Fi

30 Watts Street

Soho, NYC

Winter '93

A short-lived (early 90s) Hi-Fi shop located in SoHo NYC owned and operated by Don Garber which featured amplifiers and speakers crafted by himself and other audio artisans like Noriyasu Komuro, jc morrison, Gordon Rankin, Herb Reichert, just to name a few. 

November 2013 Hi-Fi Show

Michael Fremer, NFHS 2013 Guest of Honor

Check out his show coverage in Analog Planet 

Harana/Setup/Tono

Room 446

Harana Audio's 2-way horn system + JBL 2405 super tweeter

Altec 515 woofer loaded in Joey's V-Vent 2 cabinet, Altec 511 horn driven by an 802 compression driver. Harana custom "low loss" crossover. 

JE Labs SE2A3 monoblocks (6SN7GTB > 2A3) built by Joel Villanueva 

Chassis by Harana Audio

JE Labs full function preamp (6SL7s + 6SN7s) in a two tier chassis designed by Harana Audio

Grease bearing 301 in Harana Audio plinth with SME 312S arm and Denon DL103 hooked to a pair of Silk transformers

Harana/Setup/Tono and JE Labs only use AT&S power transformers and chokes from Edrel Sison

DIY Audio Highlights

SE VT25 and SE 2A3 amps by Eric F.

76/6SN7 line stage pramp by Eric F. inspired by JE Labs ;)

Phono stage preamp by Eric F.

2-Way horn system built by Lin and Larry

Scott 710A turntable + Grace G-560S

Turntable and Photom tonearm built by Mandy M.

Tape driven turntable by Mandy M.

Sonus? Nope this is a locally built speaker by Mr. Calara

Another speaker creation by Mr. Calara

Hopefully(?) SE amp friendly speakers from Tannoy

Lin and Joey having a great time

See you all next year!

November Hi Fi Show on its 10th year!

Aux fan install +

Insurance from heavy traffic in the tropics

radiator had to come off...

fan mounted in the driver side wheel well

pull the switch

when the temp gauge reads past 

normal

Routine maintenance

Brake job - new wheel caps

exhaust system alignment - center box gets jarred on humps

check wheel alignment

Scooters

Quezon Memorial

Kodak Signet 35
Fujicolor 100