How to Make a Speaker
Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers from wood like ash, cherry, and walnut—plus slate and special cast iron. The sound quality is as good as the materials.
Made is a series of simple, gorgeous short films that demonstrate how everyday luxury objects are made, and honor the process and artisans behind them.
To understand how Oswalds Mill Audio makes some of the most impressive listening equipment in the world, you need to understand where it is made. It says everything about the company’s mission and the creative process of founder Jonathan Weiss that its products—including amplifiers, turntables, and, most famously, horn loudspeakers reliant on cones of wood—emerge from a Pennsylvania building that was, two centuries ago, a working mill.