Talk With Electrical Engineer Neal Van Berg. Hear His Amazing Dipole Speaker Design. Vinyl Community
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- May 2024 Taos New Mexico
I visited Neal Van Berg at his retail storefront Sound Science CAT.
Neal share with us a candid and friendly interview about his speaker designing journey and his goal to bring his speakers to the retail market. In this episode we get to hear one of his dipole audiophile quality speaker designs. Vinyl Community.
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Neal Van Berg
Inquiries, questions or praises for Neal?
You can reach Him by phone at:
(720) 308-4000 or email him at:
neal@soundsciencecat.com
Neal’s Website is Sound Science CAT
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As well as
Music Vault CAT
www.musicvaultc...
Neal Van Berg RUclips channel
/ @soundscienceaudio
Bob Attiyeh, Producer Yarlung Records
For amazing audiophile recordings please Visit Yarlung Records on discogs.
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Special Thanks to Bob Attiyeh for copyright permission on the Yuko Mabuchi Plays Miles needle drop sample.
Bob Attiyeh can be reached at:
info@yarlungrecords.com
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Hi Steve, I very much enjoyed the conversation. Taking into consideration all of the sonic limitations when creating a RUclips video; the excellent sound quality and imaging of those speakers came through loud and clear. The turntable is pretty amazing as well.
In person it sounded out of this world! I was a little apprehensive to do the video for the reasons you mentioned. I wanted to do right by Neal. Especially after hearing his speakers in person. When I heard the video on my phone I was shocked at how respectable it sounded. I can’t wait to return! Thanks for watching, Mark.
Thanks Steve! What fun to hear Yuko's interpretation of "So What" in Neal's listening room. I have heard and seen earlier models of his terrific speakers and am eager for more. Thank you, Steve, for what you do in support of great analog music. You are much appreciated. --Bob Attiyeh
Hello Bob! It’s been such a pleasure meeting Neal and discovering you and Yarlung Records. You and I are neighbors in two states. We’ve lived in Pasadena for many years. In three years we will be relocating to Taos to begin our semi retirement. Thank you so much for all the amazing analog recordings you produce for our community. Maybe we can meet up one day before I’m in Taos permanently. Thank you again for supporting me and sharing your beautiful work and artists with my subscribers. I will promote Yarlung with every opportunity I get.
Take care,
Steve Guerrero
reminds me of Danny over at GR ...passionate and very knowledgeable
@@rts100x5 I was honored to meet Neal. His passion is heard loud and clear. I’m looking forward to my next visit with him where he’ll have some of highest end speakers ready to showcase and sell. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Steve
Great video! I’m going to make a trip to see Neal.
Thank you! Have a great visit. He’s a great guy!
Great interview. Love hearing Neal explain his designs.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Neal is fascinating. I could listen to him talk for hours. He is a great teacher. Take care.
Steve
"open baffle" the 2 most significant words you'll ever hear to upgrade your speakers to the next level
You only have to listen to live bands to know that the music doesn't just get fired out from the front. e.g. Cymbals are completely omni directional and that's why live cymbals don't sound like most speakers with the cymbal sound just spitting out from the front. Of course it's going to sound different. 😅
Thanks for commenting you guys. You both sound very knowledgeable. Great comparison using live music situations.
The remarkable imaging and sense of being there comes across in the video. Quite striking. Thanks for the great content.
Hello Alain! Thank you for joining us in this special video about Neal. The imaging was so beautiful in person. I was afraid the viewers would not be able to experience it in all its glory through a cellphone microphone. I’m very thankful you shared your experience. We greatly appreciate your support! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Take care,
Steve
great interview , Neal is passionate knows his stuff .
He sure is. I’m very glad to know him.
I like guys like Neal, Guys who are always trying to tweak, improve and create decent sound on the budget. I’m familiar with all those drivers, and I’ve used some of them in my own DIY ventures.
I’m sure it sounded amazing, open, fast, dynamic with bass response that hits different than traditional box speakers. Thank you for going an extra mile to bring a great content Steve. 👏🏻✌🏻✊🏻
The pleasure was all mine, Mariusz! I wish you could’ve been there buddy! Neal is really cool and very knowledgeable. He’s rubbed noses with many of the high end audio elites and yet remains humble and kind. He is a true teacher. He is also the creator and developer of The Music Vault Music Server. I can’t believe he lives and works 20 minutes from our home in Taos New Mexico! You’re the first person I thought of when I decided to interview him. You guys would really hit it off. Peace ✌🏽 💪🏽🫶🏽
Neal is passionate, talented and experienced in his field. I have personally purchased equipment aand installation from his business for our Taos home. Neal is determined to offer you his advice and his suggestions based on your personalized needs and budget. Seek his counsel and advice, you won’t be disappointed!
Hi Mark! Thank you so much for these kind and truthful wonderful words about Neal! We greatly appreciate you watching our video and taking the time to share your thoughts. The fact that you are a true testimonial to Neal’s work, his undeniable talent and experience is just GREAT! Please share this video with as many folks as you can. It is my hope that we can help Neal accomplish his goal of eventually manufacturing and selling his amazing speakers nationwide. Take care.
Steve
@@TheVinylRecordMission Will Do Steve!
My design is a bit similar, with an open FR driver on top of an omni directional bass speaker box with the woofer firing down onto the floor and mounted in the box as usual. And there is a bass vent slit surrounding the open FR driver on top, and the open driver is angled back a bit for more spread. I took them to the local hifi shop (that still exists) and they went crazy over them. 🎉
They sound amazing. I bet the Hifi shop wished they could sell them in their store. That’s great that you have the incredible skill and talent it takes to make your own speakers. Thank you for sharing. I’ll be doing another video with Neal in late Fall this year. He’s going something big to share! Take care.
Steve
For $2k those speakers sound VERY natural, realistic. Great job engineering and building those speakers. Me listening on Elac Debut Reference with tube preamp into 200w class D amp. Elacs are revealing, and many big name speakers sound bad to me even from YT recordings. But these dipoles sounded great! (On my little cheap system...) Thanks for the video.
We appreciate you watching, Peter! And thank you for sharing what you hear on the other side of the screen. Everyone really benefits from your honest input. I’m really looking forward to my next video with Neal in July. We’re going to showcase a much bigger speakers design of his that blew my mind too.
Take care,
Steve
Great interview, awesome story.
A lot of great content about speakers. Cool shop
Taos, New Mexico seems like a fantastic place. I need to visit sometime and it’s only three hours south of Pueblo, Colorado.
I have been to Pueblo, Colorado many of times. Love it there.
The Royal Gorge Bridge and Park is close too.
Great Scott ha ha
Awesome job brother Steve!
I learned a lot and enjoy the video.
Thank you so much 😊
pueblo colorado to taos New Mexico
Thank you, brother Joey! It was great to meet Neal! He’s a great guy! He is so knowledgeable. We hit the antique malls in Pueblo. I found a few records there. Cool city. Lots of great architecture.
Hi Neal! Nice to see you making waves... I send best wishes for continued success. Steve M
Hi Steve! This is Steve from The Vinyl Record Mission. Thank you so much for watching and the kind words about Neal. I’m honored and grateful to have discovered him! I’m hoping to film another video with Neal in July. We will be discussing and showcasing a pair of his higher end speakers. I’m really excited about our next video. We greatly appreciate your support.
Take care,
Steve
@@TheVinylRecordMission Thanks Steve!
Awesome and fascinating presentation. I hope that you follow-up with a Part 2!
Thank you, Tony. I hope to as well. We live 1000 miles away from Neal. I’m hoping to be back in Neal’s area in July. Thank you for watching our video and taking the time to comment. We greatly appreciate it.
Steve
Very interesting. I am looking for new speakers, but I have a lot of research ahead of me!
Neal has opened my eyes but mostly my ears to how great speakers should sound!
Great interview, amazing speakers, and walk around.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words about Neal. I’m honored and grateful to have discovered him! I’m hoping to film another video with Neal in July. We will be discussing and showcasing a pair of his higher end speakers. I’m really excited about our next video. We greatly appreciate your support. Take care.
Steve
@TheVinylRecordMission more footage in the future would be great .
OLD but GoLd , Vintage design and simplicity still rocks
👍🏽👍🏽✌🏽
Neal, the midrange looks like Rosso? Curious if you tried the flat surround version Nero ?
Thank you for your question. You’re correct, I haven’t tried the Nero. My choices were made with efficiency and frequency response as determining factors.
Regards,
Neal.
Website does not have a link to his speakers… How about a direct link to his speakers?
@@capwkidd Hello. I don’t know if Neal has that set up yet. He’s happy to speak to people on the phone. Feel free to email him or call him directly. His email and phone number are in the description area of the video. Thank you
Steve
you can always tell the best niche speaker designers as they always have the worst websites
Better than the other way around 🤣