What do you want from the hobby?

At its best, inspiration.

Sorry!It can be found in "Industry Features"!!

Sirspeedy,
Really interesting site! however never found the artical yet by Lavorgna, got off track looking around.

I know acouple of "old school" fellows up here in Canada that would fit right in with Oswaldsmillaudio.

Certainly a differant world of audio which you won't read much about here.

I'm sure there is something to it if you have seen and read about the one of designs by Alon Wolf of Magico.

Thanks for posting it.

http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/oswaldmill08/oswald.html

Hard to find but very cool. Thanks.

A very interesting read! I certainly envy the owner of that much(many) solidly constructed listening area(s). I totally can relate to the quest of seeing how much can be squeezed out of early technologies(especially tubed gear), and concur that early design/production was done with greater precision, and to closer tolerances than today's(especially with regard to today's tube manufacturers- KR/WE/EAT being the exceptions to that rule. One thing that was missing in the article though: For all the mention of "The Hobby", "Audio", "efficiency", and "power", not once was "The Music" mentioned. I've yet to hear music in a cinema(one of his references) that sounded like what I've experienced in a concert hall/jazz club, with the exception of it's SPL. Are these individuals after the gestalt of live music and it's experience, or older equipment/technology enthusiasts? Not that I feel there is anything wrong with their goal(or anyone else's, whatever may make them happy). One of my best friends restores/collects Edison Phonographs. I WOULD most definitely like to visit the Mill at some point and actually hear the systems. Then again, this is the page that I was reading, and perhaps I missed the "it" that you referred to as having "gotten": (http://www.oswaldsmillaudio.com/about.html)