Sneak Peek: DeVore Fidelity Orangutan Reference Four-Piece System!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- A quick peek at the DeVore Fidelity Orangutan Reference Four-Piece System prototypes! Shot September 2018 in the DeVore Fidelity listening room in Brooklyn, NY.
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MUSIC (in order):
Jim Hall & Red Mitchell / Valse Hot - bit.ly/valsehot
Silvia Pérez Cruz, Ravid Goldschmidt / Afrika - bit.ly/afrikallama
Maria Schneider / Concert in the Garden - bit.ly/citgmaria
David Chesky / Concerto No. 1, Movement 3 - bit.ly/hdtvenetian
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EQUIPMENT I USED TO MAKE THESE RECORDINGS
- Soundman Dummy Head “John” made of MDF (but mine prefers to go by the name Alfredo)
- Soundman OKM II Studio w/ A3 adapter
- RME Babyface (original, not pro)
- MacBook Pro
- Ableton Live 9
- JBL Tools iPhone App
- The music files I use are the highest available that the record label or artist could provide me with.
- Permissions to use these files are obtained either from the record label (who has received approval from the artist) or directly from the artist, depending on who owns the rights to the music, or who I have access to.
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SYSTEM IN THIS VIDEO
Speakers - DeVore Fidelity Orangutan Reference Four-Piece System (prototypes)
DAC - TotalDac D1 tube Mk II
Preamplifier - EMT JPA 66 Mk II
Power Amplifier - Audio Note (UK) P3 Silver Signature
Rack - Box Furniture Co
Cables - Auditorium 23
Playback Software - Roon, Mac Pro
Analog - (not used) Modified Garrard 401 turntable with Shindo bearing and platter. SME V-12 arm with Dynavector XV-1t cartridge, Ortofon RF 309 with EMT OFD15 Bakelite mono cartridge
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Twitter: / janadagdagan
Alfredo's Instagram: / earspace.alfredo
Jana's Instagram: / janadagdagan - Наука та технологія
This is brilliant. A whole new vernacular, beautifully put together, generous, funny, clever, real. Bravo!
"Devore"? be careful if they invite you back!
Is this the real Seth Godin? If so, I've read a ton of your books.
There's always that one guy...
Could not agree more, Seth! Thanks for your comments.
These speakers sound noticeably better than that $1 million system you also made a video about. I wish you would keep your channel active; these vids are beautiful.
That rug really ties the room together man...
Brilliant groundbreaking IDEA that, if you continue, you will change the course of audio journalism. Bravo!!!!
Be bold Jana and your path will run true. Your fresh perspective is so welcome, and chances are that you will reach your goal.
You just cannot build high end loudspeakers without a cat to guide you.
Wow, that was such a refreshingly different experience and perview into a listening room. The sound and video quality was excellent. The editing was on point. But the editorial story with the captioning was the real hero. Such a unique perspective and forward thinking step within the audio review space. You just set the bar really high. Very excited about what's to come next. Thank you!
I love the way you define everything about the room and the system in detail. Brilliant
Wow, I've never commented on a UA-cam video in my life, but thank you. Listened on my Hifiman HE4xx's through a Schiit Modi 3 and JDS Labs' Atom headphone amplifier. I like sound, but with 4 kids under 10, I'm not going to be able to indulge in high end audio for a lot of different reasons (money, time, space, curious fingers, etc.). But watching this video was great. Haven't listened to these speakers in person, but your recording sounded great, very full and vibrant. And I loved the production, the brief tour, the vibe of the place that you captured. The graphics added information, but stood to the side while I enjoyed the sound. And the tracks your chose were beautiful. Anyway, I subscribed, and I hope your channel grows and grows. All the best
I'm new to your channel and I'm lovin' it. Where other reviewers give all sort of excuses not to provide a sound demo, here is a rare female millennial audiophile to show the way forward...Well Done! Your subscriber base will certainly skyrocket soon.
I appreciate all the measurements. I also like pointing out what watch he was wearing. That was a nice touch.
You are awesome - super skilled editing and detail - PLEASE keep creating more awesome content
Your review is excellent and fun to watch!
Can't wait for more from you Jana!
Great video, wonderfully thought out and produced. Beautiful speakers as well.
Congratulations Jana : everything about your video was spot on. A very promising debut!
Congratulations thats the way to do a review. Except why no bass?! Bass is the foundation of music.
Absolutely gorgeousness at its only bestest ever imagined......that speaker system captivated me with the level of craftsmanship. Ive know of Devore but I've never really known of Devore until our host and guest designer/manufacturer let us in this way.
Didn't even know our designed had videos on youtube. Im captivated.
Jana, So much talent and attention to detail. You are doing a great job!!!
The finest ear there is the ear of the cat of course.
Abonné direct !
Wow, a moving picture is worth 100,000 words. Excellent idea!! Looking forward to the next one.
Beautiful system with great humor involved including Lulu Bear. lol
Thanks for another great vid, Jana! 🎶🔊🙂
I also wish you did asmr, your voice is really something!
It really is.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video work at Stereophile, Jana, but now you have convincingly taken it to a higher level. Finally we have a beautifully conceived and professionally executed video that stands in stark and satisfying contrast to the boring, business as usual talking audio head BS that we're all too used to where 95-100% of the video is the head talking to us. This is truly fine work...Many thanks! Suggestion to JD: Have this video playing in your room at CES. It will definitely augment the uniquely immersive experience that your speakers always provide.
Jenna is beautiful, I could listen and watch her speak forever....she is such a great talent! Terrific video, well done!
I am really impressed to hear John Devores system thru the binaural head mic's. I always respect his aesthetic, and well thought out descriptions in interviews.
Thanks, that was wonderful! John's speakers are simply outstanding and I'm hoping at some point to grab a pair!
So refreshing to see a non Caucasian senior male on subjects regarding Audio ! Go figure ! A sub 30,s Asian girl making waves on audio channels !!!
A truly new approach, I really appreciate the concept, thanks for this footage, great work Jana ! And thanks to John (Darko) too for his article on this video.
I liked this video and others in the series. Probably the best system demo videos out there. I also like your choice of systems thinking of this and the Aries Cerat video.
Jana. Wonderfully creative, produced, and presented! Thanks!
Only found your channel today, brilliant and refreshing, keep up the good work.
This was amazing. Really refreshing. Please do more of these videos!
Excellent idea. There's a lot of work that goes into producing six minutes of video. If you can keep it up, I think it will prove to be an amazing reference.
Wow. Amazing speakers, nicely captured!
Finally - audio reviews that actually feature audio! Well done! Even if the sound is colored by UA-cam compression and the limitations of our own systems, at least we get to compare the systems you show us, within those limitations. Your recordings sound wonderful and make my HE400i's sing. The recordings also sound fantastic when just listening through my Elac Debuts I'm using as computer speakers. It took a few videos for me to realize that you were not conducting system tests in a busy restaurant, and those ambient sounds were part of the recording.
I look forward to seeing your recording workflow. And I've always wondered what difference different interconnects and speaker cables make, and your format seems perfect for those kinds of comparisons.
This is awesome! I'm waiting on a dummy head to come in to do some sound demos for my videos as well. I've been thinking about how to capture a system's sound. I've been discussing this with New Record Day for the past few weeks and he's the one who linked me to this video.
Absolutely love this format. Awesome work! :) 😉
thanks for sharing this Jana! i've shared it with some of my friends on FB... hope you are well!!
Wow. Love your closing thoughts. All the best in your journey!
Fantastic work Jana! Please showcase the smaller brands and products that usually do not get the exposure they deserve. Your presentation style is outstanding and covers all the bases in terms of evaluating a listening space.
Looking forward to more content on this channel. Subscribed!
I live your attention to detail and all of the highlights of his listening room.
Glad to see John still making amazing speakers. I bought a pair of Super 8s in Italian Ebony back in 2005. Loved my time with them. Great video, Jana.
Oh my gosh! You are adorable, innovative, interesting and talented! I have a feeling you are going to be a new standard setter for this field. Can't wait to see more! You really are going to be blazing some exciting new trails but try not to get too big a head about it.....Alfredo might get jealous!
Well done....very different from other reviews in a good way..
keep them coming
Ok after listening to a few of your videos now, I hear similar deficiencies in stereo imaging and midrange resonance which I suspect come from Alfredo the binaural head. I am guessing that stuffing the mics in his rubber ears is affecting the mics freq response and polar response...that and the large wood gap that is its head is affecting the stereo imaging.....a stereo xy mic setup would definitely be worth looking into! I say this as to hopefully steer you in a slightly better direction from an sonic perspective because honestly your current audio capture setup is not sufficient yet ....I hope I'm not coming off like a jerk as I truly want to see you succeed...All the best!
Excellent Video! All those extra info and placement measurements gave great references for us viewers. Well done and very well edited!
Very impressive. So human. Quirky. Love the approach. Subscribed.
I was hoping to meet you at Rocky Mountain audio/canjam. Oh well maybe someday. The only issue with these videos that UA-cam messes up the audio and downconverts it from original.
Wow, what an exceptionally well crafted video, just a huge pleasure to watch. I love the fact, that you are gonna use the same music clips for the listening tests. A point where many reviewers fall short IMO. Kudos to John Darko for making me aware of your channel.
Nice system and pairing, and good production.
This was brilliant. It's set apart from the myriad of UA-cam 'demos' by (a) giving us audiophile peak into the life of one of the industry's movers and shakers, and (b) the attention to detail in the setup and description of the all so important listening space.
That David Chesky music is incredible.
I like that Concert in the Garden, I feel it pairs well with the upbeat warmth of these Orangutang speakers, and all that amberlicious lighting John's got going on.
Animals don't lie!
Lulu Bear enjoys immensely what s/he hears and so did I.
Great presentation and extremely photogenic and articulate host. Thank You!
Keep them coming.
You do well balancing the dry (audio tests with video) with the curios (“wet”, IMO”) that reflect the speaker designers personalities. What u r trying to do is difficult, but you do well. I think your video style serves you for this purpose- clean, organized, good lighting, well-shot, and let the music and visuals speak for themselves.
I love how you show the specs in the video- from wall distance to cartridge or spikes used. Surprised u didn’t measure the thickness of his wool rug! Lol.
It’s dificult to take video further without spoken word. But you’ve made successful the integration of several aspects of audiophilia- not just AV, but “space, personality, acoustic treatments”. Yes, it tells a story, but the story of the audiophile themselves seems to be rather nebulous and rather lurking in the background. I like that kind of approach, it others may want more specifics. What u r doing is challenging without a direct conversation with the subject.
At the same time, this direct method maybe too revealing and lose some of the (intriguing) mystery that u have created around the subject via no direct interview. Of course, I have no answers for u, only explicit feedback that might help give new ideas.
Keep it up, I can envision a series of these (pristine-like) videos that, in addition, would be important for posterity. Particularly the owners/engineers like DeVore, Vinnie Rossie, etc
Then you can sell the series back to Stereophile! 😁
as, e.g. “The Masters Series”
Truly excellent. All the information one may want.
What an absolutely fabulous video, and presentation. All the information you need, presented in a clever, refreshing way. Well done. Your arrival at Stereophile, has been just the breath of fresh air the magazine needed, particularly on their You Tube content. The industry needs more like you Jana.
Great Job! Thanks. Always wanted to audition DeVore's speakers. Got a good sense of how Clean they are. Can You head out to Utah & do coverage for Wilson Audio please? And visit Nelson Pass too ? I'm sure this is what God listens to.
Hi Jana. That was great! Glad to have you back and look forward to your future work.
Voice so relaxing. Asmr-ish. Please do more unboxing and review videos
Such a cool video Jana, I'm glad you're back!!!
WOW! Absolutely stupendous.😁👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾
Beautiful, and well done! Excited for future episodes. Reminds me of Petrolicious (which communicates the relationship of one classic car and its owner), which is meant as a compliment!
So glad I stumbled into this channel. The video overlay comments / measurements / jokes / interesting room stuff is brilliant, keep it up...
Need to pass this channel to a buddy...
We recently had a listening party with his John Dunlavy SC-VI... I so need to upgrade my B&W 805's
Thank you all! Sounds great and live!
Well done young lady,great audio,have been into ASMR for a while now,and my hobby is vintage HiFi.
An audio reviewer with objectivity and an eye for extreme details? Instant subscribe from me. And she's cute too. :D Hello from Missouri!
Absolutely agree that this is brilliant. Jana has invented a new genre of review, one with information (visual, aural, and otherwise) that never gets into a traditional audiophile review or article, but is nonetheless critical to our understanding of how a given system works in a given space. Bravo!
Well I'm far from the first to scroll down to add this comment, but this idea for a model of review is incredible. Can't wait for more. Don't have a pc hooked up to my headphone rig yet, will have that done in anticipation of the next video....
thanks….cool video s...and a super nice voice...lovely...greets from the Nederlands
5:00 I like the remote. Great idea!
Wow! Excited for this channel. I intentionally re-routed my 2 channel system to listen / watch your UA-cam video. Listening through a custom tube pre-amp, Mark Levinson power amp (92 lb beast), and array of B&W, Jamos, and Magnepan speakers.
I really love your format. It really gets people closer to what we experience.
Wow, what a GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, the subscriber can enjoy an audio review!!!! Bravo!!! YOU ARE AN AUDIO SCIENTIST and of coarse I will subscribe! By the way you are an amazing videographer and producer!!!! I'm sorry, I just can't contain myself...... I have to get back to watching the video..........
Outstanding! Very nice!
Hey this was a NICE recording!! WOW these speakers are insane!!! this roooooom!!!!
Maybe it's time for a comeback, EarSpace! I miss Alfredo and Jana 😊
Hi Jana,
Love your work with the Dark audio gent ( John I believe is his name?). Love his channel also.
I saw your interview on Steve Gutenberg's channel, the second one you gave. In short I really enjoy listening to your thoughts on music and audio. Thanks for making videos on the subject. (:
Maybe off topic and of no interest to most given it’s an audio video; however, I loved the nod to the vintage 1969 Seiko 6139-6010. Very cool! His interests are not just audio.
Capturing the sound of a hi-fi system is not at all easy. I'v been looking for channels that are informative about hi-fi equipment; and or, able to convey the sound. This channel is the best I have found so far for the sound. Though, I'm not a fan of the bi-neural platform being that I'm not a big fan of headphones. Headphones are not as easy to make as a hi-fi system. My goal is to copy boxing enclosures and horns to build a good budget system.
Love the concept. Could you use higher res audio as the source- 192k? These sound a little boomy in the very low mids. Maybe it was the recordings.
Allergic vs unreasonable phobia? Either way. It was still an excellent video. He has an amazing listening room and I loved the way you captured it.
Ah, I see a copy of UNKLE - War Stories on the shelf.
I do like the gear someone owns. To bad devore must of said don't play and male viices. Just
High quality made Music
Then some guy lets a cat
Walk all over him.
This is an amazing video. Had to sit back both with my speaker system and headphones to enjoy it!
Nice! Loved Lulu Bear!
Splendid work, Jana. It’s a refreshing presentation. May I know what software you are using for the video editing part which you have added in all the annotations and other effects?
Many speaker companies go out of their way to eliminate baffles and refraction so as to improve imaging and sound staging. DeVore has done the opposite... make the baffles as huge as possible and mount a few small drivers. I wonder who is right and who is wrong.
I would suggest leaving the listening chair in its original position and putting the binaural head on a tripod on the chair at ear height, just as a human listener would. By moving the chair back you’ve changed the acoustics of the room and perhaps the listening experience. One thing I’ve come to understand about this audio endeavor is that it’s the subtleness of difference in sound that is so compelling. Peace!
So what you are saying speakers sound great with easy music. 20k speaker. Will you dare play any rock 5 k plus 4
Equals 20K.
Love the volume remote. I have three preamps in use, none with remote adjustment. Could John market this? Then again, I need to keep up the exercise....
I’m a little late to the party... excellent presentation! Found this searching for the Devore Orangutang!
Bravo John Devore. My dream speakers. If only I had acquired some before I gained a family.
Excellent! Thanks for a High quality hifi review. Btw you are very cute.
loved the video plus recording. That said if you was going to film my set up I would dust then dust some more because some of your close-ups on equipment are cruel lol. love the channel
I just thought if they sound so awesome on my speaker system why do i need them but then again theyre going to be far better if i was there with them. Amazing build, materials and design.
Great to see you're back, subscribed. Keep up the good work and all the best!
Am I dyslexic or was devore fidelity, divorce fidelity fidelity like a week or 2 ago maybe a typo at first or i am dyslexic or im seeing things
lulu bear is beautiful