Listening Bar Equipment
Western Electric — Horns, History, and the Firs...
Western Electric built the first horns and drivers that defined fidelity. Rafi Mercer explores how their cinema-born sound still shapes listening bars and the culture of presence.
Western Electric — Horns, History, and the Firs...
Western Electric built the first horns and drivers that defined fidelity. Rafi Mercer explores how their cinema-born sound still shapes listening bars and the culture of presence.
Klipsch — La Scala, Klipschorn, and the America...
Klipsch horns bring immediacy and presence to listening bars. Rafi Mercer explores how the Klipschorn and La Scala turned American ingenuity into live, breathing sound.
Klipsch — La Scala, Klipschorn, and the America...
Klipsch horns bring immediacy and presence to listening bars. Rafi Mercer explores how the Klipschorn and La Scala turned American ingenuity into live, breathing sound.
Altec Lansing — Voice of the Theatre, Voice of ...
Altec Lansing’s Voice of the Theatre speakers brought cinema-scale sound into jazz kissaten and listening bars. Rafi Mercer explores their enduring power and presence.
Altec Lansing — Voice of the Theatre, Voice of ...
Altec Lansing’s Voice of the Theatre speakers brought cinema-scale sound into jazz kissaten and listening bars. Rafi Mercer explores their enduring power and presence.
JBL — Studio Monitors That Became the People’s ...
JBL studio monitors became the backbone of listening bars worldwide. Rafi Mercer explores how their bold American voice shaped the sound of jazz kissa and beyond.
JBL — Studio Monitors That Became the People’s ...
JBL studio monitors became the backbone of listening bars worldwide. Rafi Mercer explores how their bold American voice shaped the sound of jazz kissa and beyond.
Kondo Audio Note (Japan) — Silver, Silence, and...
Kondo Audio Note Japan builds amplifiers as instruments of devotion — silver-wound, hand-built, and luminous. Rafi Mercer explores how they turn listening bars into temples of sound.
Kondo Audio Note (Japan) — Silver, Silence, and...
Kondo Audio Note Japan builds amplifiers as instruments of devotion — silver-wound, hand-built, and luminous. Rafi Mercer explores how they turn listening bars into temples of sound.
Phasemation — The Poetry of Japanese Phono Stages
Phasemation builds phono stages and cartridges that preserve phase integrity with rare delicacy. Rafi Mercer explores how their Japanese precision shapes the atmosphere of listening bars.
Phasemation — The Poetry of Japanese Phono Stages
Phasemation builds phono stages and cartridges that preserve phase integrity with rare delicacy. Rafi Mercer explores how their Japanese precision shapes the atmosphere of listening bars.