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OJAS x Klipsch k0-R1

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Among his A-List audiophile clients are Mark Ronson, Tyler the Creator, and Tom Sachs. His work can be seen and heard locally in places like Lower East Side luxe hotel Nine Orchard (in nearly every room of the hotel) and in Brooklyn’s vaunted nightlife complex Public Records. They’re in Supreme stores here and all over the world, and Prada copped a few pairs. They also played in San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art for a week, when a hit parade of “operators” — from Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner to Coachella headliner Fred, Again.. — ran a soundsystem he set up inside the museum.

Former fashion guy turned sound guy Devin Turnbull, aka OJAS, is clearly in high demand. But his speakers are decidedly not hype products. Typically assembled by his small team at his studio in Brooklyn Navy Yard, the beautiful stereo equipment produces a sound that is (to put it lightly) otherworldly.

Despite myriad offers to partner with an established high-end audio company, Turnbull didn’t take any of them up on it until recently, when he got a DM from the brass at Klipsch, the legendary American hi-fi manufacturer based in Arkansas. They offered him a collaboration. He’d always been inspired by Klipsch’s famous horn-loaded Heresy speaker, and this became a full-circle moment. The resulting speakers are in an edition of 100. If you make an appointment, you can go test out OJAS’s sound system at the showroom of modular furniture dealer USM. As someone who recently did it himself, I can tell you firsthand: Beware. After hearing music sound this good, you’ll forever scorn your Sonos. Or you could just fork over the cash for these speakers. –Foster Kamer

→ Shop: OJAS x Klipsch k0-R1 (OJAS.nyc) • $8498 per pair.
→ Visit: OJAS Listening Room at USM NY (Soho) • 28-30 Greene St • Mon-Fri 11a-5p (by appointment only); Sat 12-5p (walk-ins).