The Oda speakers are available to pre-order starting today for $299. To that end, you won’t hear ads at any point during one of the company’s musical sessions. Oda makes a point of noting that it’s business model doesn’t involve collecting and selling customer data. One thing you won’t find on them is microphones. It’s a design that allows for a relatively compact setup, but bass response and overall sound quality can sometimes suffer. Unlike your typical loudspeaker, they feature a flat panel design that utilizes an audio exciter in each speaker to produce sound.
What we do know is that they include Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11n connectivity and a line-in connection. Naturally, you can use them to listen to your music library as well.Īs for the speakers, Oda hasn’t shared too much information about them. In between broadcasts, Oda will transmit sounds from places like bird sanctuaries. Some of the more notable musicians who plan to participate in Oda’s seasonal programming include legendary jazz composer Terry Riley, electronic producer Arca and Madlib, best known for his work with MF Doom and J Dilla. “We pay meaningful performance fees to give artists and opportunity to create something unique and stretch their creative limits,” the company says on its website. So, it sounds like they may be willing to expand the subscription service beyond folks willing to buy their "lighthouse and wooden speakers kit" after all.The idea behind the seasonal passes is to create a sustainable business model for performing artists and musicians. I don't have more details to share just yet, but I've added you to our list and will be sure to share details once we have them. Thanks for getting in touch! It does sound like you'd be a great fit for the product. I just now got a reply to my email from Dan Brewster at Oda Much jazz with Coltrane, Miles, Bill Evans, and the like mainstream such as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, blues and southern bands, and more. I do have Laraaji's Eno album, a large collection of ambient and eclectic music from such as Harold Budd, Jon Zorn, the Hilliard Ensemble with Jan Garbarek, The Dallas Wind Ensemble, I do have a robust wifi network and currently use a Raspberry Pi4 running Volumio for Qobuz and other subscription streaming services. So - if you have some kind module that allows your subscription service that I can feed Left/Right audio out to my preamp, I would be most interested. Drop us a note and tell us some of your favorite sounds and we’ll spill the beans.)"Īs I said last time - I have a well curated sound system I have assembled over 20+ years, it plays well and images very well - so that the gear dissappears and it's really just about the music itself. " (Psssst… we’re also hard at work on a new kind of membership available to stream wherever you are. " Hi - I was checking your website and found what I think is something new. īased on our conversation here above, and finding that "psst" comment on their pages, I wrote a fresh email this morning to the weblink in that comment. I never heard back from them, other than an occasional promotional teaser about some new artist they are featuring. Having Patrons for the art is a noble plan!" I have no problem with the subscription service concept. I'm not sure about a $300 receiver/amp/speaker (lighthouse) system providing an equivalent aural pleasure. Now that the hardware is configured, its become secondary and the music has become the significant thing. I have a raspberryPi4 as a Volumio hiResolution streamer, an Acurus RL11 preamp and can feed a Carver power amp or a Jolida integrated tube amp, to play onĪ pair of heavily customized Heathkit/Altec valencia speakers. Surely there is a way to tie your app or receiver/device into a more conventional system? I do have robust WiFi in the house (FIOS).
If I have to use your speakers, it's a no-go for me. "I have a very detailed home audio system I put together over 20 years.
They feed signals out to their subscriber-base periodically, or have special events with named artists (I did not know most of the names). I contacted them at back in December and got information about that subscription service - sort of a patronage thing (via subscriptions) using a specialized receiver/wooden speaker combo.