And the beauty of course, is that when it sounds good on the Auratones, it will sound good anywhere.
In fact, they’re a great option for engineers on the go – it’s easy to take a small pair of Auratones and a small power amp and have an in-the-box recording or mix station set up anywhere. How does it compare with its modern imitators The Auratone 5C Super Sound Cube loudspeaker has a long and noble history.
VINTAGE AURATONE 5C PROFESSIONAL
‘The Auratone Sound Cubes are a more professional and consistent way to check your mixes than running out to your unique car or listening on your unique boom box,’ Lunde says. It was daunting, but I got help from other members of the family, including my mom, who remembers helping my grandfather in the shop in the 1970s.’ Our standards are strict because these are Auratones, they’re not a knock-off. I found new suppliers in the US and carefully tested all of the huge number of possibilities to find combinations that were repeatable and that had the exact same sound as my grandfather’s vintage Sound Cubes. ‘I pored over box after box of my grandfather’s specs, drawings, and records. ‘It took a lot of time,’ Jacobsen reveals. There was no attempt to improve or alter the sound at all.’ Moreover, and unlike the cheap Auratone knock-offs, Alex’s new production sounds exactly like the vintage Auratones.
They make good mixes obviously good and bad mixes obviously bad. ‘I put up some great mixes and some terrible mixes and some individual tracks, and it’s obvious why so many engineers swear by Auratones. ‘When I first heard that the Auratones were being provided by Alex, I asked for a vintage pair and a new production pair to play around with in my office,’ says Brad Lunde, founder and President of TransAudio Group, Auratone’s new US distributor. With the help of other family members, he sources Super Sound Cube components from contemporary suppliers for use in the 5C Super Sound Cube, promising the same sound and properties of the vintage Auratones. Alex Jacobsen, Jack Wilson’s grandson, has now taken the helm of Auratone. Most importantly, Auratones seemed infallible in exposing any problem aspect of a mix. Representing ‘real world’ audio systems, Auratones found their way into studios and recording trucks around the world.Įminently affordable, they were a common-denominator that every engineer was familiar with. The 5C, which became famous in the 1970’s and 80’s and has been used in virtually every major recording studio worldwide, is still the undisputed industry standard for “real world” referencing in the recording studio.ĭurability, flat full-range response, amazing power handling and portability have made Auratones the recording, broadcasting, and motion picture industries favorite reference monitors.Perfected by Jack Wilson in his California garage in 1958, the Auratone Super Sound Cube was an essential reference monitor for recording, broadcast and film throughout the 1970s and 80s.
VINTAGE AURATONE 5C DRIVERS
Our drivers are custom built in the United States, and the enclosures are handcrafted in our Nashville shop along with assembly and testing.
Today, Jack Wilson's grandson has decided to take up the Auratone banner again, finding modern manufacturing techniques and new sources to have just what was needed to create the classic sound again.Īfter lengthy testing and re-manufacturing our driver, we were finally able to achieve the purest sound equaling the characteristics of the original 5C Super Sound Cube.
When they ceased manufacturing, a hole was left in the market that some have tried, but none have been able to fill.
VINTAGE AURATONE 5C TV
There is a reason why the Auratone 5C Super Sound Cube is a 2016 inductee into the TECnology Hall of Fame! There was always something about Auratone speakers that made them easy to listen to, mix on, and made them translate to just about any small radio or TV speaker on the planet.
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