Let’s talk sound.
Why does one room sound better than another? What keeps us coming back to old speakers? Here are a few things we’ve been reading, thinking about, and working on.
A space worth staying in.
What restaurant research tells us about comfort, time spent, and spending.
Read the note02 / Listening fundamentalsClarity before volume.
Why speaker placement and the room deserve attention before the volume control.
Read the note03 / Materials & makingWhy we care about the woodwork.
Wood grain, useful details, and building around the equipment you actually use.
Read the noteHistory / BostonWhat Symphony Hall can teach us about sound.
Symphony Hall, Wallace Clement Sabine, and the idea that the room is part of the instrument.
Read the noteHistory / Greater BostonHi-fi, made in Cambridge.
KLH and a local tradition of making serious audio for everyday listening.
Read the noteHistory / Vintage systemsAltec Lansing: sound with presence.
The Voice of the Theatre legacy, and why old cabinets still belong in a working sound system.
Read the noteHistory / Vintage systemsJBL: a working history.
From James B. Lansing’s 1946 company to the vintage cabinets we still put to work.
Read the noteHave a room in mind?
Tell us what you’re hearing and what you’d like to change. We’re happy to talk it through.
Ask us about your space