'Nuff said.

"Essentially, we build everything by hand. Some Chinese companies think almost think this approach is primitive, but it gives us a lot of quality control."

Original's listening room is extraordinary. The reference system when I was there was Thiel CS 2.2s, a pair of Mark Levinson No. 29s, an XLH preamp, and an Original A9.2 CD player.

Du calls this conference room, "the battleground, because we argue about designs all the time. It gets pretty heated."

Original employs four full-time design engineers.

This is York Du of Original, which makes "CD players and only CD players."

Not pendulums, but predatory populations. Food (ahem) for thought.

You <I>do</I> pay attention to your parents' values.

Play like a rock god!
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And here's the finished product.