Last weekend, I visited Devon Turnbull's HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3 at the Cooper Hewitt, which opened on December 12, 2025.
Despite being a snowy day, Andrew Carnegie's library was SRO!
Devon DJ'd, alternating between two Denon direct drive motor units in OJAS custom plinths. These were equipped with 12" Groovemaster and Ortofon tonearms and fitted with either SPU or DL103 cartridges feeding the custom Steve Berger phono preamp with Intact Audio Nickel AVC. Unfortunately, the amps with Thomas Mayer's ELROG thoriated filament power triodes were not connected. Instead, OJAS class D amps were driving the multi-way horn speaker system using TAD and Fostex drivers.
Aside from LPs, he also played open reel tapes via this Studer deck.
Due to time constraints and crowd size, we weren't able to do much shop talk. But Devon did mention the possibility of demoing tube amplification designed by jc morrison at a later date. Hopefully, I can visit again when those are in situ before exhibit ends on July 19, 2026.
This is a must-see and hear for anyone curious as to why there are people like me who enjoy music reproduction via cutting edge technology from the first half of the 20th century.😉
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