2024/04/25

Devon Turnbull Builds Ears, Not Speakers

“The way I design an audio system is not the way most high-end audio manufacturers would. I design equipment that delivers more emotional content, not necessarily better specifications.”
– American audio engineer Devon Turnbull aka OJAS, on creating HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 2 (2024) for SFMOMA’s forthcoming “Art of Noise” exhibition. Turnbull’s immersive audio installation offers exceptionally high-fidelity music playback on a custom-built sound system. “It’s as if he’s not building speakers so much as ears,” says Joseph Becker, SFMOMA’s associate curator.
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