios in the 1930's through the 1950's. This is the world of OMA. Hand built to the same exacting levels as the vintage gear which inspired us, OMA makes loudspeakers, amplifiers, and turntables out of solid Pennsylvania hardwoods, slate, and steel.

Defining depth in sound. Made without compromise.
09/05/2026

Defining depth in sound.



Made without compromise.

09/02/2026

Thunderstorms outside. Inside we’re listening to David Sylvian and Holger Czukay. On the PROMA Woodstock system.

Today we’re listening to this system.
08/09/2026

Today we’re listening to this system.

At the OMA HQ. The best of 60 year old American and German studio technology: Ampex 300 series reel to reel playback onl...
07/22/2026

At the OMA HQ. The best of 60 year old American and German studio technology: Ampex 300 series reel to reel playback only studio console with Klangfilm cinema amplifier.

Something is shifting in music culture. For years, everything has been optimized for the algorithm: shorter songs, loude...
07/17/2026

Something is shifting in music culture. For years, everything has been optimized for the algorithm: shorter songs, louder mastering, singles over albums, decibels engineered for reels. Somewhere in all that, the experience of listening was slowly compressed alongside the sound.

Now the pendulum is swinging. Across New York, people are trading loud venues for the floor of a friend’s loft. Vinyl bars are giving way to purpose-built listening rooms modeled on the 1920s Japanese jazz kissa cafes. And we’re seeing the same social contract emerge: phones down, voices low, and listening.

Montana Morgan on NYC’s hi-fi living rooms, listening rooms, and what it means to really listen. Featuring Jonathan Weiss, founder of , whose Dumbo loft is widely regarded as one of the city’s most revered listening rooms. In The Galconomist Taste Issue, out now.

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Oswald’s Mill Audio, Jonathan Weiss’s Dumbo loft.
All Blues, Tribeca.

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Our new equipment rack, Special K amplifier and the AC1 loudspeakers.
07/11/2026

Our new equipment rack, Special K amplifier and the AC1 loudspeakers.

Jonathan just completed a two week trip to Gabon, where he was invited to talk on Sound and Psychedelics at the Internat...
07/03/2026

Jonathan just completed a two week trip to Gabon, where he was invited to talk on Sound and Psychedelics at the International Leadership Summit on Iboga.

His talk focused on the Bwiti tradition surrounding Iboga in Gabon, and the part music plays in the Iboga ceremony and in the intentional use of psychedelics generally.

Jonathan brought high resolution recording equipment to record the music and discuss with local practitioners how to best preserve and transmit their music and knowledge to the outside world.

For seven years Jonathan has been deeply engaged in the field where psychedelics, music and sound meet.

We are thrilled to see the listening room we created for AudioTechnica (オーディオテクニカ) in Tokyo on the cover of MJ Magazine...
06/15/2026

We are thrilled to see the listening room we created for AudioTechnica (オーディオテクニカ) in Tokyo on the cover of MJ Magazine ()!

The Dumbo studio. Made without compromise.
06/10/2026

The Dumbo studio. Made without compromise.

Starting off the weekend with these two.
05/22/2026

Starting off the weekend with these two.

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