Ojas-inspired speaker build

A custom Ojas-inspired speaker build posted on April 9 looks like furniture first and audio gear second, which is exactly why this little corner of home projects keeps spreading beyond hardcore audiophiles. Devon Turnbull’s Ojas work has turned big wooden speakers, low seating, and dedicated listening spaces into a recognizable design language that now shows up in galleries, furniture showrooms, and home builds. (x.com) (ojas.nyc) (us.usm.com) Ojas is the creative name of Devon Turnbull, an audio engineer and designer who builds high-sensitivity, horn-loaded speakers and custom listening rooms. His systems are now visible enough that the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum put a handmade Ojas listening room on view in December 2025, and Karimoku Research Center in Tokyo showed his listening furniture in March 2026. (ojas.nyc) (cooperhewitt.org) (wallpaper.com) The speaker shape matters because horn-loaded designs work like a megaphone for a driver, helping a small moving part push more sound into the room with less amplifier power. Klipsch still sells horn systems built around that idea, including the Klipschorn line that traces back to the 1940s and the Jubilee, which the company describes as one of its most efficient loudspeakers. (klipsch.com) (klipschcustomshop.com) That old engineering idea is a big reason Ojas-inspired builds look oversized compared with slim modern speakers. A horn needs physical volume, and the box around it often doubles as a visual object in the room, which is why these projects land somewhere between cabinetry, sculpture, and stereo equipment. (stereophile.com) (us.usm.com) The do-it-yourself part is not imagined by fans after the fact. Ojas has sold Artbook Shelf speakers fully built for $6,000 and a horn-modified version for $6,850, while separate kit culture around similar builds has grown on personal build logs, forums, and videos from people sourcing their own wood and drivers. (ojas.nyc) (roryctait.com) (isaacblankensmith.com) That is why a one-off custom build posted to social media fits a bigger pattern instead of reading like a random craft project. People are borrowing the Ojas silhouette, then adapting it to their own vinyl shelves, speaker stands, and turntable furniture the same way home cooks copy a restaurant plate with cheaper ingredients. (roryctait.com) (youtube.com) (github.com) The room around the speakers has become part of the project too. USM’s Ojas listening room in SoHo was built as an acoustically optimized space with furniture, seating, and wall panels designed around the audio system, and newer interiors coverage keeps treating “listening rooms” and “record bars” as a home design category rather than a niche electronics hobby. (us.usm.com) (livingetc.com) (apartmenttherapy.com) That shift helps explain why these builds show up in home-improvement feeds at all. The project is not just “build a better speaker”; it is “build a place to sit, store records, hide cables, control vibration, and make the stereo look intentional in a living room.” (americanmusicfurniture.com) (deeplakeaudio.com) (jlfurniture.com) So the April 9 post is really a snapshot of two niches colliding: analog audio hobbyists on one side, bespoke furniture makers on the other. When a speaker build can borrow from museum installations, classic horn engineering, and custom millwork at the same time, it stops looking like gear and starts looking like home design. (x.com) (cooperhewitt.org) (wallpaper.com)